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A photograph of an indoor ritual blessing. A man with long dark hair swept back and a red tilak on his forehead wears an orange shawl over his bare shoulder, with a dark rudraksha mala hanging at his chest and a gold-coloured necklace. He sits with eyes lowered in front of a red velvet cushioned seat with an ornate gold carved backrest. A man in a white shirt and a wristwatch stands behind him, pressing his palm to the seated man's head in a blessing gesture while his other hand rests near the seated man's shoulder. The backdrop is a painted wall of orange fish swimming among blue water plants.

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September 06 20112011-09-06December 01 20112011-12-01A smiling man seated on a red cushioned throne with an ornate gold backrest blesses a second man by placing his right palm on the top of the second man's head. The seated man wears an orange saffron wrap over his bare upper body, rudraksha beads around his neck, white sacred ash lines and a red bindi on his forehead, and his hair is swept back. The second man, seen from behind in a white garment with gold trim, raises his hands in devotion. Behind them stand dark bronze-toned sculptures and a gold deity figure. a person is the seated figure, identified by his orange wrap, rudraksha mala, sacred ash and throne, with a blessing being given to a devotee.2011-11-26December 31 20112011-12-31December 25 20112011-12-25A seated man in saffron-orange robes with a rudraksha mala and white sacred ash on his forehead, with a red kumkum dot, is blessed by a man in white clothing with a pearl-like necklace who extends his palm toward him. Behind them stands an ornate gold throne with carved gold scrollwork and a red velvet seat, with a painted deity mural in the background. The seated figure shows distinctive saffron robes and mala cues but his identity cannot be confirmed from appearance alone, so this is a person depiction only in the sense of the page's claim, and the scene reads as a padapuja-style blessing.2011-11-26A seated man in an orange saffron shawl and orange dhoti, wearing a gold ceremonial necklace and a red bindi, reaches to press both hands onto the head of a standing man in a white shirt. The seated man has long dark hair swept back. The recipient has his hands raised in anjali near his face. Behind them is a golden lamp with a lit flame, a gold throne with red cushions decorated with a garland of red and orange flowers, and an ornate carved stone wall panel. The scene reads as a blessing or padapuja-style giving of darshan.2011-09-18July 06 20122012-07-06A man in saffron-orange robes sits on a red velvet throne with gold filigree back, wearing a long dark rudraksha mala and a red tilak on his forehead. His right hand is raised to the forehead of a young man in a pink collared shirt who leans in with both hands raised. A brass oil lamp stands at right, a water bottle sits behind the throne, and a colourful light-burst backdrop fills the background. Swamiji (probable): the seated man has long swept-back hair, saffron robes and rudraksha malas, matching a sannyasi giving blessing in this setting.2011-09-17September 09 20112011-09-09A seated man in saffron-orange robes with a matching orange head wrap and a long rudraksha mala raises his right hand in blessing over the head of a younger man in white kurta who stands with palms joined in namaskar. Behind them a red wall hanging and brass lamps with a lit flame stand on the ashram stage, and a red velvet throne chair is at left. The seated man is a robed figure on a throne; appearance cues are limited, so identity is uncertain. Two people are visible.2011-08-28 +1 copiesNovember 21 20112011-11-21