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A photograph inside a hall with arched alcoves and a corrugated roof, showing a man in saffron and orange robes with a white garland of jasmine-like flowers and red blossoms, a white horizontal forehead mark, and gold ornaments. He smiles while raising one arm and extending a hand over the crowd. Beside him a bare-chested man in an orange cloth holds a brass kalasha-style vessel on an orange cloth tray with a paper sheet and gold items, appearing to bless or offer. Around them devotees stand with folded hands, including men in shirts, women in white and pink salwar outfits, and a woman with red hair in white clothing.

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Photograph of a temple scene where a bare-chested man with long, swept-back dark hair, a white forehead mark and white marks on his arms, wearing a rudraksha mala, a ceremonial gold necklace and a white flower garland over an orange-and-yellow shawl, extends his hand to bless a line of devotees who bow with folded palms and bent heads. Behind him, a priest in white ritual dhoti with gold border and a saffron-robed monk stand near a red-draped altar, arches and pillars frame the hall, and a small deity picture hangs in an arched niche.2012-05-21May 12 20122012-05-12A photograph of an indoor hall with a corrugated roof and arched windows where a man with long dark hair, a red-brown dhoti-style garment and a white jasmine garland stands smiling and places his hand on the head of a kneeling devotee in a yellow-and-white striped shirt who has his palms pressed together. A bare-chested man in a white garland-adorned robe and rudraksha beads is nearby, and several men in orange-saffron robes and white dhotis stand behind, one holding a brass plate. A cameraman stands in the background. Swamiji (probable): the long-haired man with ornate gold and rudraksha adornments giving blessing. Visible forehead markings and a garland mark a blessing darshan setting.2012-05-21May 13 20122012-05-13 +2 copiesMay 26 20122012-05-26June 01 20122012-06-01Inside a temple hall with white arches and painted deity panels, a smiling man in an orange-saffron dhoti and shawl, wearing a gold-banded head crown, white flower garland, gold necklaces and rudraksha malas, reaches out to touch the forehead of a devotee. Around him, men in white shirts and dhotis, some wearing glasses, press forward with hands raised, and a boy in a white shirt leans in. A priest in white with gold-bordered cloth stands at right. A red box and a painted deity image appear in the background.2012-05-12A photograph of a temple-hall blessing. A figure with swept-back dark hair, a red bindi, an orange saffron wrap and a rudraksha mala with a white jasmine garland stands on the right, extending his right hand to press it onto the head of a seated devotee in a white shirt. He holds a folded paper in his left hand. Several devotees in white and cream clothing stand or sit around him, with hands folded or outstretched. Fruit. Swamiji (probable) cues: swept-back hair, saffron wrap, rudraksha mala and garland; the page identifies the event as involving him.2012-06-03September 12 20122012-09-12September 11 20122012-09-11May 20 20122012-05-20A photograph inside a temple hall with arched white walls and a golden deity murti with a red canopy on an altar in the background. In the foreground, a man with long swept-back dark hair wears a saffron-orange wrap, a white flower garland, a gold ceremonial necklace and rudraksha bracelets on his arms, and holds a plate while extending a hand in blessing toward devotees; the figure is an appearance-based probable Swamiji, with the page noting his presence at this event. Around him, a crowd of devotees in white and orange clothing press close, some with palms joined in namaskar and one wearing a tilaka. A cameraman stands on the left holding a camera, and several women in white saris stand to the right.2012-06-02