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A seated man in an orange saffron robe with long swept-back dark hair, a white-and-red tripundra forehead mark, layered rudraksha malas and ornate gold necklaces and bangles touches the head of a kneeling devotee with folded hands. The devotee wears a white shirt and an orange shawl. The seated man holds a tall silver staff hung with small silver bells. Behind them a woman in white with a gold-bordered sari stands, a red curtain and a green forest backdrop fill the background, and a camera on a tripod is visible at right.

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A photograph of a ceremonial moment in a red-draped hall. A man with long swept-back dark hair, wearing saffron-orange clothing, a heavy rudraksha mala-style beaded necklace and many beaded bracelets and armlets, sits and holds a tall silver staff hung with small bells, while extending his other hand in blessing toward a smiling man in white kurta with an orange shawl who raises his palms in reverence. Two women in white and orange sit in the background. Appearance-based a person cues: long swept-back hair, saffron clothing and ornate beadwork, in a seated blessing role.2012-07-08July 08 20122012-07-08A figure in an orange-brown robe with long dark hair, rudraksha beads and gold bangles sits before a red draped backdrop, holding a tall silver staff and placing a hand on the forehead of a man in a white shirt with his eyes closed. The man has his palms pressed together in reverence. Behind them, people in white and orange shawls and a woman in an orange and white sari sit or stand in a devotional gathering, with a camera tripod visible at the top right. The scene appears to be a blessing or darshan exchange.2012-07-08September 09 20122012-09-09A photograph of a ritual moment in front of a red draped backdrop. A bare-chested man with long swept-back black hair, rudraksha malas, a ceremonial gold necklace and orange-saffron wrap sits and raises a silver staff hung with small bells, touching it to the forehead of a young man in an orange kurta and orange shawl who stands with palms pressed together in namaste. The giver has a white vertical tilak on his forehead and wears orange-beaded arm bands. Behind them, a woman in white and other devotees watch, and a camera is visible at the top. The a person appearance cues are distinctive, but identification here is uncertain and no printed name labels the figure, so the role is described as a person giving a blessing with a staff.2012-07-08September 09 20122012-09-09May 03 20142014-05-03July 08 20122012-07-08May 01 20142014-05-01A photo of a seated man in a rust-red dhoti and draped cloth, with a red-and-gold headband and a ceremonial gold necklace, touching the forehead of a kneeling devotee in a white shirt and rust shawl with rudraksha beads. The seated man holds the devotee's head with one hand and applies a mark to the forehead with the other. A silver trident stands behind them, a gold lion figure sits at the lower left, and a framed painting hangs on a pale wall. A third person in white with beads is partly visible at the right edge.2014-05-05July 08 20122012-07-08July 11 20122012-07-11