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A photograph of a smiling man in a maroon-red shawl draped over bare shoulders, wearing a wide rudraksha mala and a gold pendant, placing his right hand on the head of a kneeling person with dark hair in the lower left. A shirtless man in a white dhoti with yellow border and rudraksha malas stands behind, with other devotees in pale shirts and white clothes around them. A small orange flame glows at the lower left edge. The Swamiji candidate has long dark hair, a forehead mark and a rudraksha-adorned shawl; he is presented as a probable Swamiji seen in person giving blessing.

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April 29 20182018-04-29A smiling man with long dark dreadlocks and a vertical tilak on his forehead, bare-shouldered in a reddish-brown wrap with a tan rudraksha-style mala around his neck, reaches out to touch the shaved head of a bald man in an orange-and-maroon robe with a matching mala. The bald man's palms are raised in front of him. Behind them, a woman in a white sari with gold and beaded necklaces, and another person in orange, watch. A golden ceremonial staff or post stands at the left edge, with a gilded figure partly visible. The scene suggests a blessing or initiation moment at an outdoor gathering.2016-05-14September 17 20172017-09-17 +1 copiesA night-time photograph of a ritual initiation. On the right, a man with long swept-back hair, a beard, a red-brown saffron shawl, a long multi-strand gold necklace, a gold pendant and rudraksha-style beaded bracelets raises his right hand to touch the forehead of a bare-chested devotee on the left, who bows forward. The devotee wears a white cloth with a thin white sacred thread, a rudraksha mala and red-and-white wrist threads. Behind them an attendant in white clothing with a vertical sandalwood-coloured mark on his forehead watches, and a silver-trimmed ornate throne stands at the right edge beside a red pillar. The scene is a shiva deeksha initiation.2017-10-05July 11 20172017-07-11 +1 copiesMay 21 20122012-05-21September 24 20172017-09-24 +2 copiesMay 06 20182018-05-06 +1 copiesA smiling man with long swept-back black hair, white forehead markings and a red-brown shawl draped over his shoulders, wears a heavy gold necklace of large beads and a gold pendant, with gold armbands and bangles. He raises one hand in greeting toward a seated devotee at the lower left. Around him, several men in orange and saffron cloths wear rudraksha malas and stand close together, some holding folded white papers. Appearance-based label: a person, a figure with distinctive ornate gold ornaments and long swept-back hair, shown in person greeting devotees during a ritual gathering.2017-09-17 +1 copiesMay 06 20182018-05-06June 21 20122012-06-21April 13 20182018-04-13 +1 copies