A photograph of a ritual blessing. A man with long dark hair and a leopard-print headwrap, wearing a saffron-orange sleeveless garment, many rudraksha malas and rudraksha arm bands, extends his right hand to touch the forehead of a kneeling man with short grey hair, white clothing and a rudraksha mala, whose palms are pressed together. Behind them, standing devotees in white and cream garments with rudraksha malas have their hands folded in anjali. A drum hangs in the upper background. Appearance-based probable Swamiji (probable) is the central figure performing the blessing, identified by long hair, saffron clothing and rudraksha cues, not by face. The scene reads as a darshan or energy blessing.

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2017-09-18Source: title

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September 18 2017

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