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A ritual scene in a hall with golden deity murti and ornate gold vessels in the foreground. A bare-chested middle-aged man with grey hair and a gold chain, palms raised in blessing gesture with eyes closed, receives attention from a man in white dhoti and gold-bordered shawl wearing tilak. A long-haired man with a dark-red wrap stands in the right foreground facing him. Several bare-chested men with sacred ash markings and rudraksha malas, one in saffron/orange cloth, stand behind. A red curtain and a glowing exit sign appear in the background.

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August 20 20172017-08-20August 20 20172017-08-20A photograph of a darshan moment in a hall with red curtains and golden deity murti in the foreground. A long-haired man with a crescent-shaped ornament on his head, a leopard-print headband, an orange-brown shawl and a pink and white flower garland reaches out to touch the forehead of a seated, shaved-headed man with grey hair, bare upper body, red kumkum on his brow and a gold bracelet, whose hands are raised in reverence. Behind them a bare-chested man in a white dhoti with a rudraksha mala and gold chain looks on.2017-08-23May 28 20172017-05-28Photograph of a seated man with long dreadlocked hair and a red-and-saffron cloth draped over his shoulder, placing his right hand on the forehead of a bare-chested younger man with short dark hair, who holds up his left palm and wears rudraksha beads and a gold chain. The younger man holds a small folded paper slip. Behind them, women in white saris and a standing man in white stand in a hall with a maroon curtain and ornate gold ritual objects in the foreground. The blessing appears to be a forehead touch during a ritual.2017-08-20August 23 20172017-08-23July 28 20172017-07-28A photograph of a darshan moment during a Nithya Kriya Yoga program. A man with long dreadlocked hair and a red-brown cloth over his shoulder touches the forehead of a bare-chested devotee with his right hand. The devotee has closed eyes, a sandalwood-type mark on his chest, rudraksha bead bracelets and a gold pendant, and holds a small printed paper slip. Behind them, a woman in a white sari with a gold border stands among onlookers, and gold ceremonial objects are in the foreground. The man with dreadlocks has distinctive long dreadlocks and a red-brown cloth, but the appearance is not conclusive enough to confirm identity, so he is described by role only.2017-08-20August 20 20172017-08-20A darshan scene in a ceremonial hall with red drapes. A bare-chested man with long dark dreadlocks, a crescent ornament on his head, a leopard-print headband, a pink and orange flower garland and rust-coloured wrap sits on the right with both hands raised in blessing, smiling; the figure is a probable Swamiji by appearance, with long dreadlocks, crescent crown and flower garland as cues. Facing him at left, a seated devotee with bare chest and sacred ash marks raises his palms in greeting. Behind them stand a bare-chested man with a sacred thread and a monk in orange robe with hands folded, and a golden deity murti sits in the centre.2017-08-23February 24 20172017-02-24A bare-chested older man with grey hair, white forehead marking and a rudraksha mala with a red-and-white shawl stands with arms raised while a long-haired bearded man with a dark red-orange wrap presses his fingers to the first man's forehead in a blessing gesture. Behind them a man in a white dhoti and red shawl with a mala stands in a warmly lit room with maroon curtains and a brass railing, a traditional spiritual transmission scene.2017-08-08 +1 copies