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December 04 2011

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A photograph of a ritual blessing in front of a decorated deity shrine. An older man in a white kurta with a rudraksha mala and a gold-embroidered collar bends forward while a younger man in a green and red-bordered dhoti-style garment, hair tied in a bun, holds a paper and raises his hand to touch the older man's head. Behind them are garlands of white, yellow, orange and red flowers and a golden ornate deity murti. The older man is a devotee receiving the blessing; the presenter's identity is not established from appearance.2011-12-04A photograph of a ritual blessing in a temple-like setting. An older man with grey hair, a white kurta, and a rudraksha mala with a white-bordered badge lanyard leans forward while a younger man in a green and red silk garment kneels and raises his hand to the older man's head. The younger man holds a printed sheet of paper and wears a tilak on his forehead. Behind them, garlands of yellow, orange and red flowers and a gold ornate structure surround a deity murti. Two people are visible.2011-12-04December 04 20112011-12-04December 10 20112011-12-10A photograph of a woman in an orange sari with gold border and a rudraksha mala placing her right hand on the forehead of an older man bending forward in a white kurta with gold embroidered collar. He wears a lanyard badge with a pink tag reading ATTENTION NEEDED. Her other arm extends to support him at the elbow, and a red curtain and pale wall form the background.2011-11-26A seated man in saffron-red robes with a red and yellow flower garland and green leaf garland blesses an elderly bespectacled man in a white polo shirt and red lanyard with a laminated badge. The blesser extends his right hand to rest on the elder's head. Beside them a woman in white with an orange shawl and rudraksha mala sits, and a golden ornate seat or throne edge is at left. A silver staff stands between them, and a tripod-mounted light and white wall are behind. Four people are visible.2014-05-17A seated man in a saffron-orange dhoti and shawl, wearing long swept-back dark hair, multiple rudraksha malas and ornate gold-bead necklaces, reaches to touch the forehead of a man in a white kurta who wears rudraksha beads and a lanyard badge reading SPECIAL ATTENTION NEEDS. The saffron-clad figure with the long hair and gold-and-rudraksha adornments is a probable Swamiji candidate; the blessing gesture suggests darshan. Behind them, a woman in a golden-yellow sari with a white forehead mark, and other people in white clothes, stand near a red curtain and metal railing in an indoor hall.2013-07-03November 30 20112011-11-30January 05 20142014-01-05January 29 20132013-01-29December 13 20132013-12-13February 02 20132013-02-02 +1 copies