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A seated figure with a bare chest and a long orange-and-saffron shawl, wearing a red-brown lower garment, a beaded necklace and a yellow tilak on the forehead, is touching a feathered or leafy offering to the forehead of a man in a white shirt and red scarf. The seated figure sits on an ornate silver-and-purple throne-like seat with carved detailing. Behind them, other people in saffron and cream clothes stand in a dim, night-lit outdoor setting with ceremonial staffs, a fringed canopy at the top left, and a silver-tipped mace or staff at right. The scene appears to be a blessing or darshan moment.

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August 01 20142014-08-01A man with long dreadlocked hair, wearing a rust-brown draped garment and a thick red-and-white flower garland, sits on a leopard-print seat and presses his right palm to the forehead of a man in a white kurta with a rudraksha mala. The dreadlocked figure is an appearance-based a person candidate: long dreadlocked hair, a flower garland and a rust-brown garment. Behind them a gold-and-silver deity murti and silver ceremonial stand are decorated with red, pink and purple garlands. A woman in orange with a rudraksha mala stands beside the blessing, and a few devotees are visible in the background, including a woman in blue and another in white.2018-04-23May 03 20142014-05-03A seated man in an orange and maroon saffron robe, with a gold-bead necklace and a forehead marked with orange-red tilak, sits on an ornate silver-and-purple throne at night. A devotee in a white shirt with a red-and-white sacred thread leans in, his hand raised toward the seated figure's face. Behind them, several people in orange and saffron robes stand in the dim background, and a trident-topped pole is visible at right. The figure on the throne shows a person appearance cue: ornate gold necklace and saffron clothing, with the attending devotee in white performing a blessing-style gesture.2014-08-01August 01 20142014-08-01December 20 20132013-12-20May 28 20132013-05-28September 20 20152015-09-20August 01 20142014-08-01April 25 20182018-04-25 +1 copiesOutdoor evening photo of a devotee with a white headband and striped shirt bowing forward with palms pressed together while a figure in a rust-orange turban, red and blue flower garland, gold earrings and bangles lays a hand on his head in blessing. The blessing figure wears an orange-yellow shawl over bare shoulders. Behind them, several people in white dhotis, saffron and rust robes and rudraksha malas stand near a golden murti of a deity on a red cloth. a person appearance cue is the orange turban, rudraksha-style beads and ceremonial garland, but the face is not clearly identifiable here. Ritual blessing scene, darshan-style.2015-08-09Night-time outdoor satsang or sarvadarshan scene. A man with long dark hair, wearing a rust-red saffron-toned shawl over bare shoulders and a beaded orange-gold necklace, stands at left with his right hand raised and placed on the forehead of a short-haired man in a white shirt and red shawl who is bowing with eyes closed. Behind them seated devotees in white clothes and red shawls, one woman wearing a rudraksha-style mala, with an orange fringed canopy at upper left. Swamiji (probable) for the man with long hair and orange-gold beads, indicated by hair, red-saffron clothing and beaded gold adornment; he is performing a blessing gesture.2013-12-20