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Photograph of an indoor ceremony. A man with long dark hair tied back, white ash marking on his forehead, an orange and saffron garment and multiple rudraksha malas is smiling and extending his hands toward an older balding man in a white kurta with rudraksha mala, who has his palms raised and is bowing with folded hands. A golden ornamental object sits in the foreground. Behind them, standing people in white shirts and a woman in a blue and grey sari watch, with red drapes and a seated woman in orange and a mala in the background. a person is the man in orange with long hair, rudraksha malas and ash marking, performing a blessing for the older devotee.

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A seated figure with hair tied in a bun, wearing a saffron-orange and gold shawl over a bare chest and a long rudraksha mala, places both palms on the forehead of a young man in a white t-shirt who wears a rudraksha mala and bracelets and whose eyes are closed as he receives the blessing. Behind them, a man in a white dhoti with gold border and rudraksha beads sits; a standing man in saffron robes and an older man in a grey shirt watch. A large gold-colored carved figure with a lion-like head sits in the foreground beside a red cushion, and a fan and red curtains are in the background.2013-09-30A photograph of an indoor hall with a red curtain and a gold ornamental armrest in the foreground. A man with long hair tied in a bun, bare-chested under a saffron-orange wrap, wears a long rudraksha mala and a ceremonial gold necklace and sits on a throne-like seat, smiling. A man in a white shirt with a rudraksha mala and a wristwatch raises both hands, facing him. Other men in white and a seated man with a white forehead marking stand behind them, and a woman in white and orange stands near the curtain. a person is the seated man in saffron with rudraksha mala and gold necklace.2013-09-30September 29 20132013-09-29A seated man in saffron-orange robes and a rudraksha mala with a golden necklace touches the forehead of a smiling man in a white t-shirt with an ID badge, who holds his hands up in front of him. The seated figure is beside large gold lion-headed seats or lion sculptures on a red cushion. Behind them, a person in white and others stand in a room with red curtains, a white fan, and a framed picture on the wall. a person (saffron robe, rudraksha mala, gold necklace) is performing a blessing touch on a devotee, consistent with darshan or blessing.2013-09-29September 28 20132013-09-28September 30 20132013-09-30A seated man with a swept-back bun, a red and white tilak on his forehead, a saffron and gold-bordered wrap, and a long rudraksha mala extends a small white card toward a devotee in a white shirt and dark trousers, who raises both palms in a gesture of acceptance. The seated man is a probable Swamiji, identified by the distinctive long swept-back hair, rudraksha mala and saffron-gold clothing, and is seated on an ornate gold throne-like seat with golden lion-head carvings. Behind them, a woman in a white and gold-bordered sari with an orange shawl and a standing man in a striped polo watch from the background beside red curtains.2013-09-30A seated man with long dark hair in a bun, wearing a saffron-and-gold shawl, rudraksha malas and a tilak, places his right hand on the forehead of an older man in white clothes and a rudraksha mala who holds both palms up in a receiving gesture. Beside the seated figure is a golden lion-headed throne armrest. Behind them, a saffron-robed elderly man and a man in a white-and-gold garment stand in a room with a white ceiling fan and red curtains.2013-09-30September 30 20132013-09-30A photograph of a seated figure in a saffron-orange and gold garment with a long rudraksha mala draped over the chest, hair tied back in a bun, extending a hand to touch the forehead of a kneeling man in a light blue striped shirt with an orange lanyard. Behind them, a gold lion-headed ceremonial seat or throne in the foreground, and several people in white and cream clothing stand and watch in a room with red drapes. The seated figure has distinctive long hair and saffron clothing with a rudraksha mala, so this appearance is a probable Swamiji candidate in an in-person blessing (Swamiji (probable)).2013-09-30September 28 20132013-09-28September 28 20132013-09-28