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A bare-chested devotee with a shaved head, wearing an orange shawl with printed script, a rudraksha mala and a gold chain, stands with palms pressed together as a man with long dark hair, rudraksha malas, a gold ornamental armband and a reddish-brown wrap touches the devotee's forehead with his right hand. Behind them, saffron-clad attendants and a white-clad man with white body markings watch. In the foreground a golden deity murti and a golden kalasha-like vessel sit beside a small plant. Swamiji (probable): the long-haired man in reddish-brown with rudraksha malas and gold ornaments is the initiating figure, who is physically present.

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July 02 20172017-07-02 +1 copiesJuly 03 20172017-07-03July 03 20172017-07-03July 02 20172017-07-02 +1 copiesJuly 03 20172017-07-03July 02 20172017-07-02July 03 20172017-07-03 +2 copiesJuly 03 20172017-07-03August 09 20172017-08-09August 08 20172017-08-08 +1 copiesA photograph of a ritual in progress. On the left, a bare-chested man with long dreadlocked hair and a gold chain stands with his right arm extended, pressing his hand onto the head of a young man on the right. The young man, bare-chested with short dark hair and a beard, has his arms raised with palms open, wearing an orange shawl, rudraksha malas and beaded bracelets. Behind them stand several women in white and cream saris with rudraksha malas, and a golden deity murti of a female figure stands beside a brass oil lamp in the foreground.2017-08-16 +1 copiesJuly 02 20172017-07-02 +1 copies