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A seated figure in a red turban, red garment and heavy gold necklace and armlets places his right hand on the bald head of a kneeling man in a saffron-orange robe with rudraksha beads. The kneeling man wears glasses, a tilak mark on his forehead and prayer-style hands. A gold throne with ornate carving stands at left, with red rose petals and flowers nearby. Behind them, white-clad devotees wear rudraksha malas, and a silver staff rises in the centre. The seated figure appears to be a person, identified by the red turban, gold ornaments and seated place of honour alongside his distinctive adornments, while the kneeling man is a devotee receiving blessing.

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A seated figure in a red turban and red-and-gold saffron robes, with a long rudraksha mala and gold ornaments, smiles while placing a hand on the head of a man in a white shirt and glasses who is bowing forward. The throne behind is ornate gold with red velvet cushioning. Brass oil lamps and a kalasha-like brass lamp stand nearby, and a red curtain backdrop is visible. Several other figures in red and white attire are partly visible. Swamiji (probable): the seated figure wears a red turban, rudraksha malas and gold necklaces on a golden throne, while the man bowing is a devotee receiving blessing.2015-10-08 +1 copiesNovember 06 20132013-11-06September 20 20152015-09-20October 25 20152015-10-25September 20 20152015-09-20September 20 20152015-09-20September 20 20152015-09-20July 21 20152015-07-21A seated priest in a rust-brown and gold-bordered dhoti-style cloth with white vibhuti marks on his forehead and orange-red beaded necklaces places his right hand on the forehead of a shaven-headed man in an orange-red robe and rudraksha mala, who has white tilak marks and an earring. Behind them a seated woman in a maroon robe and dark beads watches, and two people in cream and white stand in a room with red curtains. The scene resembles a forehead blessing or initiation during a ritual.2013-11-05October 11 20152015-10-11A seated man in saffron-orange robes and a matching orange turban sits on a gold-ornamented red throne, touching the shaved head of a kneeling young monk in maroon robes with a silver trident-topped staff. He wears layered rudraksha malas and gold necklaces and bangles. Behind them, seated devotees in white clothing and a woman in orange sari watch under a row of banana plants and a red-and-white tented stage, with a brick building in the background. The scene resembles a blessing or initiation ceremony.2013-07-22A photograph of a ritual blessing indoors with warm pink-red lighting. A man in a red turban and red-and-orange saffron robe, bare-shouldered with a rudraksha mala, extends both hands to press his palms onto the forehead of a bare-chested man in a white dhoti-style cloth with a red rudraksha mala, who stands with hands folded in namaste. Behind them, several people in white and red garments, some wearing flower garlands, stand watching; a woman in a white sari with a long braid is at the right edge. A golden vessel and red flowers sit at the lower left. The scene reads as a blessing or initiation ceremony.2015-09-14