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A photograph of a seated man in a rust-red and gold-bordered shawl, bare-shouldered, with long hair tied back and a gold-toned necklace, placing his raised hand on the forehead of a short-haired man in a white kurta who has a rudraksha mala around his neck and tilts his head back. Behind them a gold-coloured ritual vessel and a woman in white are visible against cream walls. The shawl-wearing man shows distinctive long hair and ornate ceremonial clothing, consistent with a person giving blessing to a devotee, a forehead blessing rite.

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December 17 20132013-12-17December 03 20132013-12-03A photo of a bare-shouldered figure in a rust-red garment with a gold-edged border, hair in a bun, placing a raised palm on the forehead of a man in a white shirt with a red lanyard and a beaded mala around his neck during a blessing. The clothed figure is seated near gold cushions.2013-12-10December 10 20132013-12-10A 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.2013-12-17December 10 20132013-12-10February 09 20122012-02-09December 03 20132013-12-03A photograph of a seated man in a rust-red draped robe with a gold-edged border and a long beaded necklace, his hair tied back, with a white vertical tilak on his forehead, placing his right palm on the forehead of a standing man with grey hair in a low ponytail. The recipient wears a white t-shirt, a rudraksha mala, and a small gold earring, and holds his left palm up in front of him with eyes closed. A silver staff is visible beside them and a golden figure stands behind the seated man, in a room with cream-coloured panelled walls. The seated man has distinctive long hair, ornate gold-toned adornments and a rudraksha mala, but the appearance cues are not sufficient to confirm the a person identity, so the role is given as a robed teacher blessing a devotee.2013-12-03December 03 20132013-12-03February 09 20122012-02-09A photo of a seated man in a saffron-orange robe and a multi-row rudraksha mala with a white vertical tilak on his forehead, long dark hair swept back, sitting on a gold ornate throne with a peacock-feather fan behind him. He places his right hand on the forehead of a man in a white shirt and white trousers wearing a red-and-rudraksha mala, who stands close with his eyes lowered. A bowl of red apples and a small brass kalasha-like object sit on a cloth in front, with potted plants and a partly visible person at the left edge. The scene appears to be a blessing or darshan moment in a room with cream walls.2015-02-21