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Indoor temple-style hall with cream walls, a ceiling projector, and a decorated shrine with gold arches, hanging lanterns and a deity murti behind. A bare-shouldered man in a brown-red dhoti-style wrap with gold border stands at right, wearing layered heavy gold necklaces with a gold pendant, a red tilak and a small earring, smiling as he places his hand on the head of a young man in a white shirt with a rudraksha mala. Nearby a man in a green t-shirt and a man in white stand with hands folded in prayer, and a figure at left in white shirt with orange lanyard has eyes closed, palms pressed together. A video screen shows a figure in red-orange clothing. Several people are visible in the scene.

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A photograph inside a hall with red curtains and a gold throne-like seat at the back. A man in an orange-brown wrap and a heavy gold bead necklace stands at right, smiling and placing his hand on the head of a young man in a white shirt who has his palms pressed together. Other young men in white shirts stand with hands folded, and several men in white and an older woman with glasses stand behind. a person (wearing a saffron-brown wrap, gold bead necklace, gold bracelets, and a red-and-white tilak on the forehead) blesses the devotee with a touch on the head. Visible people number roughly six to twenty.2013-10-29 +1 copiesIndoor scene in a hall with a gold-and-red temple-style shrine in the background. On the right, a smiling man in a brown saffron-toned robe with gold stripe borders wears a heavy gold multi-bead necklace with a pendant, gold earrings and a red bindi, and raises one hand in blessing toward devotees. On the left, two men in white dhotis and shirts stand with palms pressed together, one bowing with hands folded. Other devotees in white clothing stand behind them near rope barriers, and a woman in orange appears at the far right. The room has a white ceiling with recessed lights and red and gold decorations.2013-10-08September 25 20132013-09-25October 08 20132013-10-08October 08 20132013-10-08A man in white shirt and trousers bows forward with his head lowered toward a robed figure standing at the right. The robed figure wears a saffron-orange garment, a long rudraksha mala with heavy gold ceremonial beads and a gold pendant, and a red bindi, and places a hand on the bowing devotee's head in blessing. Behind them a line of devotees in white waits along metal stanchions in a hall with ceiling fans and a golden shrine arch decorated with hanging lamps. Women in white and saffron sarees stand at the right. a person cues present: saffron clothing, rudraksha mala and ornate gold necklace while blessing the devotee.2013-10-09Indoor ashram hall with cream tiled floor and a deep red curtain behind a stage. A man in a rust-orange dhoti and shawl, wearing a heavy gold ceremonial necklace with a large gold pendant, gold armlets and a red bindi, smiles while placing his right hand on the forehead of a young man in white shirt and dhoti who has his head bowed and hands joined. Devotees in white and saffron stand nearby, one wearing rudraksha beads. Behind them a decorated deity murti stands in a golden shrine, and a screen shows a colourful image. A partially visible man on the left has his palms pressed together. Roughly six people are visible.2013-09-02A photograph of a ceremonial blessing line in a hall with white ceiling lights and red curtains. A man in a rust-orange and gold-bordered dhoti, with a gold necklace of multiple layers and a large rudraksha mala, stands at right with a bindi and his hand raised in blessing over the head of a devotee. The man receiving the blessing wears a white shirt with an orange lanyard and has his palms pressed together. Several other devotees in white and light clothing stand in line with folded hands. Behind them a priest with shaved head and white forehead markings wears an orange cloth, and a decorated altar with lit lamps and a deity murti sits in the background. a person is a probable candidate for the figure at right, identified by a combination of ornate gold ornaments, rudraksha mala and orange-gold clothing.2013-10-09November 03 20132013-11-03October 11 20132013-10-11A photograph of a saffron-robed man with short dark hair, white sacred ash marks on his forehead and a red bindi, smiling and raising his right hand in a blessing gesture toward a kneeling devotee in a white kurta with folded palms. The robed man wears a long gold-coloured mala necklace with a large ornate gold pendant, gold bangles and gold armlets over a bare upper body in an orange-brown wrap. Behind him stand other robed devotees and people in white clothing near metal stanchions, with a decorated backdrop of painted deity figures and gold-trimmed shrine panels in the background. A white-clad person on the left holds a folded paper. a person is shown in the centre giving blessings to a devotee, with gold ornaments and saffron clothing as the qualifying cues.2013-07-25September 29 20132013-09-29