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Indoor home setting in a Tamil Nadu house with pink walls, a built-in shelf holding purple water bottles, and a framed picture of cows on the wall. A standing figure in a rust-red robe with a long rudraksha-style mala and a bare upper body places a hand on the forehead of a kneeling woman in a gold-bordered sari with a blue blouse and orange shawl, who has a flower in her hair. A man in a white dhoti stands at left behind a partly visible person, and a window with iron grilles is at right. The standing figure has long hair pulled back and a red tilak; the scene reads as a blessing given during a home visit.

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A photograph of a home visit in a red-walled room. A person in an orange-red robe with bare upper arms and gold bangles stands at right, raising a hand in blessing over the head of a woman in a red sari with a white and red flower garland who bows forward with hands together. Other people stand and watch in the background, including a man in white dhoti with a rudraksha mala, a young man in an orange shawl, and a younger boy in orange. A woman in white sits at left. A wooden cabinet and a doorway with glass panels are visible. The blessing suggests a padapuja at a devotee's house, with the blessing figure appearing in ochre saffron robes and a rudraksha mala with a ceremonial gold necklace, consistent with a person.2014-07-07 +1 copiesJanuary 16 20142014-01-16A photo of a bare-chested man in saffron-orange cloth with a gold necklace and rudraksha mala, placing his right hand on the forehead of a young woman in a white embroidered top and dark shawl who has her palms pressed together. Two other women in the background, one in white and one in red, watch quietly in front of a deep red draped curtain. The scene resembles a blessing or darshan moment. a person is a candidate for the man given the saffron cloth, long swept-back hair, gold necklace and malas, but the appearance is not fully confirmed.2012-08-22May 28 20132013-05-28October 12 20172017-10-12July 20 20122012-07-20A seated figure in an orange-saffron cloth with a white and yellow-red marigold garland and a tilak on the forehead has a hand raised toward a bent-over devotee's head, while another devotee in a white shirt and dark trousers leans in beside a woman in a maroon sari bowing with her hands near his feet. A bearded man in a white kurta and orange shawl stands behind them, and a woman in white looks on from the background. A low white-covered bench holds a bamboo tray of banknotes, a steel tumbler and a gold-tipped walking stick. The setting is an indoor hall with windows, a striped floor mat and a blue-framed table. The seated figure's distinctive long hair and saffron robes are visible cues, but the identity is uncertain from appearance.2006-12-10September 28 20132013-09-28July 07 20142014-07-07 +1 copiesIndoor photograph of a home visit. A seated man in orange saffron robes with a gold-bordered yellow shawl and a white flower garland, with a red bindi and long dark hair, has his hand on the head of a woman bowing before him. A white-haired older woman in a yellow sari with gold bangles stands at left, palms pressed together in greeting. Behind them a glass display cabinet holds small white figurines, and a man in white clothing stands at the right edge. The seated man's appearance is consistent with the a person description, but the page does not state he is present, so this is an uncertain identification.2010-02-18A photograph taken inside a home doorway during a house visit ritual. In the foreground, a man seen from behind wears a rust-orange garment, a rudraksha mala necklace, and a gold armlet, holding an oil lamp toward an older woman in a gold-bordered sari and red flower garland standing at the door. Behind them, a smiling woman in a garland and several young people in orange and white clothing look on. Turmeric petals are scattered in the air, and light fabric curtains hang by the windows.2014-07-08March 10 20152015-03-10