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A photograph of a seated man in a white shirt with a beaded rudraksha-style mala, his head bowed, receiving a blessing as a bare-chested man with long swept-back dark hair, a red tilak on his forehead, a leopard-print sleeveless garment and a green braided shawl with beads touches his head with one hand. The blessing-giver wears a gold pendant necklace and sits in front of a dark stage backdrop with a warm red-orange light panel and an ornate gold pillar at the upper right. The figure giving the blessing matches several distinctive presentational cues (long hair, tilak, beaded green shawl, ornate gold pendant), so he is described as Swamiji (probable).

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Close photograph of two men seated on a stage with a red-orange backdrop and an ornate gold-toned carved panel behind them. The man on the right, wearing a leopard-print sleeveless garment, multiple braided ropes of beads over the shoulders, a gold chain, and a red tilak on the forehead, is the. The man on the left wears a white shirt, a red bead mala, and long dreadlocks with hoop earrings, and reaches up to touch the face of the seated man in a gesture of blessing or devotion.2017-12-22December 22 20172017-12-22August 10 20172017-08-10August 10 20172017-08-10December 22 20172017-12-22A photograph of a seated man with long dark hair and a red-brown garment, facing away from the camera, being touched on the head by a smiling bare-chested man wearing a leopard-print cloth, multiple rudraksha malas, a white forehead mark and a red bindi-like dot. The smiling man has long hair swept back with a flower ornament and a short beard, and he sits before an ornate silver-embossed throne with silver lion and bird figures. Scattered white flower petals lie in front of them. Another person's arm and face are visible at the lower right edge.2018-01-09August 10 20172017-08-10 +1 copiesSeptember 06 20122012-09-06December 22 20172017-12-22March 31 20132013-03-31A photograph of a ritual blessing. A long-haired man in a rust-red shawl and leopard-print cloth, with rudraksha beads on his chest and yellow paste on his forehead and upper arm, places his right hand on the head of a seated man in a white shirt with a red lanyard. The seated man has his eyes closed and head bowed. Behind them a second man in white stands, and a brass kalasha and a tall brass lamp stand with bells appear beside the reddish drapery.2016-07-04July 14 20162016-07-14