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Indoor scene at a temple-style hall with dark wooden pillars and gold-framed mirror. Devotees in plain white clothes stand and kneel in a line. In the lower right, a man with long dark hair and a bare upper body wearing an orange-red shawl and gold necklace extends his right hand to touch the head of a kneeling devotee, a blessing gesture. Behind him, a woman in a maroon and red sari with beaded necklace watches. On the right, ceremonial metal staffs and a gold kalasha-like finial stand against the wall. On the left, a older man in white shirt holds his hands together in namaskar near a young woman in white with a braid. a person appears to be the man in orange-red shawl with long hair and gold necklace, giving blessing as a teacher receiving devotees.

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A photograph of a crowded interior with wooden pillars and framed pictures, where devotees in white clothing gather around a bare-chested man in a saffron-orange shawl with long, swept-back hair and a beaded necklace. A devotee in white kneels and bows forward with head lowered while a man in white kurta and dhoti places his hand on the kneeling devotee's head in blessing. Around them, people stand with palms pressed together in anjali, one man on the left wears a rudraksha mala and gold bracelet, and a woman in white with a braid stands near the center. Brass ritual implements including tridents and a kalasha-style vessel stand against the wall, and a woman in a red blouse with a garland is at the right edge. The scene suggests a blessing or darshan moment.2017-07-23July 23 20172017-07-23Indoor photo of a group of devotees in white clothes standing in a temple hall. An older man in a white shirt and dhoti at left holds his palms together in namaskar, with vibhuti marks on his forehead. Beside him, a young woman in a white dress and a teenage girl in white stand with hands folded. A young man in white kurta stands with hands clasped in the centre-right. At far right, a man with long hair and a saffron-red cloth over his shoulder sits on a low seat, his hands near a silver vessel, and gold necklaces and a rudraksha-style mala are visible. Behind the group, silver trident staffs stand against a wall and a large dark wooden door frames the room. At left edge, a printed cardboard cutout of a bearded figure with a red-and-saffron turban, gold necklaces and garlands is held up.2017-07-23Indoor photograph of a group of devotees in white ritual clothing gathered in a wooden-pillared hall. An older man in a white shirt with a rudraksha mala and gold bracelet stands at left with palms pressed together in namaste. Several young men and women in white and cream-bordered sarees or kurtas stand and kneel, some with name badges, some holding hands in greeting. At right, a bearded figure in saffron-orange robes with a gold necklace and rudraksha mala stands with palms joined, and ceremonial trident and ritual staffs are displayed on the right. A framed picture hangs on the wall and a painted figure with a beard appears at the far left edge.2017-07-23A photograph of a devotional gathering indoors near a dark wooden doorway. In the foreground a man in white shirt and white dhoti stands with palms pressed together in anjali mudra, wearing a gold ring and a red thread on his wrist. Beside him a young girl in white with a shawl and a woman in a white dress stand with hands folded. Behind them several men and women in white garments stand or bow with hands joined. On the left a large painted cutout of a figure in orange headwear, beard and gold garlands stands beside the group. At the far right a man with long hair and a red-orange cloth draped over his body sits and extends one hand toward the devotees, with gold armlets visible. Silver ritual items with a trident and a kalasha-like finial appear at the right edge, and a silver vessel sits in the lower foreground. Several people are seated or bowed in prostration at lower centre. Printed copyright text appears at the lower right.2017-07-23July 23 20172017-07-23July 23 20172017-07-23May 07 20172017-05-07August 08 20172017-08-08 +1 copiesOctober 12 20172017-10-12A long-haired man with dreadlocks, wearing a rust-red shawl over a bare upper body, presses his right palm onto the forehead of a seated young man who has white sacred ash marks on his brow and a rudraksha-beaded necklace. Behind them, several women in white and cream saris and one in a maroon blouse watch; gold-coloured ritual vessels and a golden deity murti stand in the foreground. The scene appears to be a blessing or initiation moment in a temple-style hall.2017-08-20A bare-chested man with long swept-back black hair and a red-orange shawl stands in the foreground, placing his hand on the head of a seated woman in a red-orange shawl. Around him, devotees in white clothes and red-orange shawls stand in a hall with red curtains and a white ceiling. A man in an orange robe with rudraksha mala beads stands at left, another man with his palms pressed together in namaste stands at right, and a woman with a red bindi watches. A blessing or initiation is taking place among a crowd of about twenty visible people.2016-02-17