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A photograph of a bearded man with long dark hair and a bare upper body wearing a rust-coloured cloth and a pink and white flower garland, placing his right hand on the forehead of a young boy in a white kurta with short hair. Behind them stand a teenage boy in a white shirt and another boy in white, and a woman with a long braid is seen from behind at the left edge. A dark maroon curtain forms the backdrop, with a gold cloth at the right. The man's appearance with long hair, a bare upper body and a flower garland is a distinctive cue, and the page identifies this as an initiation with blessing, so the man is a person, giving a blessing to a child during an initiation darshan. The boy receiving the touch looks down attentively while others look on.

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April 04 20172017-04-04A photograph of a young man in a white kurta standing with bowed head while a bearded figure with long dreadlocked hair, a bare upper torso and a pink-and-white flower garland over an orange-brown shawl places a hand on his forehead. A blue bowl is held in the lower foreground. Behind them, several young men in white clothes stand near a copper pole against a deep red curtain, and a girl in a patterned blouse is at the left edge. The scene suggests a blessing or initiation moment. Appearance is uncertain, so this is treated as a candidate only.2017-04-02April 04 20172017-04-04April 04 20172017-04-04A photograph of a young man in a white kurta standing with eyes closed while a bare-chested man in saffron-orange cloth draped over his shoulder touches his forehead with one hand. The standing man has long dreadlocked hair, a dark beard, a red thread on his wrist and a pink-and-white floral garland around his neck. The young man holds a blue cup in his other hand. Behind them are a red draped backdrop, a gold pole and several people in white clothes, plus a girl in orange at the left edge. The scene looks like a blessing or initiation moment at an ashram event.2017-04-02April 02 20172017-04-02A 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.2017-04-04May 04 20172017-05-04A young boy in white clothes kneels with palms pressed together in namaste and eyes closed while a bearded man with long dark hair and a pink-and-white flower garland places his hand on the boy's head, an energy darshan blessing. Behind them, several men in white kurtas and dhotis, some bare-chested with beaded necklaces, stand and watch, and an older man in white with a tilak sits nearby. The seated figure on the right wears the pink and white garland and a red wrist thread, with a lush dark hairstyle; the scene reads as a blessing during a group ritual in a hall.2017-05-04May 09 20172017-05-09May 04 20172017-05-04A photograph of a ritual blessing in a hall. A bare-chested young boy with short dark hair and a red-orange pendant on a cord sits looking forward while a man with long dreadlocked hair and a beard, wearing a pink and white flower garland, places his hand on the boy's forehead. Behind them, a shirtless youth in white dhoti and sacred thread stands, with more people in white clothing and a red-clad figure blurred in the background.2017-05-04