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A photograph of a seated man in a rust-red robe with multiple rudraksha malas and a gold chain, wearing a leopard-print headband and bangles, placing his right palm on the forehead of a standing devotee. The devotee wears a white head cloth and a white cloth, and a second attendant in orange garments stands at left. Behind them is an ornate silver-framed throne with angel and floral motifs, a gold-toned backdrop, and a garlanded deity murti at right. Appearance cues are consistent with a person, a red-robed figure performing blessing on a devotee.

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December 10 20172017-12-10December 10 20172017-12-10A seated man in rust-red robes, with a long rudraksha mala and beaded bracelets, sits on a silver-framed throne with red cushions and a leopard-print headband. He raises his right hand to the forehead of a kneeling devotee in an orange wrap, who presses palms together. Two other figures stand behind in orange and white. A gold-and-silver temple setting with a deity murti draped in flower garlands is visible at right.2017-12-10December 10 20172017-12-10 +1 copiesA photo of a ceremonial initiation on a stage. A long-haired man in a leopard-print shawl, rudraksha malas and a rust-red dhoti sits on an ornate silver throne with lion-head armrests and touches the forehead of a bare-backed young man in a white dhoti with a gold border. A third man in orange robes, rudraksha beads and a white headband stands at left, applying a marking to the kneeling devotee's forehead with his fingers. The scene reads as a deeksha blessing on a stage with a dark backdrop.2018-04-01December 10 20172017-12-10December 10 20172017-12-10 +1 copiesDecember 10 20172017-12-10December 10 20172017-12-10 +1 copiesDecember 10 20172017-12-10 +1 copiesA seated man in a rust-red robe with a large rudraksha mala and a gold chain sits on a silver-covered throne, wearing a leopard-print headwrap and long dreadlocked hair. A devotee in white stands before him, receiving a touch on the head, while an attendant in orange cloth with white body markings stands at left, and a gilded background shows at right. Swamiji (probable): the seated man wears the long hair, leopard headwrap, rudraksha mala and gold necklace, and sits as the central figure of the blessing, so his identity is only probable from these cues.2017-12-10A photograph of a temple-hall ritual in a gold-ornamented setting. A seated man in rust-orange robes, with long braided hair, a leopard-print headwrap, a rudraksha mala and a gold necklace, raises his right hand in blessing from a silver-framed throne. Beside him, a woman in orange with a white forehead mark and a rudraksha mala leans toward a bare-chested, shaved-headed man in white dhoti whose eyes are covered by a white cloth; she supports his head and shoulders while a young attendant in orange, with white body markings, stands at left. A silver deity murti and flower garlands are visible at right, with a small dark statue below the throne. Four people are physically present.2017-12-10 +1 copies