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Close side-profile photograph of a man with short light blond hair, eyes closed and face tilted, receiving a blessing as another person's hand rests on his forehead. He wears a white collared shirt with long sleeves and an orange-saffron shawl draped over his shoulders, and his own hands are raised palms-forward near his face in a devotional gesture. The blurred background is dark red and grey with another figure faintly visible behind him.

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A young man with short dark hair stands with eyes closed while another person's hand rests on the top of his head in a blessing gesture. He wears a plain white kurta and a long orange-saffron shawl draped around his neck and shoulders, with a thin dark cord visible at the chest. His own hands are raised beside his head, palms facing forward. A gold bangle is visible on the wrist of the blessing hand at left. The background is a dark red curtain and a pale floor.2012-04-30April 26 20122012-04-26A seated figure in saffron-orange robes with long swept-back dark hair, a rudraksha mala and a gold-coloured necklace raises his right hand to press the forehead of a young man with cropped light hair who wears a white kurta and an orange shawl. The recipient's hands are raised in front of him as he bows his head. Behind them a gold deity murti is garlanded with yellow and red flowers, and two other men in white and saffron stand nearby. The seated figure is a person in an in_person role, performing a blessing, with the reading restricted to clothing and hair cues.2012-04-27August 29 20122012-08-29December 10 20092009-12-10A close photograph of a young man with short dark hair and closed eyes, wearing an orange shawl over white clothing, receiving a blessing as two pairs of hands are raised over his head and forehead. The hands belong to people standing around him, with a dark blurred background behind.2012-04-30February 28 20172017-02-28A close profile photo of a short-haired, bearded man with bare upper body, wearing a white cloth over his shoulder and a multi-bead rudraksha mala around his neck, raising both palms in front of him while another person's hand, with a red thread bracelet, rests on the top of his head. Behind them, blurred figures in white and orange robes stand in a dim hall, one wearing an orange garment and another with white forehead markings.2017-07-25A photograph of a darshan moment in an indoor hall with red drapery behind. A devotee in a white kurta with a red-orange shawl, rudraksha mala and a lanyard badge stands with eyes closed as a person in an orange-saffron robe with hair in a bun places a hand on his forehead, the other hand raised in blessing. Behind them, seated and standing attendees wear orange and blue, and a screen is visible at the top. The orange-robed figure's face is partly turned away, and there is no clear visual basis to identify that person as a person, so a person is set to unsure.2012-08-29February 28 20172017-02-28A photograph of a ritual blessing in a hall. A man in a white kurta with a red-brown rudraksha mala kneels with his eyes closed, palms raised outward, while a woman in a pink and cream flower-garlanded blouse presses a hand to his forehead. A rust-orange cloth with dark printed script drapes over his shoulders and neck. Behind them, a second person in white with a red thread on the wrist and a gold-trimmed white dhoti stands in the background, and blurred figures appear on the left.2017-02-28April 30 20122012-04-30