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A photograph of a seated man with a white vertical tilak on his forehead and a long gold-coloured necklace, wearing an orange and yellow saffron-toned garment with a red shawl. He holds a small folded paper or card in his hands. In front of him, a man in a white t-shirt and a woman in a cream and gold sari with a red blouse raise their open palms in devotional greeting. Behind them stands an ornate gold-and-carved wooden shrine with a golden deity murti and a silver staff. a person is the seated figure with the long gold necklace and saffron cloth, seated in a position of honour in the shrine room.

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August 23 20152015-08-23A seated figure in a rust-red and gold-bordered wrap with a gold-beaded mala and a white vertical forehead mark extends his bare arm to press his palm on the head of a kneeling devotee in a white shirt and white dhoti, who holds his hands in anjali mudra. The seated figure sits on a red striped cushioned seat in front of a gold-toned ornate temple wall with lamps. A woman in a red-bordered sari with a dark rudraksha mala stands at the right edge. Appearance-based cues on the seated figure: swept-back hair and a rudraksha-style mala with ceremonial gold necklace; probable Swamiji (probable) receiving the devotee in a blessing gesture, consistent with darshan.2015-08-23Inside a gilded temple hall, a man seated on a red-cushioned golden throne wears a saffron-and-maroon garment, a rudraksha mala and a white forehead mark. Before him, two devotees in white kurtas raise their palms in namaskar, and a woman in a maroon sari with a saffron border stands behind them beside a silver kalasha-style vessel. Ornate gold carvings and a golden lattice screen fill the background. The seated figure's appearance matches the page's a person reference only weakly, so identity is left unsure.2015-08-23A seated man in saffron-orange dhoti and shawl, wearing a long gold-beaded mala and a tilak on his forehead, sits on a red velvet throne with gold carved armrests and reads from loose sheets of paper. Several devotees in white clothes with orange or red shawls kneel or stand before him with raised palms in greeting. A young boy in white with a rudraksha mala kneels in the foreground, hands raised. Behind them stand additional attendees and potted plants, with gold-and-wood latticed panels in the background. The setting appears to be a formal darshan or satsang hall with orange carpeting.2015-08-23A photograph of a seated man in a red and gold saffron-toned robe with a gold-coloured ceremonial necklace and a white forehead mark, bare-shouldered, receiving a blessing as a standing man in a white kurta and a rudraksha mala raises his hands toward him, palms outward, while a woman in cream with a dark bead necklace watches at the right. Gold ornate decor and a red cushioned seat frame the scene.2015-08-30 +1 copiesAugust 23 20152015-08-23A seated man in a saffron-orange wrap with gold border sits on an ornate gold-and-red throne, wearing a layered multi-strand necklace of gold and rudraksha-style beads and a vertical white forehead mark. Facing him, a younger man in white kurta and an orange-red scarf raises his palm toward the seated man's head in a blessing gesture while the seated man holds his hand. Behind them a gold-framed setting with a white bowl-shaped lamp, and at the right edge a partly visible person in white with a forehead mark. a person (seated figure with long hair in a low bun, rudraksha-bead necklace and saffron wrap on a throne) receiving blessing from a devotee in white.2015-01-14A seated man with long, swept-back dark hair and a bare upper torso draped in a rust-red cloth with a gold border touches the foreheads of two devotees kneeling before him with palms pressed together. He wears a rudraksha mala across his chest and a gold necklace. The kneeling woman wears a white and gold-bordered sari with an orange-red shawl and rudraksha mala; the kneeling man wears a white dhoti with a gold border and an orange-red shawl. Behind them stands a gold ornate backdrop with gold garlands, a red cushioned seat, and standing attendants in white and red clothing, one in an orange robe. This is a blessing or initiation moment in an ashram setting.2014-12-24October 06 20152015-10-06October 06 20152015-10-06A photograph of a blessing ritual. A person in a rust-orange garment with a gold-toned necklace stands at left, extending both arms over a gold kalasha-style vessel and a silver trident-topped staff, with a sheet of paper in hand. Their head is lowered toward the offering. In the foreground, a seated devotee in a white t-shirt with a rudraksha mala and red lanyard raises both palms to the crown of his head. Beside him a woman in white with a brown beaded mala sits, and a gold-plated ornament is visible at lower left. Festoons of flowers in yellow, red and purple hang in the background, along with an electric fan.2014-10-28A seated man in a rust-red and gold-bordered dhoti-style wrap, with a gold chain and rudraksha-style beads, holds a folded paper and touches the chest of a standing man in a white kurta with an orange lanyard and a sandalwood-marked forehead, whose arms are raised in front of him. Behind them a woman in a cream sari with a gold necklace watches, a woman in white with an orange lanyard stands further back, and a brass lamp stand and red drape frame the setting. The seated figure's long swept-back hair and ornate gold-and-rudraksha adornments match the a person cues, but the face is not clear enough to confirm.2015-10-06