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Photo of a seated figure receiving a ritual blessing, with a man in a white shirt bending forward and pressing his palm to the seated figure's forehead. The seated person wears a thick garland of yellow marigolds, white flowers and red roses, with a pink flower tucked in the hair, and has white vibhuti and a red kumkum dot on the forehead. A second person in a leopard-print garment sits to the right beside fruit and flowers. Behind them stand a golden statue, a brass kalasha-style lamp and green leafy plants on a red cloth. A man in a white dhoti with a gold border stands at the left edge. Photo credit overlay reads Sri Nithyananda Paramashivam and

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January 22 20172017-01-22January 22 20172017-01-22A bearded man with long dark hair and a white-and-red tilak on his forehead sits smiling with eyes closed, draped in a thick garland of yellow marigolds, red roses and green leaves, wearing a rust-coloured robe and rudraksha bracelets. A man in a white short-sleeved shirt and light trousers, seen from behind, leans in to offer him the garland. Behind them, golden deity murti statues and green foliage fill the background, with a leopard-print cushion on the seat beside.2017-01-22January 22 20172017-01-22January 22 20172017-01-22A bare-chested man with swept-back dark hair, a white and red tilak on his forehead and a multicolored garland of yellow, green, pink and white flowers rests his right hand on the head of a seated devotee. The devotee, shown from behind with hands pressed in anjali, wears a rudraksha mala and a white sacred thread. The setting appears to be a temple interior with gold and floral decorations behind them. The gesture is a blessing being given during a darshan.2018-05-26A photograph of a man in a long-sleeved white shirt and white dhoti having his head blessed by a bare-chested figure in a salmon-pink shawl draped over one shoulder. The blessing figure wears a long garland of red roses and yellow flowers with green leaves, multiple orange-beaded bracelets, and has dark swept-back hair and a tilak on the forehead. The setting is an indoor hall with ceiling lights and other people visible in the background, and a cuboid red-and-white object is visible at the lower right edge.2011-11-03A photograph of a seated man with long dark dreadlocks wrapped in a black turban, a red-and-ochre vertical tilak on his forehead, and a dark beard. He wears a heavy red and yellow marigold garland and a rudraksha-style bead necklace over brown-orange robes, and holds an orange fruit in one hand. Behind him a wall of yellow and red flowers and a leopard-print seat are visible. In the left foreground a shirtless man in white dhoti with a gold border bows forward, his hand on the seated man's shoulder, in a blessing gesture. The seated figure's appearance with dreadlocks, turban, rudraksha necklace and saffron clothing is a probable Swamiji (probable) cue match, presented here as an in-person candidate. Two physical people are visible.2018-04-14A seated man with long dark hair, a full black beard, white vibhuti and a red bindi, eyes closed and smiling, wears a thick garland of yellow marigolds, red roses and green leaves over a maroon-brown robe with a gold ornament at the chest and a rudraksha bracelet on his wrist. A man in a white short-sleeved shirt and white trousers leans in from the left, arms around the garland, in an act of offering. Behind them stand golden deity murti statues among potted green foliage, with a red cloth draped on the throne-like seat and a purple flower detail at the lower right.2017-01-22January 22 20172017-01-22February 19 20172017-02-19March 14 20172017-03-14