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A photograph of a ritual blessing: a bearded man in a white shirt and an orange-and-rust shawl with rudraksha beads kneels with hands joined in namaste and eyes closed. A bare arm wearing rudraksha bracelets presses a palm to his forehead. Behind him a smiling woman in orange and other robed participants in orange and white stand near a brass pot and gold-toned ritual objects. The man wears no crown, long swept hair, or ornate ceremonial gold necklace, so no a person candidate is established by appearance.

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July 30 20172017-07-30May 05 20172017-05-05A photograph of a ceremonial blessing at an Inner Awakening session. A standing man with long dreadlocks, a white vibhuti line on his forehead, bare upper torso wrapped in a rust-orange and gold-bordered shawl, and multiple rudraksha malas with a gold pendant, places his right hand on the forehead of a shaven-headed young man in a white kurta and yellow-bordered dhoti who kneels with palms pressed together. Behind them, several people in white and yellow-bordered dhotis and orange shawls stand, and a woman in white with a white vibhuti band and rudraksha beads sits watching. A photographer in an orange top is visible at upper right. The setting resembles a temple-style hall with gold decorations. a person, identifiable by the long dreadlocks, rudraksha malas, gold pendant and orange shawl, is performing the blessing.2017-08-09 +1 copiesApril 24 20172017-04-24March 04 20172017-03-04Photograph of a ritual blessing inside a temple-style hall with gold-painted decor and a gilded arch behind. A man in a red-orange turban and yellow-orange garment with a flower garland raises his hand to touch the head of a kneeling devotee in a pink shirt, who has his palms pressed together in greeting. A bald priest in an orange-red cloth and rudraksha malas leans in from the left. On the right, a man in a white dhoti with rudraksha bands on his arm stands beside them. Behind, a woman in white with a rudraksha mala and other people in white watch, with a red curtain and deity figures in the background. Whether the turbaned figure is a person cannot be determined from the image alone, so the identity is marked unsure.2015-11-01August 15 20172017-08-15 +1 copiesApril 24 20172017-04-24A bare-chested man with short dark hair, wearing a white and saffron-bordered dhoti draped over his shoulder, a long rudraksha mala and a pendant on a cord, raises both palms in front of him while a robed person with long dark hair and a pink-and-white flower garland places a hand on his forehead. Several white-clad men in saffron-bordered dhotis stand behind, and a woman with a vibhuti-marked forehead and gold jewellery is visible at lower right. The setting appears to be a ritual initiation ceremony.2017-05-28July 26 20172017-07-26March 27 20182018-03-27 +1 copiesIndoor ritual scene in a temple-like hall. A bare-chested man with long dreadlocked hair, rudraksha-style red beaded bracelets, a gold necklace and gold earrings, wearing a red-orange cloth, stretches his arm to press his palm against the forehead of a bearded man in an orange shawl with rudraksha beads, whose hands are folded in anjali. The bare-chested figure has a white tilak on his forehead and smiles. Behind them a woman in a white sari with gold trim watches, and several people in orange and saffron clothing stand in the background, one holding a camera. A golden deity murti and a brass lamp stand in the foreground beside a golden pillar, and a large gong hangs at right. The bare-chested man shows distinctive long hair and ornaments, consistent with the page's reference to a person, though this cannot be confirmed from appearance alone.2017-07-07