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Night festival scene at an ashram with strings of coloured lights and a gold decorative backdrop. In the foreground, a man in a saffron-orange shawl with a crescent ornament in his dark matted hair, wearing layered pink-and-white flower garlands, gold necklaces and heavy gold bangles, holds his palm outstretched toward a bare-chested man bent forward with his head down, while a white cord hangs over his back. Behind them, several onlookers in white, yellow and pink clothing watch, and a man in white holds a camera. The figure in saffron with the crescent and dreadlock-style hair has distinctive ceremonial cues, so this is a person in person, performing a blessing during a procession-related event.

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A man with long matted dark hair swept up under a silver crescent ornament sits at right in an orange-brown garment and ceremonial gold necklaces, with a thick garland of pink lotus-like flowers draped over his chest. He wears a bindi and yellow tilak on his forehead and smiles while a bare-chested person in the foreground leans in and raises a hand near him, holding a thin white string. Behind them, a crowd stands in a festive hall decorated with colourful string lights and hanging gold ornaments, and a photographer's camera is visible in the crowd.2016-12-05December 05 20162016-12-05Photo of a shaktipada-style blessing at an evening gathering. A long-haired, bare-chested man with a dark beard wears a rose-and-white flower garland, a rudraksha-style necklace and gold armbands, and places his right hand on the crown of a seated devotee's head. The devotee wears glasses, has his hands pressed together in namaste and bows forward; a second helper's hand rests on his head from the right. Behind them, many people in white, saffron and purple clothing stand in a blurred hall with bokeh lights and golden decorations.2016-12-02A photograph of a ritual blessing in a temple setting. A man with long dark hair, a white forehead mark, a full beard, red rudraksha bracelets and mala, layered gold necklaces and a red-brown shawl sits on a red-cushioned seat and reaches toward the head of a young man with short dark hair, who bows forward. The seated man's hands touch the young man's head in a gesture of blessing, while a third person in white dhoti and bare upper body holds the young man's arm with a white thread. Silver-toned ornate furnishings and orange and red cloth hangings appear in the background. The seated man is a candidate for a person, based on his long hair, ornate gold necklaces and saffron-red clothing.2017-10-01December 05 20162016-12-05A photograph of a long-haired man with a thick dark braided crown of hair and a red-brown wrap, seated before a gold ornate throne at a ceremony. He wears a garland of pink lotus-like flowers, heavy gold beaded necklaces, gold bangles and earrings, with a vertical tilak mark on his forehead, and his eyes are closed. His hand is extended toward a bare-chested devotee in the foreground who wears a white sacred thread and white sandalwood markings on his chest and shoulder. Smoke or incense haze fills the background, with other people in white and yellow garments and a hand resting on the seated man's shoulder. Swamiji (probable) is seated on the throne with a crown-like hair, rudraksha-style adornments and ornate gold jewellery, receiving or blessing the devotee.2016-12-05December 05 20162016-12-05August 22 20172017-08-22August 22 20172017-08-22December 05 20162016-12-05January 15 20172017-01-15A photograph of a long-haired man in a rust-orange cloth seated on an ornate gold-and-red throne, wearing white and red flower garlands, rudraksha beads, a gold pendant necklace and red-and-gold bangles, with a white tilak on his forehead. He reaches out to bless a bare-chested devotee in a white dhoti who bows forward with hands folded, wearing a yellow marigold garland. A golden kalasha-topped staff and a trident stand behind the throne, with orange-robed attendants and a red wall in the background. a person is the seated figure, seen at the blessing, and one bowing devotee is visible.2016-10-26 +1 copies