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October 10 20152015-10-10A photograph of a ritual blessing during an Inner Awakening session. A woman with long dark hair, seen from behind, wears a rust-red and gold-bordered garment and presses her palm to the forehead of a man in a red-orange shawl with printed script and an event lanyard. Her other hand holds a sheet of paper. Behind them, another seated person in red wears a rudraksha mala. A life-size cardboard cutout of a smiling man in an orange turban and orange robe stands at right, and standing attendees in white and orange shawls fill the background. The setting is a stage with white floor covering.2015-07-09June 24 20172017-06-24July 10 20152015-07-10A 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.2017-07-02 +1 copiesJuly 07 20172017-07-07September 20 20152015-09-20September 20 20152015-09-20August 15 20172017-08-15 +1 copiesA photograph of a ritual blessing in an indoor hall. A bare-chested man with long swept-back dark hair, a crown-like headwrap, a beard, and layered rudraksha malas sits at left in orange-saffron cloth, extending his right hand to rest on the head of a kneeling devotee with closed eyes, a red wristband, a rudraksha mala and a bare upper body. A young woman in an orange saffron sari with rudraksha beads stands beside them, eyes lowered. Behind them, several people in white and cream clothing and a man in a white dhoti with a red-brown mala watch the blessing, and a silver-finished pillar stands at right. a person appears as the central figure in orange with rudraksha malas, giving a blessing (aushadha process) in a temple setting.2018-04-16 +1 copiesA photograph of a long-haired man in a rust-orange wrap, with a beaded rudraksha-style necklace and a dark mala at his chest, pressing his right hand to the forehead of a bald, bearded man in a white garment with a red-and-orange shawl. The recipient keeps his eyes closed and both hands are raised near his head as if receiving blessing. Behind them stand several women in red, orange and cream saris with orange lanyards, and a woman in white holds a beaded mala. Ornate brass oil lamps stand at left against a deep red backdrop, and a sheet of handwritten paper is held at the bottom edge. Swamiji (probable): the long-haired figure in orange-saffron clothing with a rudraksha necklace, performing a blessing on the forehead of a devotee, fits the candidate's appearance cues.2016-04-28September 20 20152015-09-20