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A photograph of two men in a bright room with a pale wall and a window behind them. The man on the left, seated and turned in profile, has his hair in a top knot, wears a white draped garment with a rudraksha mala across his chest and a red-and-gold border at the waist, and holds his arms outstretched with palms raised toward the man on the right. The man on the right, in a white shirt with a dark lanyard, faces him with palms pressed toward the forehead area in a blessing-style gesture. A third man, partly visible and out of focus, sits in the lower background. A red chair edge appears at the left.

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October 11 20122012-10-11April 15 20122012-04-15April 15 20122012-04-15A seated man with long, swept-back dark hair, a white forehead mark and a cream-white draped garment wears multiple rudraksha malas over his shoulder and arm. He extends both hands forward, palms pressed together, in a blessing gesture toward a kneeling man with short dark hair in a white shirt and a purple lanyard, whose hands are joined in reverence. a person cues: long swept-back hair, rudraksha malas and a ceremonial white garment, with the figure giving blessing to a devotee.2012-04-15A photograph of an indoor event with a warm beige wall. A man in a white dhoti and white shawl, with a rudraksha mala around his neck, bends forward while another man in a white dhoti and white shawl places his hand on the first man's head in a blessing gesture. The blessing man wears silver bangles, gold rings, a silver armlet and a red-and-white ceremonial staff, and has a red tilak and his hair tied in a bun. a person is the blessing figure wearing white with silver ornaments and a staff, but the visible cues are limited; identity is uncertain. Two physical people are visible, plus a partially visible third person at the left edge.2012-02-08October 11 20122012-10-11April 15 20122012-04-15A photograph of a blessing exchange indoors. A man with long dark hair in a bun, bare-shouldered in a rust-brown cloth with a gold ceremonial necklace of beads, presses his right palm to the forehead of a shorter, grey-haired man in a white kurta with a red and white beaded mala around his neck. A woman in white sits blurred in the lower right, and a pale curtain and dark wall form the background. The gesture resembles a padapuja-style blessing, with the standing figure giving the blessing and the other receiving it. Swamiji (probable): the figure in rust-brown with long hair, bun and gold beaded necklace; he is giving the blessing.2013-12-17Photograph of a shaved-head... no: a man with hair tied in a topknot and a white vertical tilak on his forehead stands at left, wearing an orange-saffron shawl draped over one shoulder and a wrap around his waist, with multiple rudraksha malas with silver beads and a gold necklace. He places his right hand on the crown of the head of a seated-to-standing devotee at right, who wears a white kurta, rudraksha mala, and an orange-lanyard identity badge, with palms raised in a gesture of receiving blessing and eyes closed. Behind them, a bald man in saffron clothing sits, and a red curtain hangs on the right wall. The setting appears to be an indoor ashram hall with plain white walls.2012-10-11 +1 copiesA photograph of a seated figure in an orange-brown saffron robe and a long beaded rudraksha necklace with ornate gold pendant, long dark hair swept back, placing one hand on the forehead of a man in white clothes with a rudraksha mala. The man has both palms raised in a blessing-receiving gesture. Behind them, a seated man in white with a gold-bordered dhoti and rudraksha beads has a white forehead mark, and standing devotees in white and one woman in orange with gold border watch from the background. A man in a white shirt at right looks on. The appearance of the seated figure with long hair, saffron robe, rudraksha and gold ornaments is consistent with Swamiji (probable), giving a blessing to a devotee in what appears to be a satsang or darshan setting.2013-07-02February 08 20122012-02-08A seated man in white draped clothing with a red bindi and a sweptback hairstyle smiles while holding a thin cord or stick and touching the forehead of a man in a white shirt with a dark lanyard, who has his hands raised in a respectful gesture. The seated man wears layered silver beaded necklaces, a silver armlet and silver bangles, and sits on a red and orange cushion beside a yellow cloth. The setting is a warm-toned room with a window behind them. Two people are visible, and the seated figure has distinctive ornate silver adornments and a bindi, so the appearance is consistent with a person in a blessing moment, though it is not a certain match.2012-02-08