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A photo inside a bright hall with a tiled ceiling and fluorescent lights. A smiling man with long dark hair swept back, a red bindi and tilak, gold earrings, bronze-coloured drapery and a long double garland of red flowers and gold beads stands on the right, placing his hand on the head of a bowed devotee in a white shirt and dark striped shirt. A man in white in the foreground presses his palms together in namaste. Other devotees in white stand behind a metal stanchion line, and a decorated shrine with orange and gold arches and a red-lit panel is visible at the back. a person is the figure blessing the devotee, shown by long swept-back hair, ceremonial garland and saffron-toned drapery, in a darshan blessing.

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October 16 20132013-10-16A 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.2013-10-17June 27 20132013-06-27October 12 20132013-10-12A photograph inside a hall where a line of devotees in white clothes stands with palms pressed together. On the right, a man in a brown and gold-bordered sannyasi-style garment wears a large gold bead necklace and rudraksha-style mala with a red mark on his forehead; he extends his right hand to bless the head of the devotee at the front. Behind them, women in saffron and cream saris and a decorated golden shrine arch with red and orange hangings stand in a festive room with screens on the sides. The scene suggests darshan and blessing; the central figure's identity is uncertain from appearance alone.2013-10-09A smiling man in a rust-orange garment and heavy gold bead necklaces stands on the right, his right hand raised and resting on the crown of a bowing man in a white collared shirt with green and red trim, who presses his palms together in greeting. Gold bangles adorn the raised arm. Behind them, several people in white stand in a temple hall with red drapes, a gilded shrine and a golden throne-like altar in the background. A blessing is being given with a hand on the head.2013-06-19A photograph of a satsang-style blessing. A man in an orange robe with a thick red and green flower garland, layered beaded necklaces, a gold pendant and a bangle reaches out and places his palm on the head of a devotee with short dark hair in a light blue shirt, who stands with palms pressed together. Several other devotees in white shirts and white dhotis hold their hands in anjali behind them, one wearing a dark rudraksha-style mala. The man in orange has a white tripundra mark on his forehead and smiles. Pink walls and a red-and-white painted pillar with a yellow motif frame the room, and another person with a white-marked forehead is at the right edge. The orange-robed figure is presented as a person by the page cues, though the appearance is only partly consistent with the description, so the identity is uncertain.2013-01-12Indoor hall with white ceiling lights and red curtains. A smiling person with a hair bun, white vibhuti marks on the forehead, a rudraksha-style orange-red garland, and an orange-red robe with gold border raises a hand in blessing toward devotees. Several devotees in white and cream clothing stand with palms pressed together, one older man in white with an orange shawl bows with folded hands, and others stand in the background near a golden shrine area. The orange-red clothed figure with bead garland and ornate gold-bordered robe matches the a person appearance cues, presented as a sannyasi giving blessings during satsang.2013-09-25May 19 20132013-05-19July 19 20132013-07-19Indoor photo in a large hall with white ceiling lights, red curtains and gold-and-red decorative backdrop. A man with swept-back long dark hair, sandalwood-coloured body, rudraksha mala and ceremonial gold necklace, wearing a brown-and-gold robe, smiles while raising his right hand toward a row of devotees. Several men in front press their palms together in anjali, one in a blue-striped shirt wearing glasses, another in a white shirt. Women in cream and orange saris stand behind a metal barrier, and a deity image is visible at the far right. a person, giving blessing to devotees at darshan.2013-10-17A photograph of a man in a dark-red and gold saffron-toned wrap with a multicolour flower garland and a wooden rudraksha-style bead necklace, with white vibhuti on his forehead and a red kumkum dot, smiling as he places his hand on the head of a man in a white shirt who bows with folded hands. Other men in white shirts and white dhotis stand nearby; a hall with red drapery and a gold-ornamented seat is visible behind.2013-09-27