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A photograph of a bearded man with long dreadlocked hair and a white forehead band, dressed in a rust-red draped robe, extending his right hand to touch the forehead of a bearded younger man in red garments who has a white paste mark on his brow. A woman in a leopard-print garment sits in the background before ornately carved wooden panels with cutout patterns. The setting suggests a initiation or blessing ceremony. The dreadlocked man presents a role of officiating teacher, while the recipient kneels with eyes closed. Two people are visible, plus a partially seen figure in the background.

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A photograph of a bearded man with long dreadlocked hair, bare-shouldered and wrapped in a rust-red cloth, sitting before a carved wooden lattice screen and gold-toned ornament. He smiles with eyes lowered as he presses his right palm onto the forehead of a bald man in a red-orange kurta, who bows with eyes closed and has white sacred ash marks on his brow. A red thread is tied on the seated man's wrist and an orange flame glows at the lower right. The scene suggests a blessing or energy transmission.2018-05-18 +1 copiesMay 18 20182018-05-18 +1 copiesMay 17 20182018-05-17 +1 copiesMay 18 20182018-05-18 +1 copiesA photograph of a bearded man with long dark hair in a rust-orange sannyasi wrap and a thick rudraksha-style mala blessing a clean-shaven man in a white shirt with an orange lanyard. The blessing man's hand rests on the other's forehead while the white-shirted man raises his own hand. Gold deity statues, a gold staff and a red curtain stand behind them. Swamiji (probable) is the man in orange and brown robes with the long hair and mala, giving a blessing, so swamiji is in_person. Only two physical people are visible.2016-09-09 +1 copiesMay 04 20182018-05-04A man with long dreadlocked hair, white vertical tilak with red dot on forehead, gold chain necklace and rudraksha-style beads, wearing a maroon-brown draped wrap, places his right hand on the head of a smiling bearded young man in a dark checked shirt with rudraksha beads. Behind them stands a garland of red, yellow, and purple flowers and a pink-red backdrop, with another person partly visible at right.2018-04-25 +1 copiesApril 13 20182018-04-13 +1 copiesApril 30 20182018-04-30A photograph of a seated man in a rust-orange robe with long, swept-back dark hair and a full beard, sitting on a red cushioned seat with bare feet. He rests his right hand on the head of a kneeling man in a white kurta with a red-and-orange shawl and red wrist thread, who bows forward with palms raised. Behind them stand a golden deity murti and a red curtain, with a gold-framed chair edge and a partly visible person in orange at the right edge. Appearance-based candidate, probable Swamiji, seated and blessing the devotee; his long hair, rust-orange robe and rudraksha-style braided cord are the distinguishing cues.2016-09-09April 30 20182018-04-30A photograph of a blessing moment on a stage. A man in a rust-orange garment with rudraksha beads and a long swept-back hairstyle, with horizontal white ash stripes and a red mark on his forehead, rests his right hand on the head of a kneeling devotee with short grey hair who bows forward, wearing an orange shawl and rudraksha mala. A large silver ornamental figure stands behind them against a dark red curtain. The exchange appears to be a blessing. The bearded man matches the appearance cues described for a person, so this is a probable identification with an uncertain appearance-based label.2018-04-04 +1 copies