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A bearded man with long, swept-back dreadlocked hair wrapped in a rudraksha band sits on an ornate silver-railed seat, wearing an orange-saffron cloth draped over his bare shoulder and a gold chain, and extends his right hand to bless a devotee's head. Several women in white and light-green saris, one in an orange top with a red bindi and rudraksha mala, stand behind, with hands pressed in anjali. The devotee in a dark blue shirt bows forward with his palm raised. The scene is lit in cool blue and teal. Visible printed text at the lower right reads a copyright and source notice, which is not included below.

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October 12 20172017-10-12May 06 20182018-05-06March 28 20182018-03-28 +1 copiesA photograph of a shaved-headed devotee in a red top being blessed on the forehead by a man with long dreadlocked hair, a beard, a white horizontal marking on his forehead, a red-orange cloth draped over bare shoulders, and a beaded necklace. A woman with hair in a bun and a girl with a ponytail in a white top stand in the foreground, and a silver-toned ornate ceremonial structure is visible at right against a red curtain. a person: the blessing man has long dreadlocks and a red-orange cloth with a beaded necklace, so he may be the a person; he is in the role of blessing a devotee.2018-04-04 +1 copiesJuly 21 20122012-07-21October 12 20172017-10-12October 12 20172017-10-12Indoor stage event photograph. A bare-chested man with a tall piled dreadlock-style hairdo wrapped with rudraksha beads and a horizontal white forehead mark, wearing a saffron-orange shawl and rudraksha mala with a gold pendant, reaches out to place his right hand on the forehead of a seated man in a blue striped kurta who wears a rudraksha mala and has his palms pressed together in namaste. A third person with long matted hair sits in the foreground at lower left. Behind them are a microphone stand, dark curtains and an electric fan.2018-04-15April 15 20182018-04-15April 15 20182018-04-15A bare-chested priest with long dreadlocks wrapped in a thick red-orange cloth band and a beaded rudraksha-style headband places his right hand on the head of a young man in a blue shirt who stands with palms pressed together in namaste. The priest wears a red-orange shawl over his shoulder and a beaded mala. Behind them, devotees in red and white clothing and a framed picture are visible. The priest's appearance is not clearly that of a specific known individual, so no identity is asserted.2018-04-30A seated man in an orange-red robe with a long braided red head wrap and a rudraksha mala places his right palm on the forehead of a young man in a lavender-blue kurta wearing a rudraksha mala. The seated man sits on a leopard-print cushioned seat beside an ornate carved pillar. Behind them a woman in a red garment and a woman in blue stand near a tray, and a photographer with a camera is visible at left. a person: the seated man wears a long braided red head wrap, orange-red robe and rudraksha mala, consistent with the page's reference to initiation, so he is a candidate for in_person.2018-04-30