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April 03 2018

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A close photograph of a bearded man with long dreadlocks wrapped with rudraksha beads, wearing a white horizontal vibhuti band with a red kumkum dot on the forehead, smiling as he receives attention from another person whose grey-haired head and bare arm appear in the foreground. He wears a red, yellow and pink floral garland around his neck and a reddish-orange garment. Behind him is a large silver embossed backdrop, and a pale hand touches his shoulder from the left. A visible photo credit reads the archive copyright line.2018-04-03Close photo of a bearded man with long dreadlocked hair wrapped high on his head, wearing a white vertical tilak stripe with a red bindi-style mark on his forehead and a red-and-yellow flower garland. He sits before a silver ornate throne-like backdrop. Hands from the foreground, one holding a rudraksha mala, are reaching toward him. Appearance-based a person candidate: long dreadlocks, ornate ceremonial garland and rudraksha cues; seated as the honoured presence.2018-04-03April 25 20182018-04-25 +1 copiesA photograph of a long-haired man in a rust-brown robe with a white-and-black forehead mark, wearing a white flower garland and a thick rudraksha mala, seated before an ornate gold throne with a carved backrest. He smiles with closed eyes while a bald man in a white shirt with an orange-trimmed garment and orange lanyard reaches toward his forehead in a blessing gesture. Red curtains fill the background. The seated man has distinctive long swept-back hair, a rudraksha mala and a gold-backed peetha, so he is a probable Swamiji candidate receiving or giving a forehead blessing.2016-10-01December 12 20162016-12-12A seated man with long dreadlocks and a short beard, bare-chested under a rust-orange shawl with a rudraksha mala, smiles with eyes closed while pressing his right palm to the forehead of a grey-haired, bare-shouldered devotee wearing a rudraksha necklace and a hoop earring. The devotee raises a hand in greeting, with white sacred markings on the forehead and shoulder. Behind them a man in a white shirt wears a beaded mala, and a red velvet throne with gilded arms sits at left. Other people and a stage backdrop with white floral decor fill the background. Photo appears to show an initiation or blessing moment at a KAILASA event. a person identification is based on appearance cues only: dreadlocks, rust-orange shawl and rudraksha mala on the seated figure.2018-04-13A photograph of a seated man with short-cropped hair? No—a bearded man with swept-back dark hair, smiling with eyes closed, wearing a white horizontal forehead mark with a dark red bindi, a gold chain, white and pink flower garland, and a leopard-patterned or brown garment over bare shoulders. Behind him is an ornate gold-and-red throne. An older bare-chested priest with short white hair and a red-and-white rudraksha mala stands at right, placing his hand on the seated man's head while white paste marks streak his arm and back.2018-05-10 +1 copiesApril 23 20182018-04-23December 12 20162016-12-12March 25 20172017-03-25April 15 20182018-04-15A seated man in a dark turban with gold ornaments and a large red-and-white flower garland over bare shoulders places his right hand on the head of a young man with long dreadlocks who wears a white kurta and has his eyes closed. Behind them stands a row of richly decorated deity figures and garlands in red, purple and pink, with a silver throne armrest at the right edge. Partially visible figures appear in the background, one with hands pressed together in namaste. The turbaned man appears to be a person: long dark hair coiled in a turban, gold jewellery, and a red garland, with a bare-chested ceremonial appearance; the seated man is giving a blessing, and the young man receives it with closed eyes. The photo carries a2018-04-23