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Close view of a dark wooden box lined with red felt containing printed cards titled Samaya Deeksha. Each card shows a portrait of a man with a red turban decorated with a silver ornament, a gold bead necklace, and a smiling expression, beside a black-and-white Shiva lingam illustration and Sanskrit mantra text. Folded white cloth sits at the right edge of the frame. No people are physically present in the scene.

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April 03 20172017-04-03April 03 20172017-04-03January 13 20182018-01-13 +2 copiesPhotograph of a wooden box holding stacks of small green printed cards. The cards carry Gayatri Mantra text in English-transliterated Sanskrit and Tamil script, with a printed portrait of a smiling bearded man wearing a red turban with a jewelled ornament and a gold necklace. A top card reads Samaya Deeksha beside a kalasha-like emblem. White cloth lies at the right edge. No physical people are visible.2017-04-03April 03 20172017-04-03Close overhead photo of a person's hands holding an open printed Samaya Deeksha card over a blue and black striped bag on a green cloth. The card shows a smiling man in a red turban with a crown-like ornament and ornate gold necklace, a Shiva lingam illustration, and mantra lines. Only partial dark hair and hands are visible, so no full face or clear physical candidate is shown. The card depicts a figure in a printed image; the scene itself shows one partly visible person.2017-05-10Photo 11722961August 05 20162016-08-05 +1 copiesMay 10 20172017-05-10March 17 20192019-03-17May 10 20172017-05-10A stack of printed Shiva Deeksha Spiritual Name Certificates lies on a dark surface. The central certificate is cream-coloured with red and black lettering and carries a printed portrait of a smiling man with a long beard, wearing an orange-red turban, a gold necklace, a rudraksha-style garland, bangles and pink-white flower garlands, with hands raised in blessing. A small line drawing of a deity murti appears in an oval at the right. Other certificates are partly visible beneath and beside it. No physical people are present; the portrait is a printed depiction. The printed portrait is not a physical candidate in the scene.2019-03-17