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A photograph inside a temple hall with colourful painted walls and a decorated shrine in the background. A man with long swept-back dark hair, a red bindi and a red-brown ochre robe, wearing a heavy gold bead necklace and a saffron shawl, looks down while holding a folded paper and a small white box. Around him stand devotees in white clothes with white ash markings on their foreheads and arms, and a shaved-headed priest in an ochre cloth. A blurred hand is in the left foreground.

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A photograph in an ashram hall showing a man in a rust-brown robe and layered gold ceremonial necklaces with a large gold pendant, a gold ring, and gold armlets, reading a small white paper he holds in both hands. He has a red bindi and white forehead markings and wears gold hoop earrings, with long swept-back hair. Beside him on the left, a man in a white top with hands pressed together in namaskar listens, and another man in white kurta stands next to him. On the right edge, a man in white dhoti with a rudraksha mala looks on. Behind them are a maroon curtain, decorative pillars, and a gold-framed ornate backdrop.2013-07-15Photo of three men in a hall with a maroon curtain and a yellow-and-red tassel behind them. On the right, a man with long swept-back dark hair, a red bindi and a rust-orange wrap, wearing a long string of large gold beads and rudraksha-style brown mala beads, looks down smiling at a printed sheet he holds in both hands. Beside him stands a shaved-headed priest in rust-orange robes with white tripundra markings and a bead mala, looking toward the sheet. On the left, two men in white shirts stand close, one pointing at the paper with his finger.2013-05-03A photograph inside a temple-like hall with a decorated backdrop of painted panels and a golden deity figure. A central man with shoulder-length dark hair, a red tilak and gold earring wears an orange-saffron cloth, a large rudraksha mala with gold beads, a gold armlet and gold bracelets. He looks down at a sheet of paper in both hands. Around him stand devotees in white shirts, including a fair-haired man on the left and a shaved-headed priest in orange with a white tilak on the right. Several hands and onlookers are visible in the foreground.2013-05-15A photograph of a ceremonial blessing in a hall with dark red drapes. A man in saffron-orange robes and a gold bead necklace layered over rudraksha beads stands at right, placing his right hand on the head of a bowed devotee with glasses and tilak marks. The man holds a sheet of white paper in his left hand. Several people in white clothes with folded hands stand at left, and another figure in orange stands behind the blessing figure. The man has long swept-back dark hair, a gold earring and multiple bracelets, and appears to be Swamiji (probable), given the saffron robes, rudraksha and gold malas, and long swept-back hair, while the page identifies him as present.2013-05-12April 18 20132013-04-18 +1 copiesA man in a rust-orange saffron robe with a gold-bead necklace and a orange-brown shawl stands in a temple-like hall, placing his right hand on the head of a young man in white who bows forward. The robed man has long swept-back hair, a red tilak on his forehead, white ash marks, gold earrings and bangles, and holds a folded white paper in his left hand. Several men in white clothes stand behind them, and a colourful painted temple backdrop with deity murti panels is visible. Appearance-based a person in the robed role of the blessing officiant, performing a blessing with a hand on the head.2013-03-06May 15 20132013-05-15February 22 20132013-02-22May 20 20132013-05-20June 18 20132013-06-18September 28 20122012-09-28A photo of a long-haired man in a rust-orange saffron wrap, wearing a thick gold bead necklace layered over a red flower garland and a gold-ornamented red garland, with gold bangles and an earring. He raises his right palm in a blessing gesture toward a row of men in white shirts who stand with hands folded in prayer, while he holds a white paper in his left hand. A video camera operator stands at right and a bright decorated hall with ornate backdrop is behind. The man's distinctive long hair, saffron wrap and ceremonial gold necklaces are visible cues for a probable Swamiji (probable), giving blessings to devotees.2013-05-25