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A seated man with long dark hair, wearing a maroon and rust-red cloth over his shoulder and a leopard-print garment, extends his right hand in blessing over the head of a young boy. The boy stands with palms raised, dressed in white with a red-and-gold patterned shawl. Behind them a second person in white with a dark beaded necklace sits beside a golden trident and an ornate golden seat, and a purple draped table holds layered gold necklaces. Potted greenery frames the left side. The man resembles the Swamiji candidate described in the page, with long swept-back hair and a saffron-toned shawl, so appearance cues qualify him as probable Swamiji in an in-person blessing scene. Ritual blessing with abhishekam-style hand gesture, golden trident and ceremonial shawls.

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A seated man with long dark hair, wearing a rust-red cloth over the shoulder and a leopard-print lower garment, extends his right hand to touch the forehead of a young boy in white shirt and red-orange shawl with printed motifs. A woman in white with a brown-beaded necklace sits beside them, her hands raised. A silver trident stands behind the group, and behind them are draped garlands of gold beads and deep green and maroon fabric. Two men in white dhotis and red shawls stand at the back right. The seated figure has long swept-back hair and a rust-red wrap, a person by appearance cues, shown giving a blessing to a child in a darshan setting.2014-12-26December 26 20142014-12-26December 26 20142014-12-26December 26 20142014-12-26December 26 20142014-12-26A seated man with long, swept-back dark hair, bare-shouldered in a rust-red garment with a brown shawl and dark rudraksha-style beads, places his raised right hand on the forehead of a smiling young boy in a pale green kurta with a red-and-orange shawl and a rudraksha mala. The boy holds his hand up in greeting. A woman in white and red beads sits behind them, and a golden trident and ornate gold-and-green garlands hang on a draped altar in the background. Appearance cues are distinctive enough to label the seated man as a person, but the figure is not named from a sign here; this appears to be a blessing or darshan moment.2014-12-26A seated man with long dark hair and a brown rudraksha-style shawl, wearing a maroon garment, extends his right hand to touch the forehead of a young boy with a shaved head, who stands with palms pressed together in namaste. The boy wears an orange and gold-bordered garment and a beaded necklace, and has white tilak marks on his forehead and arms. Behind them a golden trident (trishul) stands near a maroon draped altar with ornate gold necklaces hanging above. A woman in white kneels in the background, and another standing figure in orange robes with white ash marks is at the right edge. Greenery frames the left side. The scene suggests a blessing or initiation moment during a satsang or darshan.2014-12-26December 26 20142014-12-26A seated man with long, swept-back dark hair, bare-chested with a dark wrap and rudraksha-style beads, reaches to touch the forehead of a shaved-headed young boy in a red-orange robe and red-orange mala. The boy has a white line of ash on his forehead and holds his palms together in reverence. Behind them, a woman in white clothes watches, and a second young boy in saffron-orange robes and a beaded mala stands at the right. Ornate gold and beaded garlands hang on the background, with green foliage at left and a golden ceremonial chair edge in the corner.2014-12-26December 26 20142014-12-26A seated man with long swept-back dark hair, bare-chested under a rust-red wrap, reaches forward to bless a young boy kneeling before him. The boy wears a white shirt, a rust-orange shawl and a rudraksha mala, and bows with his palms raised to his head. The seated man sits on an ornate gold throne-style chair beside a silver trident. Behind them stand gold garlands, deity murti in red and gold garments, and green plants.2014-12-26December 26 20142014-12-26