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A photo of a blessing moment during a satsang. A figure seated on a red cloth, wearing an orange-brown wrap with a gold border and multiple rudraksha malas on wrists and neck, reaches forward to touch the forehead of a standing man in a white kurta with a red lanyard and an ID badge. The standing man has his palms raised, eyes closed in receptive stillness. Behind, a seated man in white with a rudraksha mala and a bare-torsoed figure with long hair are visible, and two women in orange saris stand in the background near floral decorations. The white-walled room features a garlanded backdrop. Two physical people stand or sit prominently, with others partially visible.

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A seated figure in an orange saffron garment with a long swept-back hair braid and a dark rudraksha mala is pressing both palms against the forehead of a young man in a white shirt and matching rudraksha mala, who raises his hands in response. The seated figure holds a folded white paper in the other hand. Behind them a older man in white dhoti and rudraksha mala watches, and additional people in white and orange stand in a red-curtained hall with a deity murti on the left. The scene reads as a blessing or transmission moment. Swamiji (probable) is the seated figure in saffron with long hair and rudraksha malas.2013-07-05A seated figure in an orange-brown unstitched robe with long dark hair in a low ponytail, wearing wooden rudraksha-style bead bracelets and a long bead mala, touches the forehead of a bearded man in a white short-sleeved shirt with a blue bead necklace, who has both palms raised. The figure holds a small folded paper in one hand. Behind them, a man in white with a red shawl sits with eyes closed, and a seated devotee in white with a white forehead band is visible. A yellow and red floral backdrop and a red cushion sit in the background.2013-07-16July 06 20132013-07-06A photograph of a ritual blessing in an indoor hall with red curtains. A figure in an orange-brown dress with long dark hair tied up and rudraksha beads in the hair places one hand on the forehead of a young man in a white shirt with raised palms, eyes closed, wearing a red-and-blue rudraksha mala and a bracelet. Another figure in a rudraksha-mala-wearing orange garment holds a sheet of paper. Standing onlookers in white and a woman in a white sari with red blouse watch from behind, with a fan visible at left.2013-07-06July 06 20132013-07-06July 17 20132013-07-17A photograph of a ritual blessing in a hall. A man in an orange-red dhoti with a gold border and a rudraksha mala around his neck sits on the left, his bare right arm raised with his palm pressed to the forehead of a man in a white shirt and orange-red shawl on the right. The blessed man has his hands raised and eyes closed. The officiant holds a sheet of paper and wears an orange-red cloth. A peacock feather fan and a golden kalasha-like object stand behind, with a red-and-white floor cloth and a potted plant at the edges.2014-03-23A long-haired figure in an orange-brown saffron garment with a beaded bracelet and rudraksha mala places one hand on the forehead of a young man in a white striped shirt with a red lanyard and rudraksha mala. The young man stands with eyes closed and his other hand raised in blessing. Behind them, a man in white with a red shawl and a woman in orange stand watching, and a seated man in white with a rudraksha mala holds a sheet of handwritten paper. Floral garlands with yellow and red blooms decorate the left edge. The figure with long hair appears to be giving a blessing, possibly a person, with the cues of long swept-back hair, saffron clothing and rudraksha mala.2013-07-10A young man in a white striped shirt with raised hands receives a blessing as a figure in a rust-orange garment presses a palm to his forehead. The blessing-giver has long dark hair, a rudraksha mala and beaded bracelets, and holds a sheet of paper. Behind them, a seated man in white with a rudraksha mala and a bearded man in white stand near a floral garland and a red curtain, with a standing person in saffron-orange robes and a white-clad figure further back. A warm glow of lamps appears at the right edge. The blessing-giver may be a person based on long hair, rudraksha mala and saffron-orange clothing, though the face is not visible.2013-07-10July 11 20132013-07-11July 17 20132013-07-17July 06 20132013-07-06