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A photograph of a standing bare-chested man with long dark hair and a gold-edged white shawl pressing his palm to the forehead of a seated devotee in a white shirt, a rudraksha mala and a blue bead necklace. The devotee has his eyes closed, hands folded at chest level, and a dark tilak mark is visible. Behind them, several men in white clothes, one in an orange shawl, stand near a pedestal fan in a crowded hall. The giver's face is in profile at left, and the scene reads as a blessing or initiation moment.

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A photograph at an indoor convention hall shows a man with long, dark, swept-back hair and a white shawl placing his hand on the forehead of a seated devotee. The devotee wears a white shirt, a red rudraksha mala, and a white identity badge, sits with eyes closed and palms pressed together in namaste, and has a tilak marked on his forehead. Behind them, several men in white clothes stand near a rotating fan, one wearing an orange-and-white cloth over his shoulder.2006-07-30A photograph of a healing or blessing moment indoors. A bare-chested man with long swept-back dark hair and a red-orange tilak on his forehead, wearing a white cloth draped over the shoulder with a gold-yellow border, places his right hand on the forehead of a seated man with closed eyes, short dark hair and a moustache. The seated man wears a white shirt and a red-brown beaded necklace with a small pendant. Behind them, several men in white kurta-style clothes stand watching, one wearing a dark beaded mala with a small pendant and another with an orange-and-white shawl. A white pedestal fan and blue furniture are visible in the background. The long-haired man has distinctive adornments and clothing cues, so he is a probable candidate for a person, shown performing a blessing on a devotee.2006-07-30July 30 20062006-07-30A photograph of a long-haired figure in a white and gold-bordered cloth with multiple rudraksha mala beads placing a hand on the forehead of a man in a white shirt and rudraksha mala, who stands with eyes closed and palms pressed together. Behind them, several men in white shirts with ID badges stand in an indoor hall with a standing fan. The scene suggests a blessing being given during the convention. A small circular portrait pendant hangs on the devotee's mala.2006-07-30A photograph of a long-haired man with a red forehead mark and bare upper body, wearing a white dhoti with a gold-bordered cloth over one shoulder, placing his hand on the forehead of a seated man in white shirt and white trousers with a brown rudraksha mala and a round pendant. A third man in white stands at the upper right, a camera is partly visible at the top left, and a rudraksha mala hangs in the lower right foreground. The setting is a plain room with a wall and a white electric fan. The long-haired man has long swept-back hair, a bare chest, a gold-bordered shawl and a vertical red forehead mark, which is a distinctive appearance cue matching the Swamiji (probable) candidate; he is performing a blessing on the seated devotee. Two people are fully visible and a third is partly visible, so four physical people are present.2006-07-30July 30 20062006-07-30July 30 20062006-07-30July 30 20062006-07-30July 30 20062006-07-30July 30 20062006-07-30July 30 20062006-07-30July 30 20062006-07-30