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A photograph of an indoor blessing moment in a plain room with pale walls and a window at right. A figure in a saffron-orange turban and orange robe with long dark hair places one hand on the forehead of a man in glasses and a white collared shirt, who bows his head. A small table holds papers, a book and a wooden stand, and a chair sits at left.

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2003 World Tour - Bay Area USA2003 -World Tour Chicago USAA photograph of a long-haired man with flowing black hair and a bare shoulder, wearing a rust-red wrap and rudraksha mala, placing his right palm on the forehead of a bald older man in a white shirt with an orange-beaded mala and an event badge. The older man raises his other hand, palm out, while a third person in an orange-red robe sits partly visible behind him. A window reveals a reflection of a monastic figure in orange. Long hair, rust wrap and rudraksha mala on the first figure read as a probable Swamiji presentation, so the candidate is marked uncertain in the swamiji field.2013-03-26July 15 20142014-07-15March 24 20132013-03-24A photograph of a ritual moment in a gilded temple setting. A man with long dark hair swept back, a white tilak on his forehead, bare-shouldered in an orange-red shawl and wearing a multi-strand rudraksha mala and rudraksha earrings, reaches forward and places his hand on the head of a second person. That person has curly dark hair, wears a white kurta with red embroidery and an orange-red shawl over the shoulders, and holds up one hand. Behind them stand a gold kalasha-style finial, a gold deity murti, and a peacock-feather fan on the left. Another hand holds a stick at the right edge.2014-09-13May 09 20142014-05-09Night-time photo of a diksha-style blessing. A person with a shaved-looking head, a white tilak on the forehead, ornate gold earrings, a gold-beaded necklace and gold bangles, wearing an orange and yellow garment, places a hand on the head of a young man in a plain white t-shirt with a red cord necklace. Behind them, a seated man in white with rudraksha beads and a gold-coloured object sits among other people in white clothes, and a blue and red cloth hangs in the background. a person cues are limited to the orange garment and gold ornaments, so the identity is uncertain.2015-08-31A photograph of two men in a bright interior facing each other closely. On the left, a figure with long dark swept-back hair and a red bindi wears an orange-saffron shawl over the shoulder and a dark rudraksha mala, and extends a hand toward the other man. On the right, a bald man in a plain white garment and a dark rudraksha mala holds a white paper and listens. Behind them are brass oil lamps with a lit warm glow and a pale wall.2011-11-29March 27 20062006-03-27July 09 20112011-07-09March 20 20132013-03-20 +1 copies