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July 04 20172017-07-04A seated man in a maroon-red ceremonial garment with a loose wrap over the shoulder wears a gold necklace of large beads, rudraksha bracelets, earrings, and a white horizontal tilak on his forehead. He holds a white-handled ritual wand topped with a yellow flower and touches it to the forehead of a shirtless young man with white sacred ash markings on his chest and arms and a topknot. The young man, with his hands raised, receives the blessing. A white fan and a pink wall are in the background, and the scene looks like a blessing or initiation rite.2017-09-27A photograph of a seated man with long swept-back dark hair, wearing a rust-orange wrap, a rudraksha-style bead necklace and ornate silver-beaded armlets and necklace, raising his hand toward a bare-chested man in a white dhoti with gold border and a red sacred thread. The standing man, with his palms raised and a rudraksha mala draped near his face, is receiving a blessing gesture. Behind them a seated man in white with a bead mala sits, a man in white stands in the background, and an older man with white moustache and an orange shawl stands at right. Red and white floral garlands decorate the left edge, and a red cloth covers the seat. The seated figure with long hair and saffron wrap and ornate beaded jewellery is a person candidate, shown in a seated position giving a blessing to the standing devotee.2013-07-10A young man with shoulder-length hair and a light beard stands bare-chested in a white dhoti-style wrap with a yellow edge, wearing a long rudraksha mala and a small amber pendant. His eyes are closed and his right palm is raised as another man, seen from behind with long dark hair and a pink-and-white flower garland, presses a red-marked finger to his forehead. Behind them, a saffron-robed figure and a man in white stand in a room with red curtains and a bright red light. The second man in front wears a pink flower garland over a dark shawl, indicating a blessing or initiation-style ritual.2017-02-27July 03 20172017-07-03July 10 20132013-07-10August 22 20172017-08-22A bare-chested man with short grey-streaked hair and white markings on his arm and ear stands with eyes closed while a long-haired figure in a rust-brown and gold-bordered cloth presses a hand to his forehead, applying a blessing. The recipient wears a rudraksha mala and a pendant on a chain and holds a garland of marigolds and red flowers. Bright lights, a white canopy with pink trim and a blurred crowd of onlookers in the background suggest an outdoor ritual gathering at night.2017-08-02September 27 20172017-09-27A photograph of a ritual initiation in progress. A man with long dreadlocked hair, orange saffron robe, rudraksha bracelets on both upper arms and gold earrings and necklace is pressing his right fingers to the forehead of a shaved-headed man in a red shawl, who has his eyes closed and a sacred mark on his forehead. Behind them stands a brass deity figure and a brass oil lamp, with a conch-shaped vessel in front and green leaves in the foreground. Several people in orange and white robes sit or stand in the background, including a woman in orange with a long braid and a red bindi.2017-07-03July 26 20172017-07-26December 31 20172017-12-31 +1 copies