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A seated man in a deep red-orange turban, with a red flower garland, gold bangles and a saffron-and-yellow shawl over bare shoulders, gestures with one raised hand toward a man standing before him. The standing man wears a white shirt and white dhoti, a white cloth tied over his eyes, and a rudraksha-style beaded necklace, and presses his palms together in anjali. A gold-toned object and seated onlookers are visible in the dim background. The seated figure has long hair tied back and appears to be a person, identified by the turban, garland and saffron shawl cues while being honoured by a devotee.

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A photograph taken at night of two men in close interaction. On the left, a man in an all-white shirt and dhoti, with a white bandage across his forehead, presses his palms together in namaste and bows his head. A rudraksha mala hangs at his chest and a small pendant medallion is visible. On the right, a bare-chested man in a deep red-orange turban and an orange-and-gold shawl, wearing a long red and turquoise beaded garland and gold earrings, reaches out and touches the bowed man's forehead in a blessing gesture. Gold bangles are on his wrist. Other people stand blurred in the dark background.2015-08-09August 09 20152015-08-09A seated figure in an orange-red turban, orange-and-gold shawl, and multiple strands of red and blue beaded necklaces raises a hand to the forehead of a standing man in a white shirt and white dhoti whose eyes are covered by a white cloth blindfold. A second man in white supports his arm. Other people in white and light shirts with lanyards stand behind in a dim, night-time setting, with a red-draped seat and gold-clad figure visible to the right. The scene resembles a blessing or healing gesture.2015-08-09August 09 20152015-08-09A night-time photograph of a ritual blessing. A man in an orange turban, orange-and-yellow shawl and a thick red and turquoise beaded garland, with gold bangles, extends his right hand to touch the forehead of a man in a white shirt whose eyes are covered by a white cloth. A rudraksha mala hangs on the white shirt. Behind them, saffron-robed monks and devotees stand near a gold ceremonial object. Other people stand in the background in saffron robes.2015-08-09August 09 20152015-08-09August 09 20152015-08-09August 09 20152015-08-09August 09 20152015-08-09August 09 20152015-08-09A devotee in a white shirt and black trousers bows forward with hands folded in namaste, a white cloth tied around his head, as a figure in a rust-red turban and orange-and-yellow shawl places a hand on his forehead in blessing. The blessing figure wears a long red and blue beaded garland and gold bangles and earrings, and sits on a red cushioned seat at night. A young man in white with a rudraksha-style red cord stands at left, and several other white-clad people and a golden-robed attendant are visible in the dim background near a striped backdrop. The appearance-based candidate in the blessing role fits the a person cues of turban, saffron-orange ornate shawl and beaded garland, but the identity is uncertain.2015-08-09A photograph taken at night of a figure in a red-orange turban and orange-gold shawl, wearing a multi-strand red coral and blue bead mala and gold earrings, reaching out to touch the forehead of a bald man in a white shirt with a white headband tied over his eyes. The man stands with his palms pressed to his chest in devotion. Behind them, a man in white dhoti and shirt holds his hands in anjali mudra, and a golden deity murti is partly visible at right.2015-08-09