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A photograph of a shaved-headed man in white kurta bending forward at left, one hand raised toward a smiling bare-chested figure at right wearing a yellow-orange cloth wrap and a thick garland of red roses and green leaves. The figure at right has long dark hair swept back and a gold ornament at the shoulder. Behind them, a man with long hair and a bearded younger man in white stand watching, and a few other people are partly visible in the background against a pale wall. The person at right is a person candidate by long swept-back hair, a saffron-orange wrap and a rose garland, shown receiving a garland and being honoured.

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May 24 20122012-05-24October 09 20162016-10-09March 26 20172017-03-26A photograph of a ritual blessing in a dim temple-like hall. In the foreground a bearded man in a white shirt is held by an attendant while a sadhu with long dreadlocks, decorated with marigold petals, red kumkum dots and a bead garland, presses white ash or sandalwood paste onto his forehead with one hand. Behind them a shaved-headed devotee in a white dhoti with a saffron-coloured lower garment, tripundra marks on his face, and a rudraksha mala stands watching. Other people in white clothing and red beaded necklaces stand nearby. Scattered petals cover the hair and shoulders of the central figure.2018-02-13January 02 20102010-01-02 +1 copiesA crowded indoor room with pale yellow walls and red curtains. A man in a rust-orange turban, bare-chested with orange cloth and beaded rudraksha malas and bronze bangles, smiles while placing his hands on the head of a kneeling man in a white shirt and white dhoti who bows forward with hands folded. Around them, men in white shirts, one with rudraksha beads, and a shaved-headed man in orange robes stand watching, and a woman in pink with glasses is at the lower left. The orange-turbaned figure matches a person by his turban, bare chest, orange cloth and beaded malas, and is shown blessing a devotee, so he is recorded as in person.2014-07-02 +1 copiesA photograph of an indoor ritual blessing in a room with light wood floors and a bamboo blind. On the right, a man in a saffron-orange robe with a rudraksha mala and a silver-toned necklace rests both palms on the head of a kneeling elderly man in a white shirt and glasses, who bows with a white and red flower garland around his neck. Behind them, a woman in a pink sari and standing attendants in orange robes watch, and a cardboard box of red fruit sits nearby beside yellow lilies. Standing onlookers in white clothes fill the background, and a woman in white with a gold-bordered dhoti stands at left. The person in saffron appears to be a person, identified by the saffron robe, rudraksha mala and silver necklace while performing the blessing.2014-07-10April 23 20062006-04-23A photograph of a crowd gathered in a plain interior hall with white walls and a white cloth backdrop. At the centre, a man with long swept-back dark hair, wearing an orange-saffron robe, a long white jasmine garland, a dark rudraksha-style mala and a gold pendant, smiles with eyes lowered while another hand reaches toward him. Around him devotees in white shirts and dhotis, one in a maroon shirt, an older man with a vermilion tilak, and a boy in a pink shirt press closely. A shaven-headed monk in white stands at the lower right edge. Many people crowd the frame, and most are partly visible.2012-05-28 +1 copiesA photograph of an indoor blessing scene. A smiling man with long dark hair, a red bindi and a red-and-pink flower garland over a cream garment with a gold-bordered shawl touches the forehead of a man in a white robe who stands with palms pressed together in greeting. A woman in a red top is partly visible at left, and a flower arrangement and a brass vessel sit on a pink cloth in the background. Presentation cues are a bindi, floral garland and gold-bordered shawl, but the face and features are not enough to confirm an identity, so the a person value is unsure.2006-04-23February 13 20182018-02-13September 07 20122012-09-07