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February 17 20132013-02-17February 17 20132013-02-17September 15 20122012-09-15April 01 20132013-04-01A 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.2013-07-25March 27 20132013-03-27June 04 20132013-06-04A photograph of a man in a saffron-orange robe with long swept-back dark hair, a red bindi and a horizontal white tilak on the forehead, wearing layered rudraksha malas and an ornate gold pendant necklace, placing his right hand on the head of an older balding man in a cream shirt and glasses who bows forward. The figure in orange holds a stack of papers in the other hand. Another man in white stands at left, and a partly visible saffron-robed figure is at right, with a golden deity murti or ornament in the upper right. Blessing or darshan setting. Swamiji (probable) on the basis of the saffron robe, long hair, rudraksha malas and gold necklace, as the person giving the blessing.2013-01-18A smiling figure in an orange-brown saffron garment stands at the centre, raising one hand in a blessing gesture while holding a folded white paper in the other. Dense red and white flower garlands with gold ornaments hang around the neck and across the chest, and gold bangles are worn on the arms, with a red bindi on the forehead and long swept-back hair. To the left, a man in a white shirt presses his palms together in greeting, and a bearded man in an orange kurta stands beside him with hands folded. Behind them, several people in white and checked shirts stand in a hall with red drapes and warm lighting. Swamiji (probable) is the central figure, identified by his crown-less swept hair, saffron clothing, ceremonial gold necklace and garlands.2013-07-03February 17 20132013-02-17A photograph of an indoor hall with a bare-chested man in orange ochre cloth smiling as he places his right hand on the head of a kneeling devotee with bowed head and palms pressed together. The standing man has long swept-back black hair, a white horizontal tilak with a red dot, multiple rudraksha malas, a gold necklace, gold armlets and bangles. Behind him another man in orange robes with a white tilak and a second figure in orange stand near a gold-tipped staff. An elderly bald man in white shirt and a man in a striped checked shirt are at left; a ceiling fan, fluorescent lights and a projector screen are visible in the background. Appearance-based label: a person, giving a blessing to a devotee.2012-10-20A man with long swept-back dark hair, a white vibhuti tripundra on his forehead, orange robe, layered gold bead necklace and gold armlets stands at right holding a folded paper and touching the forehead of a kneeling devotee in an orange cloth. Two onlookers in white and a man in a white shirt stand behind, one with hands joined in namaskar at left. The red-curtained room has a gilded shrine canopy at upper right.2012-09-26