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A man with long swept-back dark hair, a white tilak on his forehead, a black beard and a red-orange saffron robe, wearing a rudraksha mala and a white and red flower garland, smiles while touching the head of a young boy seated in front of him. The boy is bare-chested with a white sacred thread across his chest. The man sits on an ornate silver throne with a red velvet seat, beside a tall golden staff topped with a finial. Behind him hang red curtains and a colourful patterned banner. Two other boys sit in the foreground, and a corner of a white fan is visible at right. a person is seated on the throne, giving blessings to the children.

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February 19 20172017-02-19A photograph of a smiling man with long dark hair and a full beard, wearing a rust-orange robe, a multi-strand rudraksha-style mala, and a garland of yellow and red flowers. He has white and red sacred markings on his forehead and sits on an ornate silver-and-red throne with a carved face motif. His right hand is extended toward two bare-backed young boys seated in front of him, one wearing a white cord necklace. A tall golden staff stands to the right, with green drapery and flowers behind. a person is seated on the peetha, blessing the children in what appears to be a darshan setting.2017-02-19February 19 20172017-02-19February 19 20172017-02-19February 19 20172017-02-19A seated man in saffron-orange robes with rudraksha malas and a gold necklace sits on an ornate gilded throne with a red velvet seat, carved with a face motif. He wears a white tripundra with a red bindi on his forehead and smiles while gesturing toward two bare-backed young men seen from behind, one with a white sacred cord over the shoulder. A tall gold ceremonial staff stands at right and a red and white garland hangs near his chest. Red curtains and colourful banners form the backdrop, with a white fan at right and a woman in purple at the edge of the frame. This appears to be a ritual or darshan setting. The seated man is an appearance-based a person candidate, identified by his saffron robes, rudraksha malas and gold necklace while seated on the throne.2017-02-19Photo of a seated man with long dark hair and a full beard, wearing a rust-orange shawl over bare shoulders, a rudraksha mala, a yellow and red flower garland, and a red-and-white tilak on his forehead, leaning forward to touch the head of a bare-backed young boy wearing a white sacred thread. He sits on an ornate gilded throne with a red velvet cushion. A tall gold ceremonial staff stands at right, a woman in a purple sari is at right edge, and a red curtain backdrop hangs behind. The scene resembles a blessing or darshan; the seated figure is an appearance-based probable Swamiji by his long hair, orange shawl, rudraksha mala and garland on a throne.2017-02-19February 19 20172017-02-19A seated man in an ornate gold-and-red throne, wearing a rust-orange wrap over a bare chest, a white-and-red forehead marking, long dreadlocks, and a white and yellow flower garland. He reaches toward the head of a young boy whose back is bare with a white thread across it. A tall gold staff stands at right, and a woman in a purple sari is partly visible. a person: the seated man has long swept hair, saffron-orange wrap and ceremonial garland cues, and the page places a person at this event, so the throne-seated figure giving blessing is a probable identification. Other people are blurred in the foreground, with a red curtain behind.2017-02-19Photo of a bearded man with long dark hair in a braided rope-like plait, wearing an orange-brown shawl and a white-and-yellow garland of flowers with red blossoms, sitting in front of a red velvet throne with an ornate gold carved back. He has a white horizontal forehead mark and a red bindi and is touching the head of a young boy seated before him, shown from behind with a white sacred thread across his bare back. A tall gold-topped staff rises at right beside a white fan and a woman in a purple sari with gold border. Ritual darshan blessing scene.2017-02-19February 19 20172017-02-19February 13 20172017-02-13