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A photograph of an initiation ceremony. In the foreground, a short-haired man in a white kurta with an orange-and-red patterned shawl stands with eyes half-closed while another person presses a raised hand onto the crown of his head. The blessing figure, on the right, has long dark hair, a red cord and an orange-brown cloth draped over the shoulder. Behind them, other participants in white clothes and orange shawls raise their hands, and an older man in a gold-and-brown beaded necklace with a rudraksha mala holds a folded paper. The setting appears to be a hall with a crowd of devotees.

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June 24 20172017-06-24June 24 20172017-06-24June 24 20172017-06-24A kneeling man in white ceremonial clothing with a red-and-orange shawl and a rudraksha mala has his head touched by a bare-chested priest with long dreadlocked hair and a rust-coloured cloth at his waist. The priest's hand rests on the man's forehead during an initiation blessing. Behind them stands a woman in a white sari with a brown beaded necklace, holding a folded handwritten note. A small golden deity murti with a crown sits in the foreground beside a brass object, with other white-clad devotees in the background. The setting suggests a diksha initiation rite.2017-06-24June 24 20172017-06-24June 24 20172017-06-24June 24 20172017-06-24A photograph of an initiation ritual. In the foreground, a bare-chested man with long dreadlocked hair and a red-orange shawl places his right palm on the head of a younger man in a white kurta with an orange-and-brown wrap, who holds his hands raised in a gesture of receiving. Behind them stand other people in white and cream clothing with rudraksha-style beaded necklaces, and a golden deity murti appears at lower right beside a small paper card held by an onlooker.2017-06-24June 24 20172017-06-24June 24 20172017-06-24A photograph of a diksha-style initiation moment: a bare-chested man in a red-orange wrap and rudraksha malas, with long dark hair swept up under a red-orange turban, holds a white card to the forehead of a smiling man in white kurta with a rudraksha mala who raises his palms. Behind them a man in saffron/orange robes wears a rudraksha mala, and a framed portrait sits beside a small white silver-toned figurine on a glass stand. Other people in white stand in the background. Swamiji (probable): the bare-chested figure in red-orange wrap with turban and long hair, with rudraksha malas, conducting the initiation.2018-04-30A seated man in white clothes with an orange-and-white shawl bows his head while a bare-chested bearded figure in saffron-orange cloth and a pink-and-white flower garland presses a hand on his head and holds a small white paper. A devotee behind wears a white robe with an orange-and-gold shawl and a rudraksha mala, and another person in white stands nearby. Red-and-orange clothed figures and a golden object appear in the background.2016-10-11