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A photograph of a bare-shouldered woman with swept-back dark hair, wearing a gold-and-orange garment and a beaded gold necklace, placing her fingertips on the forehead of an elderly man with grey hair who has his eyes closed and palms raised. He wears a white shirt and a red-orange shawl printed with script. Behind them, seated devotees in white and red-orange shawls sit on white cloth, and a standing man in white wears a lanyard. A wooden box with compartments of powders and cash sits in the foreground. The scene appears to be a blessing or touch of the forehead during a gathering.

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July 05 20152015-07-05July 10 20152015-07-10March 21 20142014-03-21A woman in an orange sari with a beaded rudraksha-style necklace and gold earrings places her right palm on the head of a kneeling older man in white clothes and a rudraksha mala, whose hands are pressed together in prayer. Behind them, several people in white garments stand in a white-tiled hall, one wearing a white shirt with a red badge and a rudraksha mala. The gesture appears to be a blessing given to a devotee.2013-12-31 +2 copiesA seated person in an orange-and-gold robe with a large rudraksha-style bead necklace places a hand on the forehead of an older man in a white shirt and orange shawl, who stands with palms pressed together in a respectful greeting. A woman in white with a red bindi watches in the background, and a brass lamp stand and red drapes frame the room. The older man wears a wristwatch, and a red-and-blue wrist band is visible on the seated person. The scene reads as a blessing given by a devotee-facing teacher. The seated person has long swept-back dark hair and distinctive adornments, which fits a person identification but the appearance cues are only partially clear.2015-07-19July 17 20152015-07-17A photograph of a seated figure with long dark hair in a bun, wearing a saffron-and-gold wrap and a long gold-beaded necklace, extending a hand to touch the forehead of a standing-kneeling man with short grey hair, folded hands and an orange shawl over white clothes. Behind them a woman in a red sari with a bindi and another person in white hold ritual items, and a woman in orange and white stands in the background near a red cloth backdrop. The figure with the bun and gold necklace is a person by appearance cues (long swept hair, ornate gold necklace, saffron wrap), and is shown in the act of blessing the man. Total people visible: four.2015-07-19Two men stand close in a warmly lit hall, one blessing the other. The figure on the left is bare-chested with a rust-orange cloth draped over his shoulders, a rudraksha-style mala and a gold ceremonial piece at his shoulder, and a small red bindi on his forehead; he presses his right palm to the forehead of a shorter, grey-haired man on the right, who wears a white shirt with a rust-orange shawl and a wristwatch and holds his own hand raised in a gesture of receiving. The setting behind is plain, with a dark speaker and a white panel. The scene reads as a blessing or initiation moment during an ashram gathering.2013-12-16December 17 20132013-12-17November 01 20132013-11-01July 19 20152015-07-19A seated figure in saffron-orange robes and a long rudraksha mala with ornate gold necklace places his right hand on the forehead of a kneeling devotee. The devotee wears a white collared shirt and a red scarf printed with repeated black script, and presses his palms together in anjali. Behind them, other people in white and a child in a red shirt stand near a drum and gold-trimmed red fabric. a person cues: long swept-back hair, saffron robes, rudraksha mala and gold necklace, seated as the one giving blessing.2015-05-09