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A close side-view photograph of a bald-headed man in a white kurta, eyes closed and palms pressed together in a namaskar-like gesture, receiving a blessing as another person's hand rests on the crown of his head. The adorned hand wears a gold ring and a bracelet of gold-toned beads with a red thread. Behind them hang a deep pink cloth and shimmering silver-gold sequined drapery. The receiver's white clothing and the blessing gesture suggest a darshan or ashirvada moment, but no a person candidate is clearly identifiable from appearance: the person shown is shaved-headed in plain white, which does not meet the criteria for a probable identification.2018-04-04April 04 20182018-04-04A photograph of a bare-chested man with long dreadlocks and gold earrings and necklace placing his right hand on the forehead of a bearded devotee in a white kurta with an orange shawl, while holding the devotee's neck with his left hand. The devotee has his eyes closed in a blessing moment. Behind them, a blurred orange-robed figure stands near red drapes and colourful decorations, and gold ritual vessels sit in the foreground. a person (long dreadlocks, gold ornaments, bare chest with a saffron cloth) giving a blessing to a devotee during a puja setting.2017-09-21 +1 copiesApril 04 20182018-04-04April 04 20182018-04-04A seated figure with a shaved head? No: a figure with long dark hair wearing a rudraksha-style beaded necklace, a gold bangle and a maroon-and-gold draped garment places one raised hand on the forehead of a man in a white kurta with an orange-red shawl. The recipient stands with palms together at his waist while the officiant holds a folded paper in the other hand. Behind them stand women in white and orange clothing and gold-embroidered draperies, with a golden ornamental panel at left. The scene appears to be a blessing or darshan ritual inside a temple setting.2015-10-24September 20 20152015-09-20Close-up photograph of a shaved-to-short-hair man with eyes closed, head bowed, receiving a blessing as another person's hand with a red thread wristband presses on his forehead. His palms are raised in a gesture of reverence beside his face. Strings of rudraksha-style beads hang at his neck. Blurred figures in white and an orange garment appear in the background near warm lights.2018-03-31Photograph of a shaved-headed man with grey stubble, seen from the side in profile, kneeling and bowing his head while another person's hands, extended from the left, press palms down onto the crown of his head in a blessing gesture. He wears white ritual clothing and a rudraksha mala with brown beads around his neck. Behind him are blurred golden ritual vessels, a gold pedestal and colourful garlands and decorations. The blessing gesture resembles a traditional head-blessing.2010-11-14A photograph of a seated man with swept-back dark hair, bare-chested under a maroon-and-gold dhoti, wearing layered gold and beaded necklaces, placing his right palm on the forehead of a shaven-headed young man in a white shirt and a red-and-orange printed shawl. The recipient kneels with eyes closed and hands raised in namaskar-like posture. Behind them stand people in white clothes and orange shawls, a golden deity murti and a silver kalasha stand, and green plants sit on a red-draped surface. The scene reads as a samaya deeksha blessing given with energy darshan.2015-07-17October 11 20142014-10-11April 04 20182018-04-04