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April 16 2013

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May 17 20132013-05-17July 27 20132013-07-27A photograph of a ritual blessing in a temple hall. A man in a long dark hair with a swept-back style, wearing a rust-orange shawl over an ornate gold-bead necklace with a rudraksha-style mala, places his right hand on the head of a young man bowing with folded hands. The young man wears a white shirt and a red wrist thread. Nearby, a man in a light blue shirt holds his hands in anjali, and figures in white dhotis stand behind. Red fruits and a small tray with papers sit on a table in front. Golden deity murti and a gold canopy appear in the background. a person performing a blessing. Visible cues: long swept-back hair, ornate gold necklace, orange shawl, rudraksha-style mala.2013-04-16A man in an orange-saffron dhoti and shawl with a long gold-bead necklace stands center-right, with his right hand extended to bless the bowed head of a devotee in white clothing and a white forehead tilak. The blessed devotee and a second person in white bend forward with palms joined in namaskar. A young monastic in orange robes with white body markings stands at right, holding a tray with fruit and offerings. Red and gold ornate decorations and a painted deity-filled backdrop fill the background, with red drapes and metal barrier stanchions in the foreground. The orange-robed man wears a red bindi, gold earrings and a rudraksha-style bead necklace, matching the swami presentation cues.2013-05-17A smiling man in an orange-saffron turban, orange dhoti with gold-bordered wrap, rudraksha mala and a heavy gold ceremonial necklace stands in a hall, raising one hand in blessing toward a kneeling devotee in white dhoti and shirt who bows with palms pressed together. A red box of apples and rudraksha malas is held nearby. Behind, a stage with a deity murti and ornate backdrop, a projector screen and other saffron-clad attendees and devotees fill the hall.2013-07-31May 17 20132013-05-17June 04 20132013-06-04December 30 20132013-12-30February 27 20132013-02-27May 11 20132013-05-11A photograph of a ceremonial blessing in progress. A man in an orange-brown cloth stands at center-right, wearing a thick red and white flower garland and a gold-bead necklace, and lays his hand on the head of a bespectacled devotee bowing forward. The devotee wears an orange shawl over white clothing. On the right, a bare-shouldered figure in orange cloth with white ash markings on his arm holds a red tray with apples and a red flower offering. Onlookers on the left stand with palms pressed together in white garments. Behind is a red and gold backdrop with decorative panels.2013-05-16A photo in a bright hall with red curtains and gold-trimmed arches. A man in a brown-and-gold dhoti-style garment, with a rudraksha mala, gold necklace and a red tilak, smiles while placing his palm on the forehead of a bespectacled man in a white shirt who bows with folded hands. Other men in orange and white ritual clothes, some with rudraksha malas and white forehead markings, stand behind them, and a row of devotees with folded hands waits along barrier rails. A depiction of the blessing is shown as devotees watch.2013-10-17