Skip to content
A photograph inside a hall with a red carpet runner and metal stanchions. A man in a deep red-orange dhoti and shawl, wearing a yellow bead garland and a red-and-gold turban, stands on the carpet and extends his hand to bless the bowed head of an older man in a striped shirt and white trousers. Men in white and saffron-orange robes, a bald man with rudraksha beads, and women in saris stand along the sides and press their palms together. A gold-framed throne sits at the far end before a maroon curtain, and a table with red cloth displays items at right. The blessing figure has long hair, a turban, saffron-red clothing and a bead garland, but the appearance is not conclusive enough to confirm identity.