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A photograph of an indoor ritual setting. A figure with long dark swept-back hair wears a leopard-print shawl and sits on a red velvet throne beside a gold-edged panel. With one hand raised, they rest their palm on the head of a bowing man in a white shirt who wears a red rudraksha-style mala and a watch. Behind them, another woman in a sari and several people stand in the background. In the foreground, a silver tray holds bananas and other fruit, and a plastic bottle sits on the red cloth. a person cues: long swept-back hair, leopard shawl, seated on throne. The image shows a blessing gesture.

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Photograph taken indoors at a hall event. A person with long, swept-back dark hair and a leopard-print top stands at the centre, leaning forward and placing a hand on the forehead of a seated man in a white shirt. Behind them stands a woman in a yellow-green sari with a dark blouse, and a crowd of people in the background, some in white and red. At the right edge, a bald man in an orange robe with a pink shawl stands nearby. The left foreground shows a gold-edged red draped platform, and a fruit tray with bananas and a bottle sits at the bottom. A placed hand on the head suggests blessing, but the exact ritual is not clear from the image alone.2010-10-23May 18 20132013-05-18A seated man with long swept-back dark hair, a white vertical tilak on his forehead, and a rust-orange shawl over a bare chest wears a long rudraksha mala and a striped tiger-print cloth over his lap. He sits on a red-upholstered throne with gold-carved armrests, holding a small card in one hand and a yellow banana in the other. In front of him a younger man in a white shirt kneels with cupped hands, receiving the offering. A woman in a white sari with an orange border stands at the right edge. The a person's cues include the long hair, rudraksha mala and orange shawl, and he is shown in a seated teaching-and-blessing role; the gold-carved throne and red draped backdrop frame the scene.2014-06-02October 23 20102010-10-23 +1 copiesApril 13 20142014-04-13May 11 20132013-05-11December 08 20122012-12-08 +1 copiesA photograph of a seated man with long dark hair tied back, wearing a tiger-striped garment, a white shell-bead necklace and a dark rudraksha-style mala, receiving a long reddish-brown beaded mala from a kneeling devotee in a white shirt and white dhoti. The seated figure, a person by appearance cues including the tiger-print robe and ornate beaded necklaces, extends his hand to take the mala while the devotee in white and a red-banded wrist offers it. Brass oil lamps with yellow flames sit on a red patterned carpet beside him. Other white-clad people stand and sit in the background of a hall with cream walls and red curtains.2013-01-11April 20 20142014-04-20A man with long swept-back black hair, wearing a leopard-print shawl over his clothes, places his right hand on the top of a bowed man's head in a blessing gesture. The recipient, in a white shirt with a rudraksha mala around his neck and hands pressed together, bends forward before him. Nearby a woman in a yellow and grey sari stands with eyes lowered, and other women in white and yellow garments stand in the background of a hall. A red velvet cloth and trays of fruit, including bananas, sit in the foreground, with an orange-robed figure at the right edge. The leopard-print-shawled man is a person candidate based on his long swept-back hair, shawl and blessing role, though his appearance is not conclusive.2010-10-23October 21 20062006-10-21 +1 copiesApril 13 20142014-04-13