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A photograph of a ceremonial blessing in an indoor hall. A man with long dark hair, a white horizontal forehead mark, and a shell-bead necklace wears an orange and black tiger-striped shawl and rests his right hand on the head of an older man in a white garment with an orange cloth head covering. Blurred figures in white and orange clothing stand in the background, and green plants appear at the left edge. The seated gesture resembles a blessing or initiation moment.

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A seated figure with long swept-back dark hair, a white vibhuti mark on the forehead, a tiger-striped orange shawl, and a strand of skull-bead and rudraksha-style mala necklaces places his hand on the head of a bespectacled older man in an orange-red ceremonial garment. The man raises one hand and holds a folded paper. The seated figure, a person, sits on a tiger-patterned cushioned seat beside a gold-framed panel. Behind them, several people in white and orange clothing are present, and a green leafy plant stands at left.2012-12-26December 16 20122012-12-16A long-haired figure in a tiger-striped garment and a red-and-white flower garland raises an open palm toward the forehead of a man in an orange shawl and white shirt, giving blessing. A white vibhuti mark is visible on the forehead of the figure, and white pearl bracelets are worn on the wrists. A golden vessel and blurred devotees sit in the background. Probable Swamiji (probable) gives blessing to a devotee; the figure wears a tiger-striped wrap, long swept-back hair, a flower garland and vibhuti, which are the qualifying cues.2012-12-16September 03 20132013-09-03A photo of a ceremonial blessing. A figure with long black hair, a white vibhuti mark on the forehead, and a pink-white-green garland sits on the left wearing a tiger-striped yellow and black garment with a brown sash and gold bangles, and places a hand on the head of a seated older man with short grey hair. The older man wears a deep red and orange shawl and is bowing his head. Behind them a standing figure in a peach and orange sari with a rudraksha mala is visible, and a golden kalasha-style vessel and a maroon cushioned seat appear in the setting. Several onlookers stand in the background. The seated figure wearing the striped garment matches several appearance cues, with long swept-back hair, garland and gold adornments, but the appearance is not conclusive, so the identity is recorded as unsure.2012-12-16December 16 20122012-12-16May 25 20132013-05-25December 15 20132013-12-15January 09 20122012-01-09December 16 20122012-12-16A photo of a satsang-style exchange. On the left, a man with long hair tied in a bun, wearing a tiger-striped saffron-and-black garment and a long rudraksha mala, extends his right arm and hand toward a man's forehead; he has a yellow mark on his forehead. On the right, a man in a white kurta with a blue lanyard and an ID badge raises both hands toward the first man. Behind them, a woman in white and a figure in red sit before a textured, cream-coloured wall. The left man has distinctive long hair, rudraksha beads and saffron-patterned clothing, so this is a person in person giving a blessing, but appearance alone is not conclusive.2012-01-09Photograph of a ritual exchange on a raised platform. A bald man in white robes with a red-orange shawl sits with palms raised toward a long-haired man in a leopard-print headband and leopard-print waist cloth, orange-brown garment and green-beaded rudraksha-style mala with gold armlets. The long-haired man extends his right hand toward the forehead of the seated man. Behind them, several men in white dress with orange-red shawls stand or sit, and a white-robed figure stands at right beside a framed picture. Heavy striped curtains and a bright light source fill the left background, with a white fur-like cloth in the lower left.2012-12-15 +1 copies