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A photograph of a long-haired man with a red tilak on his forehead, bare-chested with a pale yellow-cream cloth over one shoulder, whose hand rests on the forehead of a kneeling devotee in white. The devotee wears a white shirt and a rudraksha mala, and his palms are pressed together in prayer with eyes closed. Behind them, standing men in white dresses and white shirts watch, one in an orange-saffron shawl, and a visible ID badge is clipped to a shirt. Appearance-based cues on the man with the tilak are long swept-back hair and a bare chest with a cloth; he is a person giving a blessing, but the image is limited to a close view and the identification is uncertain.

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A photograph of a long-haired man with a bare chest and a yellow-gold shawl, eyes closed, having his forehead touched by the raised right hand of a man in a white shirt and white dhoti who stands with palms pressed together in namaste; the man in white wears a rudraksha mala and a small locket pendant. Several other men in white shirts and dhotis stand behind them at a gathering, and one man at right holds a crystal-bead mala. The seated man with the shawl is shown receiving a blessing gesture.2006-07-30July 30 20062006-07-30July 30 20062006-07-30A photograph from a convention session. A long-haired man with a bare chest, wearing a white and gold wrap and multiple rudraksha malas, places his right hand on the forehead of a seated man with closed eyes and palms pressed together in namaskar. The seated man wears white clothing and a rudraksha mala. Behind them, men in white shirts and white dhotis stand, and one man in the background holds up a camera. A white fan is visible at the upper left. a person: the long-haired man in the wrap with rudraksha malas, giving a forehead blessing to a devotee.2006-07-30July 30 20062006-07-30Indoor photo of a long-haired figure in a white garment with a pale shawl, seen from the side, placing a hand on the forehead of a seated man in white shirt and trousers with hands pressed together in namaste. The seated man wears a red rudraksha mala and a dark beaded necklace, and an identity badge hangs from his shirt. Behind them, several men in white with dark beaded necklaces stand with hands folded, and a man in an orange shawl sits with a red tilak. A blue-framed fan is visible at right. The gesture resembles a blessing or initiation.2006-07-30July 30 20062006-07-30July 30 20062006-07-30July 30 20062006-07-30A photograph from a convention setting in which a long-haired man with a red bindi on his forehead and a yellow-white cloth over his shoulder reaches out to touch the forehead of a seated man in a white shirt with a rudraksha mala and a bindi. The seated man sits with his eyes closed and palms pressed together in namaskar. Behind them, standing devotees in white kurta-style clothes, one wearing an orange shawl and another a dark pendant necklace, stand with hands folded. A blue cooler and a fan are visible at the right edge. The image is a candid close-up of a blessing or touching-the-forehead gesture.2006-07-30A long-haired man with a bare upper body and a yellow cloth draped over his shoulder places his right palm on the forehead of a seated man in a white shirt. The seated man wears a rudraksha mala and a small pendant, and his hands are folded in anjali. Behind them, several people in white clothes stand or sit, and a blue cooler stands at the right edge. The bare-chested man has long, swept-back hair and a yellow cloth, matching the a person appearance cues in the page, while the seated devotee wears white with a rudraksha mala and an identity badge on his shirt.2006-07-30July 30 20062006-07-30