A photograph of a long-haired man in an orange robe and rudraksha beads placing his hand on the forehead of an older bald man wearing an orange and blue shawl. Behind them a woman in white with a red bindi looks on in front of red draped cloth. The man in orange wears a long rudraksha mala and a ceremonial gold-chain necklace, and the older man is receiving the blessing. - Nithyanandapedia

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A photograph of a long-haired man in an orange robe and rudraksha beads placing his hand on the forehead of an older bald man wearing an orange and blue shawl. Behind them a woman in white with a red bindi looks on in front of red draped cloth. The man in orange wears a long rudraksha mala and a ceremonial gold-chain necklace, and the older man is receiving the blessing.

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A photograph of a long-haired figure in an orange-brown garment and layered red and brown rudraksha malas raising a hand to touch the forehead of an older man in a dark jacket with a blue and white panel and an orange shawl. The seated figure has a white forehead mark and long swept-back hair; a younger man in white dhoti with a gold border and rudraksha mala sits behind them. Red draped fabric forms the backdrop. Appearance-based label: a person, seated and blessing the devotee. Three physical people are visible.

A photograph of an ashram blessing. A long-haired figure with yellow markings on the forehead and a shirtless orange-robed body, adorned with rudraksha malas and a gold necklace, places a hand on the forehead of a man in a white kurta with an orange shawl, who has his eyes closed and palms pressed together. A red velvet curtain hangs behind them. A second orange-robed attendant stands at the right edge, and another person is partly visible at the left. The blessing resembles darshan or padapuja.

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July 18 2012

A photograph of a ritual blessing indoors against a red curtain. A bare-chested figure with long dark hair and a rudraksha bracelet and arm band, wearing bells on a shoulder ornament and an orange-and-gold cloth, presses a palm to the forehead of an older man with closed eyes. The man wears an orange shawl over a navy jacket, with a rudraksha mala, a steel wristwatch and hands pressed together in namaste. Another person in a white shirt is partly visible behind them. The figure's ornamentation and hair are distinctive, but the appearance is not reliably identifiable as a person, so the role is given as a ritual blessing performer receiving a devotee.

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A photograph of a seated man in an orange-and-black outfit receiving a blessing as a man in an orange sannyasi-style shawl and orange garment places his hand on his head. The blessed man wears a red-and-black beaded rudraksha-style mala around his neck and an orange shawl over black clothing, with bangles on his wrist. The blessing figure has long swept-back hair, gold hoop earring, a rudraksha mala and a gold ceremonial necklace, and his shawl is draped over his bare shoulder. A red draped curtain forms the backdrop, with a pink flower arrangement at the right edge and other seated devotees in white clothing in the background.

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A photograph of a satsang moment on a stage with a red curtain behind. A figure in an orange-red robe with a long rudraksha mala and a saffron shawl, with long swept-back dark hair and a gold earring, sits smiling and reaches up with both hands to hold the head of a man in a white shirt. The man tilts his head back with his mouth open and a hand raised, and wears a gold bracelet and a dark wristwatch. A man in the background looks on. Probable Swamiji (orange robe, rudraksha mala, long swept-back hair, gold earring) in the central blessing action.