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A photograph inside an ashram hall during a ritual blessing. A bald man in white clothes stands at left with his head bowed as a long-haired figure in a red-orange robe and a multi-strand rudraksha mala with a gold necklace raises a hand over his head. This central figure is an appearance-based a person. Beside him, a monk in orange robes holds a white paper and stands at a wooden box of small items. Other men in white shirts and orange-robed devotees stand around, and a camera operator is visible at the left edge.2012-04-05A photograph of an indoor satsang hall. A long-haired figure in saffron-orange robes, wearing a rudraksha mala and a gold ceremonial necklace, with a white forehead band and red bindi, extends a hand in blessing while holding a white paper. An elderly man in white shirt and white dhoti, with grey hair and folded hands, bows low before him. Behind them stand other devotees in white and saffron, and a red-cushioned bench, a red box with objects, and a crowd lined along the wall.2012-09-15A bald, light-skinned man in a white kurta stands with bowed head while a long-haired person in a red-orange sash and dense beaded garlands places a hand on his scalp and holds a sheet of paper. The person wears rudraksha-style beads, bangles and a red bindi, with a pale-yellow garment beneath the sash. Beside them a man in a white shirt with a black beaded necklace stands with hands folded. A man in saffron clothing and another in white stand nearby, and a tray of small items sits at lower right. Behind them hang framed portraits on a cream wall, and a projector screen and red curtain fill the background.2012-04-05 +2 copiesA figure in an orange-brown and gold silk garment with a gold-bordered shawl, wearing heavy gold bead necklaces, bangles and a red bindi, stands at the centre-right holding a folded paper and extending a hand in blessing over the head of a bowed devotee in white. The devotee wears a white shirt and dark-rimmed glasses, hands pressed in anjali. Nearby, a woman in white with a rudraksha mala and a man in white with a vertical tilak and mala watch; a young child in blue stands at the bottom. Other people in white and saffron-coloured clothing fill a hall behind, with red curtains, a screen and ceremonial brass vessels at the right edge. Swamiji (probable): the central figure has long swept-back hair, ornate gold necklaces and an orange-gold shawl, and is performing the blessing.2013-10-19November 02 20142014-11-02September 10 20122012-09-10December 09 20152015-12-09July 14 20112011-07-14July 14 20112011-07-14A photograph inside a hall with red curtains and a gold-and-red throne on a stage at the back. A man in a rust-red saffron-toned robe, with a rudraksha-style beaded necklace, dark hair swept back, a red bindi and gold bangles, stands at the right raising his hand in blessing toward a man in white shirt who bows with folded hands. Behind them, men in white shirts and dhotis stand along metal stanchions, and a shaved-headed monk in orange-brown robes with a white tilak and beads stands at the left. Women in colourful salwar kameez watch at the far right.2013-09-12March 27 20132013-03-27September 10 20122012-09-10