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July 05 20172017-07-05A man with long, swept-back black hair sits with eyes closed, gesturing with his right hand in a mudra and his left hand open, palm up, resting beside him. He wears a white dhoti with a white shawl edged in gold, multiple rudraksha mala necklaces and bracelets, and white and red tilak marks on his forehead. Behind him hang deep orange drapes, with white jasmine garlands visible at the edges. A printed copyright line runs vertically along the right edge.2012-03-31A photo of a seated figure with long dark hair wearing an orange and black tiger-striped wrap and multiple rudraksha and white bead malas, handing a folded white paper to a woman in a white sari with a light shawl who holds her palm up in greeting. Trays of offerings sit on a low table in front, with a maroon curtain behind. Two people are visible in the foreground.2013-05-20A woman with long reddish-brown hair and a red tilak on her forehead stands indoors in a white embroidered cotton top, eyes lowered, holding her right palm open and upward at waist level. She wears a dark red pendant and a green cord necklace, and a beaded bracelet is visible on her wrist. Behind her, a partially visible person with dark hair stands at the right edge beside a wooden door, and a framed photo hangs on a pink wall. No a person candidate is visible.2017-07-05Close photograph of a shirtless young man with short dreadlocks standing before a deep red velvet curtain. He wears a white and yellow-striped sash over his shoulders, multiple rudraksha mala strands across his chest, a rudraksha and small oval pendant on a cord at his neck, and a rudraksha bracelet on his raised right wrist. A white ash line and a rudraksha bead sit on his forehead. He looks down at his open right palm, raised toward the camera.2017-07-06Close-up photo of a bare-chested man with short dark hair and a vertical red-orange tilak on his forehead, smiling and raising his right palm toward the camera. He wears dark wooden rudraksha beaded malas around his neck and wrist, a white cord, and a small locket pendant with a framed portrait. A pale pink wall, a dark wooden door and a framed picture are behind him. A person in white clothing is partly visible at the left edge.2017-07-05A photograph of a seated bare-chested man wearing a white draped cloth over one shoulder, ornate silver beaded necklaces and matching silver armlets, with a red bindi and white markings on his forehead. He smiles with eyes lowered while a woman in white, seen from behind with her hair in a ponytail, holds up a long silver staff or rod toward his head. Behind him are red velvet cushions and a red curtain, with a gold ornamental element at the upper right.2012-02-08Photograph of a ceremonial oath or vow moment before a red velvet drape. A curly-haired woman in a white embroidered paisley tunic and an orange lanyard raises both palms toward a man in an orange-saffron shawl draped over bare shoulders, wearing a gold chain necklace, bangles and a white forehead mark, his hair pinned in a bun. He holds a sheet of paper and gestures with his right hand. Behind them a child in white stands partly visible, and a person in orange stands at the left edge. Appearance is consistent with a saffron-robed swami figure, but the face and identity are not established by visible evidence alone, so this is only a role description: a man in saffron officiating an oath.2012-08-22A man with long, swept-back dark hair and a red bindi stands in a temple interior, smiling and looking to his right. He wears a white cloth wrap with a gold border over one shoulder and a long strand of dark rudraksha beads reaching below his waist; one hand rests at his waist. Behind him are a red wall and a framed panel with a blue and gold pattern.2011-06-24Photo of an initiation or blessing scene indoors. In the foreground right, a bare-chested man with long dark hair and a white marking on his face and forehead presses one hand on the head of a seated man in a white shirt on the left. Behind them stands a man with shoulder-length rudraksha mala beads, a red bindi, hoop earrings and a white cloth draped over his shoulder, beside a brass oil lamp and a gold deity murti bust. A red curtain and a figure in orange robes sit in the background.2017-06-24A man with long, swept-back dark hair stands indoors, smiling, wearing a white dhoti-style garment with a gold-bordered shawl draped over one shoulder. He has a white sandalwood line and red bindi on his forehead and wears a long necklace of dark rudraksha beads. His right hand rests on the beads at his chest. Behind him are warm-toned walls and a red-painted pillar.2011-06-24A man with long, swept-back black hair wears a white dhoti with a gold-bordered cloth draped over one shoulder and multiple rudraksha mala necklaces and rudraksha bracelets. He has a red bindi and white tilak on his forehead, and his raised arm is extended toward the left edge of the frame. Behind him is a bright orange-red draped backdrop, and a plastic water bottle sits on a table at lower left.2012-03-31