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A photograph of a ritual in an ashram hall. In the foreground a man in a white shirt and white trousers stands with one arm raised, holding an orange fruit aloft, and his other hand pressed to his forehead with eyes closed. Beside him a man in an orange robe and a dark wooden bead mala stands. In the centre, a figure seated from behind with long dark dreadlocked hair wears a headdress of yellow citrus fruits, pink and red fruit slices and pink flowers, sitting on an ornate silver and red upholstered throne. A man with a beard and other white-clad devotees are in the background, along with a silver stand.

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A close photograph of a man in a peach-coloured collared shirt with blue-and-white trim, eyes closed, receiving a blessing as another hand presses on his forehead. He holds a small orange fruit in his raised left hand and wears a red thread on his wrist. In the foreground, a person with long dark braided hair wears a red-and-orange garland of flowers and green leaves over a dark red garment. Behind them, a figure in orange robes and a rudraksha mala stands in the background. The setting appears to be a ritual blessing or puja.2017-02-02A seated older man in a light blue collared shirt bends forward with eyes closed while a figure in long dreadlocks, wearing a red garment and a garland of pink and green flowers, sits in front of him. Behind them a person in an orange robe with a rudraksha mala places a hand on the man's head, and a young man in a beige shirt with a lanyard watches. A small orange fruit is held in the man's hand. A silver ornate chair with red fabric is at right, and white-clad people sit on mats in the background.2017-02-02A seated devotee with closed eyes and hands folded in prayer, wearing an orange-and-white inscribed shawl and a plain necklace, receives a hand on his head from a figure seen from behind. That figure wears long dreadlocked hair decorated with pink petals and a large garland of yellow and pink flowers on the head, and an orange cloth. Behind them stand onlookers, one in a blue shirt and another with short dark hair and a tilak mark, while a silver-covered object and a red-clad figure appear at the right edge. Two more people stand at the top left, one in orange robes with a mala.2017-02-02A photograph of a seated figure with long dark hair wearing a rust-orange draped garment and a necklace of large round green-yellow beads and a red-orange mala. The figure extends a right arm and palm to rest on the forehead of a man in a white shirt with a rudraksha mala, who raises both hands in front of him. Behind them, a standing man in white and another in white stand near a red curtain, and a seated man in white with a red tilak sits in the foreground.2013-05-12January 01 20092009-01-01May 12 20132013-05-12May 05 20122012-05-05October 07 20122012-10-07A close photograph of a man in a white shirt with short black hair and a moustache, receiving a blessing as a hand in a saffron-orange sleeve presses on his forehead. Behind him stands a figure in orange clothing with a rudraksha mala, and a second figure with long dark matted hair decorated with pink flower petals and a headdress of green foliage and yellow fruit. A red-and-white patterned garland lies across the lower right. Another orange-clad figure is partly visible at the top, and a hand holds a fruit at the left edge. The setting appears to be a ritual blessing or puja.2017-02-02July 02 20132013-07-02May 12 20132013-05-12A photograph of a seated man with long dark swept-back hair, wearing an orange saffron shawl over a bare chest, a rudraksha-style bead mala and a garland of green and red flowers, sitting on a red velvet throne. He rests his right hand on the bald head of a devotee kneeling in front of him; the devotee wears a white shirt and a gold wristwatch and holds both arms outstretched. A painted backdrop of a banyan tree and a golden kalasha-like lamp stand are behind them.2015-05-05