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A photograph of a long-haired man in a white and gold-bordered shawl pressing his palm to the forehead of a seated devotee with closed eyes. The devotee wears a white shirt, a rudraksha mala and a round pendant, with hands folded in anjali. Behind them, other people in white clothing with hands raised in prayer. The blessing appears to be a forehead touch ritual at a convention setting. a person: the standing figure has long swept-back black hair and a gold-bordered shawl, cues consistent with the page's a person Spurana Convention context, with his role as the blessing giver.

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Close photo of a man in white clothes with eyes closed, receiving a touch on the forehead from a long-haired man in white with a gold-bordered shawl. The receiver wears rudraksha and black beaded malas and a small round pendant, with palms pressed together in namaskar. Behind them, several people in white stand, and a figure in orange and white sits at left. The long-haired man has swept-back dark hair and a gold-edged white shawl, with visible rudraksha-style beads, matching the appearance-based cues for a person giving the blessing.2006-07-30Photograph of a long-haired man in white clothes with a gold-bordered shawl placing his palm on the forehead of a seated man with closed eyes and hands pressed together in namaskar. The seated man wears a white shirt and a long orange-brown rudraksha mala, with a conference badge on his chest. Behind them, other participants in white and cream clothes, including a woman in a cream sari with gold border, stand close together at what appears to be a convention gathering. The long-haired man has a broad smile and a gold-bordered shawl over white garments. a person cues: long swept-back black hair, gold-bordered shawl, and rudraksha mala worn by the blessed devotee; the central figure is performing blessing with a conference setting.2006-07-30July 30 20062006-07-30July 30 20062006-07-30July 30 20062006-07-30A photograph of a shaved-headed devotee in white clothing and a rudraksha mala with eyes closed and palms pressed together, receiving a blessing as a man with long, swept-back dark curly hair, wearing a white garment with a gold-bordered shawl, places his right hand on the devotee's forehead. Other people in white and yellow clothing stand behind them. Swamiji (probable) appears as the long-haired man with a gold-bordered shawl touching the devotee's forehead; the devotee is a devotee receiving blessing.2006-07-30July 30 20062006-07-30A close photograph of a man with long, swept-back curly black hair and a gold-bordered white garment touching the forehead of a man in white clothing with eyes closed and palms pressed together in namaskar. The man in white wears a rudraksha mala and a red tilak on his forehead. Another white-clothed person is partly visible at the top edge, and a saffron cloth appears at the upper left.2006-07-30Close photo of a man with closed eyes and a moustache, wearing a white shirt, a rudraksha mala and an event name badge, having his forehead touched by a person with long dark wavy hair who wears a gold-bordered white shawl. Other attendees in white clothes stand behind them at what looks like a convention session.2006-07-30A photograph of an indoor convention setting. In the foreground a man with long, swept-back dark hair, bare-chested apart from a white and gold-bordered shawl, wears a rudraksha mala of large brown beads and places his right palm on the forehead of a seated devotee. The seated man wears a white shirt, brown rudraksha beads and a vibhuti mark, and sits with palms pressed together in namaskar with eyes closed. Behind them, several men in white clothes stand, one wearing an orange scarf and another a white badge. The long hair, distinctive rudraksha mala and shawl are cues for the central figure, but the photo is ambiguous about identity, so the appearance is marked uncertain. Blessing or aashirvad with vibhuti on the forehead is visible.2006-07-30Close photo of a long-haired man in white robes with a gold-edged shawl touching his palm to the forehead of a seated man with short grey hair, moustache and red rudraksha malas. The seated man wears white and has a vibhuti mark on his forehead; eyes closed. Another person in white stands behind, and a red-bordered garment is visible at the lower left. a person: long swept-back hair, gold-bordered white shawl, and a rudraksha mala cue on the seated devotee's side, the figure giving the blessing touch. Setting suggests a convention blessing.2006-07-30July 30 20062006-07-30