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A photograph of two men in close interaction against a peach-coloured wall. The man on the left, with hair swept back into a low bun, wears a red garment with gold zari border and a dark rudraksha mala around his neck, and has a small red mark on his forehead. He smiles with eyes lowered as he raises his hands toward the forehead of a younger man on the right, who has short dark hair, wears a grey t-shirt and a red-and-gold cloth at the neck, and wears a yellow wristband. The younger man's hands are raised near the older man's. A dark window frame sits behind them.

November 27 2011

Photograph of an indoor blessing moment. A smiling man with a short hair bun, a yellow-white tilak on his forehead, a rudraksha mala, and an orange-brown draped garment raises his right hand toward the head of a younger man in a white shirt and orange shawl, who has his hands raised in response. A blurred deity murti with red and gold tones sits at left against a plain pale wall. Two physical people are visible.

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November 06 2011

Photograph of two men in close indoor contact. A man with hair tied back in a bun, wearing a red-maroon cloth with gold border and a long rudraksha mala, smiles while placing his right hand on the forehead of a shaved-headed man in a white t-shirt with a rudraksha mala, whose hands are pressed together in anjali and eyes are closed. Plain peach wall background and a dark curtain at left. Appearance cues on the man in red-maroon with rudraksha mala are present, though not conclusive, so identity is uncertain and the role is described as a teacher giving blessing.

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A seated man with swept-back dark hair and a red bindi sits on a red velvet throne with gold carved panels, smiling with eyes closed. He wears a deep red-pink shawl over his shoulders, a dark rudraksha mala, and a gold border visible at the chest. A man in a white shirt and white trousers, seen from behind and partly at the frame's right edge, raises his palms toward the seated man's forehead in a blessing gesture. A brass oil lamp stands behind them against a dark backdrop. Two people are visible.

Two men face each other closely in a plain white-walled room, one reaching his palm toward the forehead of the other. The man on the left wears an orange-saffron cloth draped over his body, a gold-toned beaded necklace and a white vertical tilak mark on his forehead, his hair tied up in a knot. The man on the right has long curly dark hair, a white t-shirt, a red-orange shawl and a thick rudraksha mala, with a green bead bracelet on his wrist, and his hands are raised in front of him. A blurred figure stands at the far right edge and a small altar-like object sits at the left. The gesture resembles a blessing or transmission moment.

A photograph of a man in a red and gold-striped dhoti-style wrap with a bare chest and a long gold bead necklace, applying a touch to the forehead of a second man in a pink kurta with a rudraksha mala. The robed man has swept-back hair, white vibhuti lines and a red tilak, and his palm rests on the other man's forehead in a blessing gesture. Behind them a large printed banner shows smiling faces, and a wooden carved panel stands at right. Swamiji (probable): the robed man wears the ornate red and gold clothing, long swept-back hair and gold bead necklace, while the pink-clad man is a devotee receiving the blessing.

Photo of a seated man with long dark hair tied in a bun, wearing a red shawl with gold border and a rudraksha mala, with white and red tilak on his forehead, placing his raised right hand on the head of a shaven-headed man in a white t-shirt with a red cord around his neck. The seated man holds a wooden staff or stick in his left hand while the bald man sits with eyes closed and his palm raised toward him. The setting has a purple curtain and gold ornamental draping behind them. Swamiji (probable) is identified by the long swept-back hair, rudraksha mala and saffron-red shawl with gold border, seated in the role of the giver of blessing.