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A photograph of a central figure with long dark swept-back hair, a small red tilak on the forehead, a white jasmine garland, rudraksha beads and a red-orange wrap, placing his right palm on the head of a kneeling devotee in a plaid orange shirt. The devotee has his hands folded in anjali. Behind them stands another man with a shaved head and red-orange cloth, and a few people in light shirts. White pillars and blue arched walls form the hall. Appearance-based a person with the cues of long swept hair, jasmine garland and rudraksha mala, performing a blessing on a devotee.

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May 23 20122012-05-23 +2 copiesMay 21 20122012-05-21June 01 20122012-06-01May 25 20122012-05-25 +1 copiesA photograph of a blessing moment outdoors beneath a tent-like canopy with pale yellow curtains. A person with long, swept-back dark hair, wearing a white jasmine garland and an orange-red wrap, places a hand on the forehead of a bearded man with shaved-looking hair who is bare-chested and has white ash markings on his body. The bearded man holds a small red fruit. Several onlookers in the background, some in orange and in shirts, watch closely. The long-haired figure wears a saffron wrap and garland, which are distinctive ceremonial cues, so this is a probable Swamiji (probable) in person giving a blessing to a devotee; the blessed man is a devotee receiving blessing.2012-05-25 +1 copiesJune 06 20122012-06-06A photograph of a man in a checked light-green shirt and glasses, hands pressed together in namaste, having his forehead touched by a bare-chested man with long dark hair and a white flower garland. The garland-wearing man has white sacred ash markings on his arm and an orange-and-red cloth wrapped at his waist, with dark rudraksha-style beads at his chest. Behind them, a man in white stands with hands folded, and an arched hall with blue-shuttered windows and a ceiling fan is visible. a person: the bare-chested garland-wearing man with long swept hair and saffron-orange cloth is giving blessing to the devotee, a touch on the forehead. The setting suggests a darshan or blessing moment.2012-05-24A photograph of a devotional blessing in an indoor hall with pale yellow walls. In the foreground, a woman in an orange-red sari with a gold border and white flower garland, wearing a red beaded headband and gold earrings, presses her hand on the head of a man in a turquoise and white striped polo shirt with a rudraksha-style mala and red thread on his wrist. White sandalwood or vibhuti lines mark her upper arm. Beside them, a young man in a light blue shirt watches, and other devotees with folded hands stand in the background.2012-05-19June 26 20122012-06-26 +1 copiesJune 21 20122012-06-21A photograph inside a hall with red curtains and hanging ceiling fans. A central figure with a white tilak on the forehead, a dark hair bun, a white and red flower garland, gold armbands and an orange-red garment blesses a man by placing his palm on the man's head, the man with hands folded in namaste. Beside them a red box holds small items. Another bald man in orange robes with a rudraksha mala and gold necklace stands at the right, and a man in white shirt with folded hands stands behind, plus several other people in orange and white. a person is the central figure, shown blessing a devotee, with the orange robes and garlanded ornamentation as appearance cues.2012-09-12A photograph inside a pillared hall with arched cream walls and blue doors. A man in a striped orange-and-white shirt stands at left with palms pressed together in greeting, reaching toward a figure in a rust-orange robe with a white jasmine garland and a dark rudraksha mala draped over the chest. The figure, with long dark hair and a red bindi, is speaking while resting one hand on the other. Other people stand behind, including a man in white dhoti at right, and a video camera is visible on a tripod. The figure matches the a person candidate by long swept hair, saffron-orange robe, and rudraksha mala, so this is a probable match.2012-05-25 +1 copies