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A photograph at an indoor Inner Awakening session shows a man in saffron-orange and red robes with a long beaded necklace and a purple wrist band placing his right hand on the forehead of an elderly man with grey hair in white clothing and an orange-red scarf. The younger man holds a small folded paper in his left hand and smiles while blessing him. Behind them a woman in a red-brown sari with a dark beaded mala sits on the floor, and several men in white kurtas with red-orange shawls and lanyards stand in the background. A large screen shows a live feed of the room. Warm lighting and a chandelier are visible. The identity of the robed man is uncertain from appearance alone.

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July 05 20152015-07-05 +1 copiesA seated man in a saffron-orange dhoti and shawl, wearing a long strand of beige beads and a purple-and-blue bead bracelet, reaches forward to touch the forehead of a standing man in a white kurta with an orange-red shawl and hands raised in a blessing gesture. Behind them a woman in maroon and red robes with a mala and a red tilak sits watching, and others in white and red shawls stand in a large hall with an LED screen showing a similar gathering. The scene reads as a blessing or darshan moment during a seminar session. Watermarked Nithyanandapedia archive photo.2015-07-10December 16 20132013-12-16April 01 20132013-04-01July 13 20152015-07-13A photograph of a long-haired man in an orange-brown sleeveless garment with a saffron-red shawl and gold ornaments, with a red bindi, placing his right hand on the head of an older man with grey curly hair, who wears a white shirt, a red shawl and a wristwatch and bows with palms raised. A woman in an orange sari stands in the background before a red curtain and a multicoloured flower garland. Appearance-based cues on the man with the outstretched hand (long swept-back hair, saffron shawl, gold necklace) suggest Swamiji (probable) giving a blessing to a devotee, though the identification is uncertain.2013-07-08A photo of a devotional blessing scene. A woman with long dark hair, wearing a rust-red and gold-bordered sari, sits on the left and places her right hand on the forehead of an elderly man with grey hair. He wears a white kurta and an orange-brown beaded mala with a green lanyard. Behind them, other women in rust-red and gold saris are seated or bending, and a standing man in white kurta is partly visible at the top. At the lower right, a life-size cardboard or printed cutout shows a smiling figure in a red turban with a tilak, hands in anjali.2015-07-09May 28 20132013-05-28A photograph of a seated man with swept-back dark hair, white vertical tilak and red dot on his forehead, wearing a red-and-gold striped shawl and a gold-bead necklace with rudraksha-style beads, as he places his hands on the head of an older man with grey curly hair who wears a white shirt and bows forward with palms raised. The seated man wears distinctive ceremonial adornments and a red-and-gold shawl; the presentation has several cues consistent with the a person label, and he is performing a blessing on the devotee. Behind them a large backdrop shows painted figures in light blue and white. Two people are visible.2011-11-06July 17 20152015-07-17A photograph of a man in a red and gold striped shawl wearing a heavy gold bead necklace with a tilak and red bindi, his eyes closed and smiling, placing his right palm on the crown of the head of an older man with grey hair and a white shirt, who has his hands raised in a namaskar gesture. A large backdrop behind them shows images of people in yoga postures. Two people are visible.2011-11-06October 20 20132013-10-20