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July 20 20122012-07-20July 20 20122012-07-20A photograph of a young boy in a peach-coloured kurta seated in front of an ornate golden throne draped with a leopard-print cloth. A man in a white short-sleeved shirt with a blue pen in his pocket and an orange wristband holds a bundle of thin grass blades above the boy's head, while a woman in a multicoloured striped sari with an orange shawl with a woven border reaches in to help. Another child in a red top stands behind, and a man in white dhoti-style clothing is partly visible at the left. An open book lies at the lower left.2012-07-20July 20 20122012-07-20February 13 20172017-02-13A young boy in a white kurta with a rudraksha-bead pendant stands with eyes closed while an adult's hand, wearing a red thread bracelet, presses a white paste mark on his forehead during an initiation. Behind him stands a young man with bare shoulders wrapped in an orange cloth, wearing a rudraksha mala with large gold-coloured beads and a small pendant, and bands of rudraksha on his upper arm. Other people in white clothes are blurred in the background, and a second hand reaches into the foreground.2017-02-13A photograph of a ritual blessing in a hall. A young boy with bare shoulders, eyes closed and palms pressed together in anjali, kneels while a man with long braided hair and a rust-coloured cloth stands before him, placing his hand on the boy's forehead. The standing man wears a white and orange flower garland and a red-and-gold beaded garland. On the left, a teenage boy in a white dhoti with an orange border and a rudraksha mala sits with his hands on a gold-tipped staff. Behind them, another boy watches, and more people in white and orange clothing stand in the background near a railing, with a colourful patterned mat on the floor.2017-02-19A photograph of a ritual blessing. On the left, a shaved-headed man in an orange robe with white tilak marks on his forehead and arms and a gold bead necklace kneels and reaches toward a small boy in a red shirt with a rudraksha mala, who sits on the lap of a woman in a red patterned shawl. The woman holds up long dry grass stalks above the boy's head. Behind them, a man in a striped shirt and a boy in white with an orange sash reading 'Nithyanandaya namaha' watch, and a gold and red throne is visible in the background. The man in orange does not show qualifying presentation cues for a person, so he is described by role only.2012-07-20February 13 20172017-02-13January 16 20162016-01-16July 20 20122012-07-20February 13 20172017-02-13