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August 22 20172017-08-22A seated man on a red-cushioned gold-backed throne raises his right palm in blessing while smiling. He wears a leopard-print yellow-and-black headband, a rust-brown shawl, heavy gold beaded necklaces and wide gold armlets and bangles, with his long hair falling behind. Before him a shaved-headed devotee in a white dhoti with white body marks kneels with palms joined, holding a small book. Behind them a second man with long matted hair, white forehead marks, beaded necklaces and a rust cloth stands, and a woman in a dark red sari stands in the background. This is a shiva deeksha initiation scene at night.2017-08-21August 22 20172017-08-22April 30 20172017-04-30 +1 copiesA photograph of a ritual blessing in a gold-decorated temple hall. A bearded man with long dark hair piled high, a white forehead mark, white-and-gold flower garland, gold earrings, and orange-and-maroon robes sits beside a golden trident-topped staff and blesses a kneeling man in a white dhoti with hands in anjali. He places his raised hand on the devotee's head. A woman in a maroon sari with a rudraksha mala stands behind, holding folded orange cloths, and a folding fan is visible at lower left. Gold ornamental pillars and brass lamps fill the background.2017-04-30 +1 copiesNight outdoor ritual photo under banana leaves and a hanging banana bunch. In the left foreground a man with a tall dark turban-like hairstyle, white forehead marking, gold earring, red-and-white flower garland and a dark shawl sits before an ornate gold throne-like seat, extending his right hand in blessing onto the head of a kneeling devotee with long grey hair in a white garment. Behind them, several men in saffron/orange robes and white dhotis with rudraksha malas stand or sit, and a drum is visible. Swamiji (probable): the seated man in the turban, garland and shawl, performing a blessing, which fits the page's event note.2016-03-06 +1 copiesAugust 22 20172017-08-22June 04 20182018-06-04August 21 20172017-08-21September 10 20172017-09-10 +1 copiesA photograph of a seated figure on an ornate gold throne wearing a deep red turban, layered rudraksha and beaded necklaces, a gold pendant, gold armbands and a red-and-gold striped shawl, holding a flower-topped ceremonial rod in one hand. Before the throne, a bare-chested man kneels with palms pressed together, while two standing men in white dhotis and orange cloth lean in to support him, one wearing a white vibhuti line on his forehead and a rudraksha mala. Lights and a metal stand are visible in the background. Four physical people are present.2015-11-24A photograph of an outdoor ritual initiation at night. A seated man in a rust-red robe with a leopard-print headband, long dreadlocked hair, a red tilak, layered gold-bead and white-flower garlands and gold armlets sits on a gold-and-red throne and smiles with eyes closed while another man presses his hand to the head of a bare-chested, bearded devotee in a white dhoti with purple flowers and a red-and-white thread. Behind them, saffron-robed attendants with white body markings and rudraksha malas stand near a bright light. A gold peetha backdrop frames the scene. a person is the seated figure in the red robe and gold garlands, shown in a ceremonial seat.2017-08-22