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March 06 2013

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A photograph of a blessing moment indoors in front of a red curtain. A bald, older man with grey stubble, wearing a white shirt with an orange collar and a gold bracelet, bows his head while a man with long dark hair, a white forehead mark and a red bindi places both hands on his head. The blessing man wears a leopard-print blouse over a maroon cloth, with a long mala of rudraksha and white beads and a gold necklace. A third man in a white dhoti with a gold border and beaded mala watches at left. A tall brass-tipped staff is at right.2013-03-31May 25 20132013-05-25A seated teacher in a tiger-striped yellow-and-black shawl and a rudraksha mala with a large rudraksha necklace touches the forehead of an older man in a white shirt, grey hair and moustache, who holds his palm up in front of his face. Behind them, a silver staff hung with small bells rises past garlands of yellow, red and purple flowers. A second man in white with rudraksha beads is seated out of focus at right, and a ceiling fan is visible at upper right. The teacher is an appearance-based a person candidate with ornate tiger-striped clothing and rudraksha adornments, seated in a blessing gesture with a devotee; the person is shown at close range in a ceremonial setting.2013-07-08A photograph of a blessing moment in a plain, pale peach room. A man with short grey hair and a white embroidered kurta with a dark rudraksha-type cord bows forward with eyes closed while another man places his right palm on his forehead. The blessing figure wears an orange saffron wrap over his shoulder, a long rudraksha mala necklace, and has a red bindi and hair tied up at the back, smiling warmly. His left hand is raised in a mudra. a person (orange robe, rudraksha mala, tied-back hair) is performing a blessing as an in-person candidate, though the appearance is only partly distinctive.2011-11-26January 09 20122012-01-09December 14 20122012-12-14 +1 copiesA photograph of a ceremonial blessing in an indoor hall. A man with long dark hair, a white horizontal forehead mark, and a shell-bead necklace wears an orange and black tiger-striped shawl and rests his right hand on the head of an older man in a white garment with an orange cloth head covering. Blurred figures in white and orange clothing stand in the background, and green plants appear at the left edge. The seated gesture resembles a blessing or initiation moment.2012-12-26A photograph of a ritual blessing. A man with long dark hair and a leopard-print headwrap, wearing a saffron-orange sleeveless garment, many rudraksha malas and rudraksha arm bands, extends his right hand to touch the forehead of a kneeling man with short grey hair, white clothing and a rudraksha mala, whose palms are pressed together. Behind them, standing devotees in white and cream garments with rudraksha malas have their hands folded in anjali. A drum hangs in the upper background. Appearance-based probable Swamiji (probable) is the central figure performing the blessing, identified by long hair, saffron clothing and rudraksha cues, not by face. The scene reads as a darshan or energy blessing.2017-09-18 +1 copiesMarch 31 20132013-03-31January 09 20122012-01-09July 25 20172017-07-25 +1 copiesA photograph of a seated man in an orange-and-black tiger-striped garment with a rudraksha mala and ceremonial beaded necklace, smiling as he places his hand on the forehead of a long-haired blond man in a white shirt with a red shawl. A gold-coloured ornate surface and a red curtain are behind them, with a fan and another partly visible man with tripundra markings at the right edge. The seated man matches the a person appearance cues of ornate clothing and rudraksha malas, and is giving a blessing to the devotee.2013-05-25