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A seated man with long, swept-back dark hair wears an orange saffron wrap over his bare upper body and an orange rudraksha-style bead mala around his neck. He extends his right arm to rest his hand on the head of a young boy with eyes closed, who kneels with palms pressed together in namaskar. The boy wears a navy T-shirt with white stripes and an orange lanyard. Behind them, another seated devotee in white and a few people in pink shirts sit in a hall with a white air conditioner. A dark red cushion and orange cloth lie in the foreground. The scene shows a blessing or diksha-style touch on the head.

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A seated man in orange-saffron robes with long, swept-back dark hair and a rudraksha mala places his right hand on the head of a young boy kneeling before him. The boy wears white kurta clothing and a red-orange shawl, with hands pressed together. The seated figure has long hair and a rudraksha necklace, and sits on a dark red cushioned seat. Behind them, two standing men in white kurtas with red shawls watch, and a wall-mounted air conditioner and cream walls form the setting. Shelves of small offering items lie at the lower left.

A photograph of a ritual blessing in an indoor hall. A long-haired woman in an orange-brown garment with an orange rudraksha-style bead garland lays her right hand on the head of a young man in a white t-shirt with a blue lanyard badge, who bows forward. Beside them a person in orange-brown robes with a rudraksha mala and a gold necklace stands, and a shirtless man with a white bandage on his forehead is behind. A blurred orange-rimmed basin sits at lower left, and a white air-conditioning unit is on the left wall. Several other people are visible in the background. Cues for the figure in orange-brown robes with a rudraksha mala are present, but his face is partly turned and the image does not clearly establish him as a person, so the identity is uncertain.

Indoor photo of a long-haired man in saffron-orange robes and an orange rudraksha-style beaded necklace reaching his right hand toward the forehead of a young boy in a black t-shirt with an orange lanyard, who has his eyes closed and palms pressed together. A seated man in white with brown beads and a gold-bordered cloth sits behind them, and a woman in white and beige sari stands in the background near a red curtain. The orange-robed man appears to be giving blessing, with the palm placed near the boy's forehead.

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A photograph of a seated figure in an orange sleeveless top and orange wrap with long dark hair, extending one arm to rest a palm on the head of a young boy with short dark hair. The boy wears a striped grey-and-white shirt with a navy collar, a rudraksha mala with a red and orange pendant, red wrist threads and a watch, and holds his palms up in front of him. Behind them are a maroon curtain, a few seated and standing onlookers, and a child in red at lower left. The seated figure is on a red patterned cloth. a person (orange clothing, long swept-back hair, rudraksha mala-style adornment) performing a blessing on the boy.

February 21 2013

A photograph of a darshan moment. A long-haired figure in a saffron-orange sleeveless garment and rudraksha malas on the arms places a palm on the forehead of a man in a red, white and navy striped polo shirt, whose hands are pressed together in anjali. The giver wears beaded rudraksha bracelets and seated orange cloth; a gold bangle is visible on another wrist. Behind them, blurred white-clad attendees and a maroon curtain form the setting.

A seated man in an orange-saffron robe with a thick rudraksha mala and a long dark hair knot, bearing white sacred ash on his forehead, extends his right hand in blessing toward the head of a young boy in a white shirt and red-and-white checked cloth with an orange thread. The boy stands with eyes closed and hands folded. Behind them a second man in white with a yellow-bordered cloth and white forehead marks sits, and blurred figures stand in the background. Swamiji (probable): the seated blessing figure shows long swept-back hair, saffron robe and rudraksha mala, the cues the page associates with Swamiji, though this is an appearance-based label.