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Close photo of an older white-haired man with a bare upper body bowing his head, a white cloth tied across his forehead, and a rudraksha mala with a small framed pendant around his neck. A hand in a red thread bracelet rests on his head, and a second person in orange robes stands behind. A silver ritual pillar is visible on the right. Ritual head blessing, possibly abhishekam. The man's identity is not established from appearance, so no a person candidate is asserted here.

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April 03 20182018-04-03April 04 20182018-04-04 +1 copiesA photograph of an initiation ceremony where a bare-chested man with grey hair and a white cloth tied over his head bows low, his forehead touched by a hand. Attendants in saffron and orange robes hold him steady, one wearing a long rudraksha mala and gold ornaments, and another in an orange turban with gold earrings and necklace. A white-clad figure with a rudraksha garland stands behind. The scene matches the page's Shiva Deeksha initiation.2017-02-22February 25 20182018-02-25A close photograph of a man with grey hair kneeling with his head bowed, his forehead wrapped in a white cloth with a yellow-bordered edge. A hand with a rudraksha bracelet is raised over his head in a blessing gesture from the right. Behind them are red drapes and silver-coloured twisted pillars. A partially visible second man in a white dhoti stands at the upper left. Two people are visible, one blessing and one receiving.2018-02-25A bare-chested older man with a white blindfold tied over his eyes and white paste marks on his forehead and shoulders stands with his hands folded at his chest in a ritual initiation. A young priest in white dhoti and shawl with a rudraksha mala and a red and gold bracelet presses his palm to the man's forehead. Beside them, a man in a white garment and rudraksha mala steadies the initiate's shoulder, and at the right edge a figure in an orange-red turban and gold ornaments is partly visible. Other people in white and saffron stand behind in a crowded hall. A gold pillar is at the top right.2017-02-22April 08 20182018-04-08 +1 copiesFebruary 22 20172017-02-22April 03 20182018-04-03March 25 20182018-03-25A night-time photograph of a blindfolded man in a white shirt and white dhoti, with a red thread around his neck and a white cloth tied over his eyes, standing with hands folded at his chest while a helper supports his arm. Facing him from the right, a figure in an orange-red turban, gold earrings, red and blue flower garlands and an orange-and-gold shawl places a hand on the man's forehead. Behind them, other white-clad people and a gold-coloured deity murti are partly visible.2015-08-09A photo of a seated older man with short grey hair and a grey stubble beard, hands pressed together in namaste, wearing a cream dhoti and a long strand of wooden and amber beaded rudraksha-style mala around his neck. A younger man in an orange-saffron robe reaches over from the right and rests his palm on the older man's forehead in a blessing, with a red thread bracelet on his wrist. Blurred orange-robed figures and a maroon curtain stand in the background.2017-07-14