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A close portrait of a shaved-headed, bespectacled older man in an orange kurta with a white shawl draped over his shoulders and a dark rudraksha mala at his chest. He sits with palms pressed together in namaste while another person's hand rests on his forehead, a white sacred mark visible there. He wears gold rings, and orange-robed figures are blurred in the background against a red curtain. The man has no distinctive long hair, crown, or ceremonial gold necklace, so no a person identity is claimed; the figure is described by role only as a devotee receiving blessing.

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A close photograph of an older bald man with short grey hair and rimless glasses, wearing an orange kurta and a white shawl over his shoulders. A white vibhuti or sacred ash mark is on his forehead as another person's hand rests on his head, in a blessing or initiation gesture. Behind him, an orange cloth backdrop and another orange-robed figure are visible. A second person with short dark hair is partly visible at the lower right, bending forward.2010-09-20A bald, bespectacled man in a white kurta wears a long rudraksha mala with red-thread knots and a yellow cord over his shoulder, with a red-brown tilak on his forehead. He leans forward with eyes lowered, facing a person seen from behind with dark braided hair and a blue top, in a crowded hall with other people behind. The man has bald head and white ritual clothes but the rudraksha mala and yellow cord alone do not establish identity, so no a person identification is made; he is described as a man in white ritual dress.2016-12-18November 24 20112011-11-24April 09 20132013-04-09 +2 copiesA photograph of a saffron-robed figure with long swept-back hair, tilak on the forehead, and multiple rudraksha malas, placing one hand on the head of an older bowing man in a white kurta with a golden embroidered collar and a lanyard badge. The robed figure is a probable Swamiji, identified by the long swept-back hair, saffron clothing and rudraksha malas, and is giving a blessing to the devotee. Background is a warm-toned hall with wooden panels and a red cushion at lower left.2011-11-26February 02 20132013-02-02 +1 copiesFebruary 26 20132013-02-26 +1 copiesClose-up photograph of a shaved-headed man in thin wire-rimmed glasses and a plain white shirt, head bowed and palms pressed together in anjali mudra. Beside him, a person in white clothing wears a long strand of large gold beads. The background is a warm red-orange fabric.2010-09-03A seated devotional gathering in a hall. In the foreground a man in a cream shawl with a red-and-maroon border, a white horizontal tilak and a red dot on his forehead, wears rudraksha beads and a gold pendant, and has folded hands at his chest; he appears to be chanting with eyes lowered. Beside him an older man with white hair tied back and a white beard wears white dhoti-style clothing and a gold bracelet, his hands joined in prayer. Other seated participants in white and orange clothing are behind them.2012-09-05February 24 20132013-02-24April 06 20122012-04-06A seated man in a rust-red dhoti and bare-chested, wearing a long rudraksha mala and a white vibhuti line on his forehead, places his right hand on the head of an older man in a white collared shirt who stands with palms pressed together in namaste. The seated figure has long swept-back dark hair tied in a bun and sits near green potted plants, with a gold cloth visible beside him. In the background a woman in white and other people in white clothing watch. The scene resembles a blessing given during a satsang, with the seated man's distinctive mala and dress as the most notable cues.2015-02-19 +1 copies