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A long-haired man in a white dhoti with a gold-edged shawl places his right hand on the forehead of a seated devotee with closed eyes, palms joined, wearing a white shirt, a red rudraksha mala and a small pin. Behind them, several men in white shirts and dhotis stand with hands folded, some wearing lanyard badges, beside a blue cooler. The scene reads as a blessing given during a convention session.

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July 30 20062006-07-30A photograph at an indoor convention hall shows a man with long, dark, swept-back hair and a white shawl placing his hand on the forehead of a seated devotee. The devotee wears a white shirt, a red rudraksha mala, and a white identity badge, sits with eyes closed and palms pressed together in namaste, and has a tilak marked on his forehead. Behind them, several men in white clothes stand near a rotating fan, one wearing an orange-and-white cloth over his shoulder.2006-07-30July 30 20062006-07-30A 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 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.2006-07-30July 30 20062006-07-30July 30 20062006-07-30A 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.2006-07-30A long-haired man with a red tilak on his forehead, wearing a white garment with a gold-yellow shawl over the shoulder, closes his eyes and places his right hand on the forehead of a seated, grey-haired devotee in a white shirt with a rudraksha mala who kneels with palms pressed together in namaskar. Several men in white shirts stand behind them, one raising a camera, and a fan is visible at upper left. The scene appears to be a blessing or darshan moment. The long-haired man matches the page's Swamiji cues: long swept-back hair, a tilak and a gold-yellow shawl, so he is probable Swamiji (probable) in the event of a blessing.2006-07-30July 30 20062006-07-30