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Close photo of a man in a dark red-orange robe with a gold-patterned border and bare shoulder, with a red tilak on his forehead, placing his right hand on the crown of another man's head. The receiving man has grey-streaked long hair tied back, a white shirt, and red-and-white beaded necklaces. A bald man in red robes and round glasses stands behind, with dark background and other onlookers at the edge. Swamiji (probable) is the man in the red-orange robe, identified by his swept-back dark hair, saffron-red clothing and ornate gold-patterned shawl cues, performing the blessing.

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A seated man with bare upper body and a ceremonial gold-beaded necklace, wearing an orange-red wrap with gold edging, places his hand on the forehead of a standing older man with grey hair and a moustache, who wears a white kurta and an orange scarf printed with script. A brass oil lamp and a potted green plant sit nearby, and a golden deity murti stands at left. Behind them, women in white and red-orange shawls, one wearing rudraksha beads, watch. The seated man has a white tilak on his forehead and a smiling expression, a blessing gesture. Two people are clearly visible in the front, with others behind them.2015-07-17A photograph of a blessing exchange indoors. A man with long dark hair in a bun, bare-shouldered in a rust-brown cloth with a gold ceremonial necklace of beads, presses his right palm to the forehead of a shorter, grey-haired man in a white kurta with a red and white beaded mala around his neck. A woman in white sits blurred in the lower right, and a pale curtain and dark wall form the background. The gesture resembles a padapuja-style blessing, with the standing figure giving the blessing and the other receiving it. Swamiji (probable): the figure in rust-brown with long hair, bun and gold beaded necklace; he is giving the blessing.2013-12-17A photograph of a person in a rust-orange robe with a rudraksha mala draped over the shoulder, with long hair in a bun, placing a palm on the forehead of a short-haired man in a white t-shirt wearing a red beaded necklace. The robed figure smiles while the man stands with hands raised in a receiving gesture. Matching the page's a person cues is not established by this image's appearance alone, so the robed figure is described by role only.2013-12-12December 12 20132013-12-12A seated man in a rust-red wrap with a gold-braided edge and bare shoulder places both hands on the head of a short-haired, grey-haired man in a white collared shirt. The seated man wears a red-and-gold ceremonial garment, a sandalwood-coloured mark on his forehead, and a gold tiger-head ornament is visible behind him. A woman in white with a bindi watches at the right edge. Ceremonial blessing, padapuja-style darshan setting, indoors with wood-panelled walls.2013-12-06March 26th 20142014-03-26December 08 20132013-12-08March 21 20142014-03-21A seated figure in a maroon-red and gold-bordered dhoti and shawl, wearing a coral-bead mala with gold ornament, raises one hand to the forehead of a kneeling man in a white shirt and orange shawl printed with script. The bald-shaved figure has a white tilak mark. A brass oil lamp with a bird finial and green leaves sit nearby, with white-clad people and a gold-draped backdrop behind. a person appearance: the seated figure in saffron-red robes with coral mala and gold necklace, performing the blessing; the candidate has short hair and white clothing, so the seated figure is the candidate, not a shaved priest in plain white.2015-07-17A photograph of a blessing moment at an outdoor event. A man with long swept-back dark hair and a bare-shouldered maroon-red garment with a gold-toned shoulder cord places his raised palm on the forehead of a man in a white kurta with a rudraksha mala. Both are in profile, eyes closed. Behind them a woman in white with a dark bead necklace holds her hand out, and a gold-fringed orange canopy edge is visible at top left. Several people in red and maroon clothing stand in the background. The man giving the blessing has distinctive long hair and maroon-red attire with a gold shoulder cord, consistent with the page's a person reference, but his appearance is not certain enough to confirm identity.2013-12-20A seated figure in an orange-brown saffron wrap with a gold-edged border and a rudraksha mala draped over the shoulders and in the hair blesses a man in a white t-shirt with a red lanyard, placing a palm on his forehead while he stands with eyes closed and hands pressed together. Behind them, an older man in white dhoti and shawl with a gold border and rudraksha beads sits watching, and several people in white stand in the background near a window. Garlands of flowers and colourful decorations appear at the left edge. The seated figure has long hair and distinctive orange-saffron clothing with rudraksha adornments, a visible cue for the a person candidate in this blessing scene, though the appearance is only partially clear.2013-07-03December 17 20132013-12-17