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A photograph of a woman in an orange sari with gold border and a rudraksha mala placing her right hand on the forehead of an older man bending forward in a white kurta with gold embroidered collar. He wears a lanyard badge with a pink tag reading ATTENTION NEEDED. Her other arm extends to support him at the elbow, and a red curtain and pale wall form the background.

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A photograph of a saffron-robed figure with long swept-back hair, tilak on the forehead, and multiple rudraksha malas, placing one hand on the head of an older bowing man in a white kurta with a golden embroidered collar and a lanyard badge. The robed figure is a probable Swamiji, identified by the long swept-back hair, saffron clothing and rudraksha malas, and is giving a blessing to the devotee. Background is a warm-toned hall with wooden panels and a red cushion at lower left.2011-11-26December 10 20112011-12-10December 04 20112011-12-04A photograph of a long-haired figure in an orange saffron shawl and multiple rudraksha malas placing his right hand on the forehead of an older man bending forward. The older man wears a white kurta with a gold-embroidered collar and a blue-and-brown cord with beaded necklaces. The setting is an indoor room with pale pink walls and a dark red curtain at left. The scene appears to show a blessing or pada-puja style darshan. The orange-clad figure matches the appearance cues of a saffron-robed sannyasi with rudraksha malas, a person, giving a blessing to a devotee.2011-12-11December 11 20112011-12-11March 17 20132013-03-17A photograph of a devotee in a white polo shirt with a red lanyard badge and a rudraksha mala being blessed. He stands with eyes closed and hands raised, while a man in an orange-saffron shawl with gold border places his palm on the devotee's forehead. The blessing man has dark hair swept back and gold rings on his fingers. Other people in white clothes stand softly out of focus in the background.2011-09-03 +1 copiesNovember 24 20112011-11-24A photo of a blessing moment indoors. A person with short dark hair, bare-shouldered in a rust-red and gold garment with heavy gold bead necklaces, reaches forward and places a hand on the forehead of a man with short white hair. The man wears a white t-shirt, a red and white beaded mala, and a wristwatch, holding one palm up in a hand gesture. Behind them, a man in white with an orange-red shawl stands in a softly lit hall with dark wood panels and white curtains. The gold-clad figure appears to be a presiding figure with the appearance of a person in a ceremonial role, though the appearance cues are not conclusive.2013-12-17March 17 20132013-03-17December 19 20132013-12-19December 25 20112011-12-25