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A smiling man in saffron-orange ochre robes stands at centre, raising his right arm to bless a devotee's head. He wears rudraksha mala strands, ornate gold necklaces with a pendant, gold armbands, and a red kumkum dot with white vibhuti on his forehead. Other saffron-robed men stand behind him, and devotees in white and yellow clothing with folded hands receive the blessing in the foreground. A purple curtain and a pillar with coloured bands form the background.

October 15 2012

October 15 2012

March 27 2013

A smiling man in an orange saffron shawl and long rudraksha mala garlands stands beside a bald, older man in a white shirt, placing his hand on the older man's head in a blessing gesture. The standing man wears a white forehead band with a red dot, a gold necklace, rudraksha bracelets on his arms, and holds a folded white paper in one hand. Behind them, devotees in white dhotis and kurtas stand with palms pressed together, and a golden deity image with an orange-robed figure is visible in the background. Probable Swamiji by appearance: long swept-back hair, saffron clothing, multiple rudraksha malas and gold ornaments, and the blessing action.

2012-09-24 +1 copies

May 26 2013

A photograph of a smiling man in an orange-saffron unstitched robe draped over one shoulder, wearing a long necklace of large gold-coloured beads and a gold chain, with white horizontal tripundra ash lines and a red kumkum mark on his forehead. He raises one arm in a blessing gesture toward a man in a white shirt on the left, while a man in a grey striped shirt claps with palms together and a child in a green top watches. A golden throne-like seat with red cushions stands in the background of the hall.

March 07 2013

A photograph of a smiling man in saffron-orange robes waving to a crowd. He has white sacred ash markings across his forehead, a red bindi, long rudraksha mala beads across his chest, a gold necklace and gold armbands. Around him, several people in white shirts stand with palms pressed together in greeting. The background shows a maroon curtain and warm lighting.

A photograph of a saffron-robed man with short dark hair, white sacred ash marks on his forehead and a red bindi, smiling and raising his right hand in a blessing gesture toward a kneeling devotee in a white kurta with folded palms. The robed man wears a long gold-coloured mala necklace with a large ornate gold pendant, gold bangles and gold armlets over a bare upper body in an orange-brown wrap. Behind him stand other robed devotees and people in white clothing near metal stanchions, with a decorated backdrop of painted deity figures and gold-trimmed shrine panels in the background. A white-clad person on the left holds a folded paper. a person is shown in the centre giving blessings to a devotee, with gold ornaments and saffron clothing as the qualifying cues.

A photograph of a ritual exchange in a temple-like hall. A man in a saffron-orange wrap and bare-armed, with a bindi, wears long heavy gold necklaces of bead-like links and gold armlets; he raises one palm toward a devotee while extending the other hand over a small paper offering held by a bespectacled man in a white shirt. Other devotees in white clothes stand nearby with hands folded, and a gold-coloured backdrop and red drapery fill the background. The orange-robed figure with ornate gold adornments and a distinctive presentation is a person candidate, but the identity is uncertain from appearance alone.

A photograph of a smiling man with a shaved head wearing an orange-saffron dhoti and shawl, heavy rudraksha malas and gold ceremonial necklaces, gold armbands, a white vibhuti band and red bindu on his forehead. He extends his right hand toward a row of devotees with folded palms, including an older woman with grey hair and white flower in her plait and a woman in a pink saree. Behind him a priest in saffron holds a silver tray, and a red curtain and silver drape form the backdrop.