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A photograph of a young boy with long black hair, bare-chested, eyes closed, receiving a blessing as an older man's hand presses to his forehead, marked with white ash and a red kumkum dot. The boy wears a rudraksha pendant on a silver chain. In the blurred foreground a bearded man with long dark hair wears a garland of pink and white flowers over his shoulder. A red curtain and a blurred figure stand behind them.

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February 27 20172017-02-27A photograph of a ritual blessing. A bare-chested man with long, swept-back dark hair, a full beard, white vibhuti or tilak marks on the forehead, and a large garland of pink and white flowers around his neck places his right hand on the forehead of a young boy. The boy kneels with eyes closed and palms pressed together in anjali mudra, wearing a white dhoti with a gold border, a rudraksha mala, and a white paste mark on his forehead. A standing person in a white kurta is partly visible in the background against a dark maroon backdrop. The man in the garland is a person by appearance cues (long swept-back hair, ornate garland, bare-chested with adornments), shown in the act of initiation and blessing.2017-04-04April 04 20172017-04-04A photograph of a young boy kneeling with palms pressed together in namaskar and eyes closed, bare-chested, wearing a white beaded necklace with a small pendant. An adult man's hand rests on the boy's head as he applies a white paste mark to the boy's forehead. The adult, bare-chested with a long dark beard and a white floral garland, wears a red thread bracelet. Another boy stands behind with a white forehead mark and a white sacred thread. Behind them, people in pale clothing stand near a gold-railed platform, and a striped cloth lies on the floor.2017-02-18February 27 20172017-02-27A smiling young boy with a white tilak stripe on his forehead and a sacred thread across his bare chest stands facing a figure seen from behind. The figure has long dark braided hair, a pink and white flower garland around the neck and a brown beaded necklace, and is applying a mark to the boy's forehead with one hand. The boy wears a pendant necklace and has his hands raised to his hair. Another person in a yellow garment stands behind, with a red thread bracelet visible on the figure's wrist. The setting is an indoor temple-like room with warm wooden tones.2017-02-27A young boy with bare chest and a white cord across his torso stands with eyes closed as a man with long dark hair and a full beard, wearing a white floral garland, presses his palm to the boy's forehead. The boy has white sacred ash marks on his forehead, arms and chest, and wears a small red-and-gold pendant on a white cord. Behind them a second man with white markings on his forehead and a white-clad attendant stand in a hall with a maroon curtain and brass railing.2017-02-18April 04 20172017-04-04February 27 20172017-02-27A photograph of a young boy in a white kurta with a white tilak band across his forehead and a gold-beaded rudraksha mala around his neck, being blessed as a bearded man with long dark hair and a pink-and-white flower garland marks the boy's forehead with his hand. Two more people in white and a bare-chested attendant with a red bead necklace stand in the background. The bearded man in the foreground wears a saffron-brown shawl and is the central figure of the blessing. The scene appears to be a ceremonial blessing or initiation moment.2017-02-27February 27 20172017-02-27February 18 20172017-02-18