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A close-up photograph of a seated devotee with eyes closed and a raised hand touching the top of his head, apparently in a meditative or energy-sensing moment during a gathering. Beside him, a bald man in a patterned shirt lifts his hand near his face, and at the right edge an arm in a white sleeve is raised. A smartphone is held at the bottom edge. Blurred background with warm tones. Grey-haired man in a patterned kurta-style shirt wears a rudraksha-like wrist band; no visibly distinctive a person cues sufficient to identify him.

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Close-up photograph of a man with closed eyes receiving a white and red mark on his forehead, a hand applying it from above. He wears a patterned cream and brown kurta with a rudraksha-style mala at the neck. In the foreground a bald man in white clothing with white earphones touches his glasses, and a hand holds a phone or tablet at the bottom edge. Part of another person in white sleeves is visible at right. Setting appears to be a Sadashivoham 2016 session where Third Eye initiates are being initiated.2016-12-01Close side view of a man with short, greying-at-the-temples hair wearing a dark beaded necklace and a white top, seated with his head tilted upward. Another person's hand, with a forearm visible at the left edge, rests on his forehead, while a second hand is raised in the right background wearing a gold bangle and ring. The background is a warm brown wall with a blurred shrine-like structure.2011-11-06Close photo of a grey-haired man in white clothing with eyes closed and head bowed, receiving a blessing as another person's hands rest on the crown of his head. The blessing hand wears a gold ring and a red thread bracelet. A second person with hands pressed together in prayer appears at the lower left, and a standing figure in a patterned shawl stands at the right edge against a blurred background of pink and dark fabrics. The man wears a rudraksha-style mala around his neck. The blessing appears to be a darshan-style touch at a satsang or initiation setting.2018-04-23November 14 20102010-11-14Close photograph of two men in a seated initiation or blessing moment. The man on the left, with long swept-back dark hair and an orange-saffron garment, places his right hand firmly on the forehead of the man on the right, whose eyes are closed and head is bowed. The right man has short greying hair, a light beige top, and a red-and-beige shawl with a dark rudraksha-style mala at his neck. The background is soft-focus and dim.2009-12-08March 03 20182018-03-03September 14 20132013-09-14September 27 20162016-09-27March 28 20182018-03-28 +2 copiesA photograph of a devotional blessing in an indoor hall with red curtains and a projection screen behind. A man with swept-back long dark hair, orange-saffron robe with yellow edge, a rudraksha mala and a gold earring stands at right, palm placed on the head of a bowing man in white kurta with grey hair and glasses, hands folded in namaskar. Other people with folded hands stand at left and behind, and a shaved-headed man in white is partly visible at right. Probable Swamiji (long hair, saffron robe, rudraksha mala cues) is giving a blessing to a devotee; the blessing gesture is a head touch.2013-09-23A photograph of a man with long dark dreadlocks and a beard, wearing an orange-brown t-shirt and a pink-and-yellow flower garland, placing his right palm on the forehead of an elderly white-haired man in white clothes with a red-and-orange shawl. The elder keeps his eyes closed and head bowed. Behind them a younger man in white and yellow-trimmed cloth stands near a cream pillar and a deep red curtain. The man with dreadlocks has a dark wrist mala. The setting appears to be an indoor hall during a blessing or darshan moment. The dreadlocked figure matches the presentation of a person, with long hair and a garland but no crown or saffron robes visible.2016-09-27Close-up photograph of a man with eyes closed, face tilted, receiving a mark on his forehead from a hand holding a small pinch of substance, possibly kumkum or vibhuti, with a red-orange garment visible at the lower right. A blurred metal vessel or lamp stands at the left edge against a dark background. The scene suggests a blessing or tilaka ritual; the person's face is partly visible and no role is established.2018-03-31 +1 copies