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A man in a white shirt and light trousers bows forward with his palms joined, receiving a blessing as a figure in saffron-orange robes places his right hand on the devotee's head. The blessing giver wears a white turban, multiple rudraksha malas, a large ceremonial pendant, gold necklaces and gold armbands, and is smiling. A young boy in the lower left watches. Behind them, standing devotees in white and saffron, a man in orange holding a red cloth, and a colourful striped pillar decorate a hall with draped white and cream fabric overhead.

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January 14 20132013-01-14January 05 20132013-01-05 +3 copiesA smiling man in a white and striped turban, white shawl and a gold-and-white garland with a heavy gold necklace places his hand on the head of a bald devotee in white dhoti and shirt with rudraksha mala, who is holding his palms together in namaste. Beside them, a saffron-robed monk in orange stands with a wooden ceremonial object. Pink floral backdrop and a candle-lit stage are behind them. a person is the central figure in the turban and gold necklace, shown blessing the devotee.August 01 20132013-08-01August 19 20112011-08-19 +2 copiesA man with long, swept-back dark hair and a red bindi stands at right in a rust-orange shawl and dhoti, wearing a thick ceremonial gold bead necklace over a brown rudraksha-style mala, gold armlets and a bangle. He smiles while placing his right hand on the head of a devotee who bows with hands in anjali. Several other devotees in white and grey stand in a row in front of a temple hall with gold and red decorations behind them. a person is the person offering blessing at right, with the required cues of long swept hair, saffron-orange clothing and a ceremonial gold necklace; the devotees are shown receiving blessing. Around eight people are visible.2013-06-02November 09 20132013-11-09A photograph of a ceremonial blessing inside an indoor hall with maroon drapes behind. A man in a saffron-orange dhoti and shawl, wearing a heavy multi-strand gold necklace, bangles and a gold earring, places his right hand on the head of a bowing devotee in a white shirt with hands joined. Several saffron-clad children stand at left, and shaven-headed priests in orange and white stand nearby. A red tray with ritual items sits at lower right. Swamiji (probable): the standing man has long swept-back hair, a gold necklace and saffron ceremonial clothing, matching the page's Swamiji reference, so this appearance-based label is applied with the caveat that appearance is the basis. Roles are the blessing giver, the devotee receiving blessing, and the attending priests and children.2013-05-24December 13 20112011-12-13June 24 20132013-06-24July 10 20132013-07-10Annadhan in 20142014-01-01 +2 copies