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A devotee with curly dark hair and a full beard kneels in profile in a white kurta, hands pressed together in anjali mudra with eyes closed. A rudraksha mala with gold spacers hangs at his neck and rudraksha bracelets are on his wrist. Another person's hand, wearing a red thread bracelet, rests on his head in a blessing gesture. Blurred deity murti and brass or gold ritual objects stand in the background.

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April 20 20182018-04-20 +1 copiesApril 20 20182018-04-20A close side-profile photograph of a bearded man with curly dark hair and eyes closed, standing with palms pressed together in namaste. Another person's hand, wearing a red thread bracelet, rests on his forehead in a blessing. He wears a white kurta and a multi-strand rudraksha mala with gold spacers, plus rudraksha bracelets on his wrist. The blurred background shows orange-clad figures and metallic deity or ritual objects.2018-04-25March 28 20182018-03-28 +1 copiesClose-up photo of a bearded man with eyes closed and a faint smile, receiving a blessing as an outstretched hand with a red thread bracelet rests on his forehead. He wears a white garment and a rudraksha mala at the lower edge of the frame, with blurred ceremonial lights and a metal pillar at the sides. The setting appears to be a ritual blessing or darshan moment.2018-03-31April 20 20182018-04-20A photograph of a ritual blessing: a bearded man in a white shirt and an orange-and-rust shawl with rudraksha beads kneels with hands joined in namaste and eyes closed. A bare arm wearing rudraksha bracelets presses a palm to his forehead. Behind him a smiling woman in orange and other robed participants in orange and white stand near a brass pot and gold-toned ritual objects. The man wears no crown, long swept hair, or ornate ceremonial gold necklace, so no a person candidate is established by appearance.2017-07-03March 31 20182018-03-31September 24 20162016-09-24April 25 20182018-04-25 +1 copiesClose-up photograph of a man with dark curly hair, a thin moustache and a rudraksha mala of reddish-brown beads around his neck, eyes closed and head tilted back. A hand with a red thread bracelet presses on his forehead in a blessing or initiation gesture, while his own hands are raised palm-outward beside his face. Pink-red stage lighting and blurred figures in white and orange clothing stand behind him. Appearance cues suggest a person receiving darshan, though identity is not certain from the image alone.2018-05-04 +1 copiesAugust 16 20172017-08-16 +1 copies