A man in a white shirt and glasses places both hands on the head of a smiling shirtless man in orange ochre cloth draped over the shoulder, who wears a red and white flower garland, a gold bangle, and gold earrings. Behind them, other people in orange robes and white clothes stand in a hall with a draped white ceiling, red-and-gold pillar banners, and a framed portrait on the pink wall. - Nithyanandapedia

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A man in a white shirt and glasses places both hands on the head of a smiling shirtless man in orange ochre cloth draped over the shoulder, who wears a red and white flower garland, a gold bangle, and gold earrings. Behind them, other people in orange robes and white clothes stand in a hall with a draped white ceiling, red-and-gold pillar banners, and a framed portrait on the pink wall.

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A photograph inside a hall with people and a blurred crowd behind. A man in orange cloth, bare-chested with a draped orange wrap, a white horizontal forehead band with a red dot, and red-and-white garlands and rudraksha malas, presses his right palm onto the head of a man in a white shirt with dark-rimmed glasses, who bows forward. A bystander in a white shirt with a rudraksha mala watches at left, and a man with a red tilak stands nearby. Multiple bracelets and a sprig of green leaves are visible. The orange-clad figure has a shaved-free, swept dark hairstyle and his features are not clearly distinct enough to confirm identity, so the a person candidate is uncertain.

A man in a brown t-shirt and glasses garlands a smiling man with long dark hair, wearing a saffron-orange shawl over a bare chest, a red bindi and white tripundra marks on his forehead, and a pink flower garland with gold sequins. The garlanded man has distinctive long swept-back hair and orange ceremonial wrap, with a probable Swamiji cue. Behind them, other people stand in an ornate temple hall with pale yellow arches and a blue wall; a bald man in white and another man in a red shirt are visible.

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A photograph of a devotee in a white shirt bowing with his head lowered, wearing a white jasmine garland with yellow and red flowers, while a smiling man in orange-red robes and a long swept-back hairstyle places his right hand on the devotee's head in blessing. The blessing figure wears a rudraksha mala and a white necklace, and a tilak marks his forehead. Behind them, other people in saffron-orange robes stand near a wooden tray of red fruit, and a person in a white dhoti with gold border stands at upper left. The scene suggests a blessing exchange, with a carpet and wooden furniture in the room. Swamiji (probable): the blessing figure has long swept-back hair, orange-red robes, a rudraksha mala and a ceremonial white necklace.

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A photo in a bright hall with red curtains and gold-trimmed arches. A man in a brown-and-gold dhoti-style garment, with a rudraksha mala, gold necklace and a red tilak, smiles while placing his palm on the forehead of a bespectacled man in a white shirt who bows with folded hands. Other men in orange and white ritual clothes, some with rudraksha malas and white forehead markings, stand behind them, and a row of devotees with folded hands waits along barrier rails. A depiction of the blessing is shown as devotees watch.

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A man in a white short-sleeved shirt leans in from the left, reaching over the shoulders of a bare-chested man kneeling or bowing forward. The kneeling man wears a rudraksha-bead necklace and a white garland with pink and red flower strands draped across his back, with white sacred ash marks on his forearms and forehead. Behind them, a man with a shaved head and white tilak marks stands watching. Along the right, a line of people in white clothing stands in an open hall with a corrugated metal roof and a red carpeted aisle. The setting appears to be a temple-style hall with yellow walls and ceiling fans.