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Indoor photo at a convention hall in Salem, Tamil Nadu. A man with long swept-back hair, wearing a saffron-orange shawl over a white kurta and a crown-like ornate hairstyle, stands at right and reaches to touch the forehead of a seated devotee. The devotee sits with eyes closed and palms pressed together in anjali, wearing a white shirt, a rudraksha mala and a small medallion. Older men in white shirts and white dhotis stand behind, one holding a camera, and a blue industrial cooler fan sits at right. Photo is of a blessing moment with a flowing ritual pose.

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July 30 20062006-07-30July 30 20062006-07-30July 30 20062006-07-30July 30 20062006-07-30July 30 20062006-07-30July 30 20062006-07-30A photograph of a seated young man in white clothes with a red rudraksha mala, eyes closed and palms pressed together in namaste, receiving a blessing as a long-haired figure in white with a yellow cloth presses a hand to his forehead. Behind them, a standing man in white with hands folded in prayer and another in white holding papers and wearing an orange shawl watch the blessing indoors, with a camera held up at the top left. The scene suggests a satsang-style initiation or blessing, though only the visible gestures are described. Visible people: four.2006-07-30A photograph of a devotee with eyes closed receiving a blessing at a convention in a crowded room. A woman with long dark curly hair and gold jewellery stands in the foreground, her hand pressed to the forehead of a man in white kurta with a rudraksha mala, his other hand on his chest. Behind them, several men in white clothing stand close, one wearing an orange shawl and gold bangle.2006-07-30July 30 20062006-07-30A photograph inside a bright white-walled hall at a KAILASA event. In the foreground, a woman with long dark hair and a yellow top presses her palm to the forehead of a bald elderly man in white clothes holding his hands together in prayer, with a beaded mala around his neck. Behind him, a younger man in white kurta and orange scarf wears a rudraksha mala and stands near a blue cooler. Several other men in white clothes stand or sit in the background, and an orange-scarved attendant sits at lower right. Fans and a red mat are visible.2006-07-30Indoor convention scene where a seated man in white clothes with folded palms and eyes closed receives a touch on the forehead from a woman in the foreground with her dark hair in a braid. Behind him a man in white with a saffron-orange shawl draped over one shoulder stands watching, with a few other white-clothed participants and a blue cooler visible at right. A man with a rudraksha-style beaded necklace kneels nearby, and a woman at left wears a yellow top. The people in the background wear predominantly white.2006-07-30July 30 20062006-07-30