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A photo of a seated man in an orange-saffron robe with a white forehead mark and a multi-strand rudraksha mala placing his palm on the forehead of a smiling man in a white kurta. The saffron-robed man has his hair tied in a bun and a white tilak on his forehead. The man in white holds his hands up with palms open toward the robed figure. Behind them, a bald man in a saffron garment sits, and another man in white stands at the right edge beside a red curtain. The setting is an indoor hall with plain cream walls and a white door frame.

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October 11 20122012-10-11October 13 20122012-10-13October 08 20122012-10-08October 19 20122012-10-19Photograph of a shaved-head... no: a man with hair tied in a topknot and a white vertical tilak on his forehead stands at left, wearing an orange-saffron shawl draped over one shoulder and a wrap around his waist, with multiple rudraksha malas with silver beads and a gold necklace. He places his right hand on the crown of the head of a seated-to-standing devotee at right, who wears a white kurta, rudraksha mala, and an orange-lanyard identity badge, with palms raised in a gesture of receiving blessing and eyes closed. Behind them, a bald man in saffron clothing sits, and a red curtain hangs on the right wall. The setting appears to be an indoor ashram hall with plain white walls.2012-10-11 +1 copiesOctober 11 20122012-10-11Photograph of an indoor blessing moment. A smiling man with a short hair bun, a yellow-white tilak on his forehead, a rudraksha mala, and an orange-brown draped garment raises his right hand toward the head of a younger man in a white shirt and orange shawl, who has his hands raised in response. A blurred deity murti with red and gold tones sits at left against a plain pale wall. Two physical people are visible.2012-10-13 +1 copiesA photograph of a blessing exchange indoors. A man with long dark hair in a bun, bare-shouldered in a rust-brown cloth with a gold ceremonial necklace of beads, presses his right palm to the forehead of a shorter, grey-haired man in a white kurta with a red and white beaded mala around his neck. A woman in white sits blurred in the lower right, and a pale curtain and dark wall form the background. The gesture resembles a padapuja-style blessing, with the standing figure giving the blessing and the other receiving it. Swamiji (probable): the figure in rust-brown with long hair, bun and gold beaded necklace; he is giving the blessing.2013-12-17February 25 20132013-02-25October 11 20122012-10-11Two men face each other closely in a plain white-walled room, one reaching his palm toward the forehead of the other. The man on the left wears an orange-saffron cloth draped over his body, a gold-toned beaded necklace and a white vertical tilak mark on his forehead, his hair tied up in a knot. The man on the right has long curly dark hair, a white t-shirt, a red-orange shawl and a thick rudraksha mala, with a green bead bracelet on his wrist, and his hands are raised in front of him. A blurred figure stands at the far right edge and a small altar-like object sits at the left. The gesture resembles a blessing or transmission moment.2012-10-13July 05 20132013-07-05