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A close photograph of an older man with short grey hair and a grey collared polo shirt, seated with his face tilted upward. A hand in the upper left, wearing a gold bangle, rests on his forehead. Two more hands with open palms appear at the left and right edges. A dark rudraksha-style bead necklace is visible at his neck. The background is softly blurred and dim.

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A photograph of a man with grey hair seated with eyes closed and a faint smile, wearing a grey collared polo shirt and a dark beaded mala around his neck. A hand from the left rests on the top of his head, and another hand is raised with palm open at the right edge. The background is a softly blurred indoor hall. A bangle and red thread are visible on the wrist of the hand at left.2011-02-26Side-profile photo of a man with short greying hair and eyes closed, wearing a white collared shirt and a dark rudraksha-style bead mala with a lanyard. A second person's hand, raised from the left edge, rests on his forehead in a blessing or energy-transmission gesture, while the man's own palms are pressed together at chest level. The background is a blurred red curtain and softly lit room with another person partly visible at the right edge. Overlaid text reads 'Paramahamsa Sri Nithyananda Paramashivam, , '2011-11-24A photo of a seated man with short grey hair, wearing a white collared shirt and a rudraksha mala with a pendant, receiving a forehead blessing. A hand with a red thread bracelet touches his brow between the eyebrows, while his own hands are raised palm-out in front of him. Behind him, a person in white with an orange-red shawl stands in a dim red-curtained hall. The scene resembles a darshan blessing during an initiation session.2017-08-03A close photograph of a woman with closed eyes and grey-streaked hair pulled back, receiving a touch on her forehead from a hand extended in from the left, while her own right hand is raised palm-outward near the frame's right edge. She wears a green top under a white garment with a floral print, a dark beaded mala around her neck, and small earrings. A bangle is visible on the left arm. The blurred background shows several other seated people in soft focus.2011-02-26A photograph of a grey-haired man with short tousled hair, bare-chested and wearing a white shawl over one shoulder, with a dark rudraksha mala and a pendant necklace. His right hand is raised in front of him and another person's hand presses on his forehead, which bears a white ash line. Blurred figures in red and white stand in the background of a warmly lit hall. Visible text in the corner reads a and a source credit to , which is excluded from the text list. a person cues: bare-chested with rudraksha mala and ornate pendant necklace, receiving a forehead blessing during a ritual2017-07-30Close side view of a middle-aged man with short greying hair and a moustache, eyes closed, receiving a blessing as a hand presses on the crown of his head. He wears a white shirt and a brown rudraksha mala around his neck. Out of focus behind him, figures in white clothing stand in a hall, and a blurred person in white at right wears a yellow-gold sash. The blessing hand belongs to a person whose forearm enters from the left edge. The man's other hand is raised palm-outward near his chest.2011-12-02A photograph of two men in close contact in a gathering of people dressed in white. An older man with grey hair and a grey moustache, eyes closed and head tilted back, receives a touch on his forehead from a younger man with black hair who wears a rudraksha mala and gold bracelets. Other people in white clothing are visible behind them, and one older man in the background wears a gold chain. The scene suggests a blessing or anointing gesture.2007-02-24Close side-profile photo of a short-haired, greying man with eyes closed, receiving a blessing as another person's hand rests on his forehead, with the palm of his other hand raised in front of his chest. He wears a white garment edged with yellow and a brown rudraksha mala around his neck; the background is a blurred warm-toned crowd. Appearance alone does not establish identity and no name is printed on the person, so a person is unsure.2017-09-21 +1 copiesDecember 02 20102010-12-02August 20 20172017-08-20April 24 20182018-04-24 +1 copiesDecember 02 20102010-12-02