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A photograph of a man with long dark hair and a red tilak on his forehead, bare-shouldered and wearing a leopard-print garment, placing his right hand on the forehead of a younger man in a light green kurta with white embroidered trim and a rudraksha mala. The setting is dark with red stage lighting and a silver pole behind them, and a gold ornate backdrop edge on the left. Appearance-based label: the figure with long hair, tilak and leopard-print garment is a Swamiji (probable) candidate, shown in person giving a blessing to a devotee.

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Photograph of a bare-shouldered man with long, swept-back dark hair and a red tilak on his forehead, wearing a leopard-print wrap, layered green-and-gold rudraksha-style malas with orange beads, and a gold chain necklace. He extends his right arm, touching the forehead of a younger man in a pink shirt who kneels with his palms pressed together. The man in the wrap holds a white paper in his left hand. Behind them is a dark stage backdrop with a silver pole and a curved gold structure. A probable Swamiji is shown in an appearance-based label, based on the long hair, malas and wrap cues, and the scene suggests a blessing or darshan moment.2017-12-22December 22 20172017-12-22December 22 20172017-12-22A photograph of a long-haired man with a red tilak on his forehead, wearing a leopard-print garment on his bare upper body and green leaves tucked into his hair, extending his right hand to rest on the head of a woman in an orange top and beaded necklace who has her palms pressed together in prayer. A dark stage backdrop and a metal pole are behind them, with a gold-toned curtain at the left edge. Two people are clearly visible in the scene.2017-12-22December 22 20172017-12-22December 22 20172017-12-22December 22 20172017-12-22Close photograph of two men seated on a stage with a red-orange backdrop and an ornate gold-toned carved panel behind them. The man on the right, wearing a leopard-print sleeveless garment, multiple braided ropes of beads over the shoulders, a gold chain, and a red tilak on the forehead, is the. The man on the left wears a white shirt, a red bead mala, and long dreadlocks with hoop earrings, and reaches up to touch the face of the seated man in a gesture of blessing or devotion.2017-12-22A photograph of a seated man in a white shirt with a beaded rudraksha-style mala, his head bowed, receiving a blessing as a bare-chested man with long swept-back dark hair, a red tilak on his forehead, a leopard-print sleeveless garment and a green braided shawl with beads touches his head with one hand. The blessing-giver wears a gold pendant necklace and sits in front of a dark stage backdrop with a warm red-orange light panel and an ornate gold pillar at the upper right. The figure giving the blessing matches several distinctive presentational cues (long hair, tilak, beaded green shawl, ornate gold pendant), so he is described as Swamiji (probable).2017-12-22December 22 20172017-12-22December 22 20172017-12-22August 10 20172017-08-10 +1 copies