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A shaved-headed man with closed eyes sits in meditative stillness, a vertical dark tilak mark on his forehead, his palms raised toward a hand extended from the left edge of the frame. He wears an orange shawl printed with script and a rudraksha mala with a pendant. Behind him, people in white clothing stand in a hall, and a small white paper is held in the lower left. The setting suggests a darshan or blessing moment.

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A close photo of a shaved-headed devotee with eyes closed and a faint smile, wearing an orange shawl printed with black script and a pendant necklace with rudraksha beads. A hand wearing a rudraksha mala rests on the devotee's forehead while another hand is raised, palm open, in a blessing or ritual gesture against a dark background with warm sunlight. One devotee is clearly visible, receiving a blessing or touch on the forehead.2017-08-04December 16 20102010-12-16July 16 20172017-07-16 +1 copiesJuly 17 20152015-07-17February 28 20172017-02-28A shaved-headed man in white kurta with rudraksha mala and an orange-red shawl printed with dark script stands with eyes closed and hands raised while another man's hand presses on his forehead in blessing. The blessing hand's owner, shirtless with rudraksha beads and an orange cloth, holds a handwritten card. Behind them, a shirtless bearded man with rudraksha mala and orange shawl stands in a pink hall with framed photographs on the wall. A dark curtain and a blurred figure in red appear at the edges.2017-08-03A shaved-headed man with a bare chest sits with eyes closed while another person's hand presses on his forehead near the brow. He wears a long rudraksha mala with multiple strands and a gold pendant chain. His arms are raised with palms open. A reddish-brown background and a red thread bracelet on the wrist are visible. The scene appears to be a ritual blessing or initiation with a priest or attendant touching the devotee's forehead.2017-07-30A young shaven-headed boy bare-chested with a thin cream cord around his neck kneels with palms raised and eyes looking upward while an adult's hand in an orange-robed sleeve presses a tilak or mark onto his forehead. The adult wears orange saffron cloth and a red thread bracelet on the wrist. A blurred golden object and red-orange drapery fill the background of this ritual blessing moment.2017-07-14December 02 20102010-12-02July 17 20152015-07-17A photograph of a ceremony in a hall with a dark red curtain backdrop. In the foreground a bald, bare-chested man in white dhoti with a yellow border kneels with palms raised, wearing a rudraksha mala and an orange shawl printed with repeated text. A long-haired, bearded man in a pink and white garland-decorated shawl stands behind him, placing one hand on the kneeling man's forehead while the other hand holds the shawl. Behind them, a bare-chested man with rudraksha malas and white dhoti stands, and to the left a few people in white and red clothing are blurred in the background. Setting suggests an initiation-type blessing.2017-02-28October 11 20122012-10-11