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A photograph of a seated man in white clothes with a silver bracelet placing his right hand on the forehead of an older man with white hair, who sits with palms pressed together in namaskar. A third man in white with glasses and an ID badge on a lanyard watches nearby, and other seated people in white and a man in orange fabric appear behind them in a hall with red-and-white seating. Visible people number four.

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February 24 20072007-02-24Indoor photograph of an ashram gathering in white ceremonial clothing. In the foreground, a young man in a white kurta with a rudraksha mala stands and places his hands on the head of a seated older man with grey hair, who wears a white shirt. Behind them, several men in white and orange or saffron shawls look on, one wearing a gold bangle and another with a gold chain. A white plastic chair and white cloth covers are visible at the edge. The scene reads as a blessing or initiation moment.2007-02-24A photograph of two men in close contact in a gathering of people dressed in white. An older man with grey hair and a grey moustache, eyes closed and head tilted back, receives a touch on his forehead from a younger man with black hair who wears a rudraksha mala and gold bracelets. Other people in white clothing are visible behind them, and one older man in the background wears a gold chain. The scene suggests a blessing or anointing gesture.2007-02-24February 24 20072007-02-24February 24 20072007-02-24November 24 20112011-11-24February 08 20122012-02-08July 11 20102010-07-11July 21 20102010-07-21A photograph of two men at close range under a white tent canopy with striped hanging banners on the pillars. The man on the left wears a long-sleeved saffron orange robe, has dark wavy hair tied back, and places one hand on the forehead of the other man while holding the back of his neck. The man on the right has white hair, wears a white kurta with a brown rudraksha-style mala visible at his chest, and a wristwatch on his left wrist, and has his eyes closed. A person in orange robes is partly visible at the right edge. The gesture resembles a blessing being given. a person candidate: the saffron-robed man has only a few cues (saffron clothing, a tied-back hairstyle), so identity is uncertain.2009-11-18February 24 20072007-02-24A photograph of an indoor sarva darshan blessing inside a hall with white draped ceiling fabric and a yellow and blue patterned hanging. A young person in an orange sleeveless robe with long dark hair in a low bun places a hand on the forehead of an older man in a white checked short-sleeved shirt, who has a rudraksha-style red-brown mala around his neck and bows his head while another man holds his hand. Behind them a bald man in white with an orange stole watches, and an elderly woman with glasses and a yellow-sleeved person in white stand nearby. Fruit sits on a table at right and a red cloth is visible at the edge.2010-07-29