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Indoor satsang or initiation-style gathering in a hall with a red backdrop and a gold ornamental pillar. A bare-shouldered figure with a long dark braid, wearing a rust-orange cloth and a dark beaded rudraksha-style mala, has a gold-painted forehead and presses a hand to the forehead of a smiling middle-aged man with short grey hair, white shirt and an orange-red scarf printed with script, plus an orange lanyard badge. Other people in white shirts and matching red-orange shawls with lanyards stand and wait behind, and a woman with white curly hair is at left. Water bottles, a cup and a small black case sit on an orange cloth table in front.

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October 10 20152015-10-10A photograph of a samaya deeksha initiation during a homa. A bare-shouldered figure with cropped dark hair and a light vertical forehead mark, wearing a deep red-brown robe with a gold-edged border and a thick gold beaded necklace, reaches forward to press a hand on the forehead of a young man with short dark hair. The young man wears a white kurta-style garment and an orange-red shawl printed with repeating script, and raises his other palm toward the viewer. Behind them, several people in white garments with red-orange shawls stand or sit, and a woman in an orange-red shawl is at the right edge. A rudraksha mala and a small bowl of flowers or leaves sit in the foreground. a person is.2015-07-17A seated man in white kurta with a red-orange shawl and an orange lanyard, eyes closed, palms pressed together, receives a touch on his forehead from a figure with long dark hair and a gold-yellow tilak, wearing a dark-red and saffron garment and a brown beaded rudraksha mala. The giver's arm extends across the frame, palm on the man's brow, a blessing gesture. Behind them, devotees in white and red-orange shawls with lanyards stand with hands folded. A water bottle, a small glass and a black device sit on an orange cloth at the lower left, and a red carpet runs along the background. The person giving the blessing appears to be a probable Swamiji by visible cues of long swept-back hair, saffron clothing and a rudraksha mala.2015-10-10October 10 20152015-10-10October 10 20152015-10-10May 09 20152015-05-09A photo of a ritual blessing in a hall with red curtains and brass lamps at left. A seated figure in an orange and gold wrap with a beaded rudraksha-style necklace raises a hand toward the crown of a shaved-headed man in white clothes and an orange shawl, who has his palms pressed together. Another seated woman in an orange shawl holds small items nearby, and a person in white stands behind. Several people wear orange shawls and rudraksha malas.2015-07-19A seated figure in maroon and gold robes, wearing a long gold-and-bead ornamental necklace and rudraksha-style beads, reaches out to press his right palm to the forehead of a kneeling man with grey hair tied back, who wears a white dhoti with gold border and an orange-red shawl. Behind them stand several people in orange-red shawls and white garments, one with a red bindi-marked forehead, some wearing rudraksha beads on their wrists. The seated figure sits in a brown leather armchair with carved wooden armrest, and a water bottle and a small black device rest on an orange table nearby. This appears to be a blessing or initiation moment in an ashram hall.2016-02-10 +1 copiesJuly 19 20152015-07-19A photograph of a seated figure with long dark hair in a bun, wearing a saffron-and-gold wrap and a long gold-beaded necklace, extending a hand to touch the forehead of a standing-kneeling man with short grey hair, folded hands and an orange shawl over white clothes. Behind them a woman in a red sari with a bindi and another person in white hold ritual items, and a woman in orange and white stands in the background near a red cloth backdrop. The figure with the bun and gold necklace is a person by appearance cues (long swept hair, ornate gold necklace, saffron wrap), and is shown in the act of blessing the man. Total people visible: four.2015-07-19September 20 20152015-09-20A photograph of a devotee session in which a woman in a dark red sari with a gold border and long dark hair presses her hand to the forehead of a young man in a white kurta with a red shawl and conference lanyard. Behind them, seated devotees wear red and orange shawls and rudraksha malas, and a woman with a bindi sits in red. In the lower right, a life-size cardboard cutout shows a smiling figure in an orange-red turban with a gold emblem and a dark bindi, who is not a physical person in the scene. The visible people number around six.2015-07-09