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A photograph inside a bright hall with white floors and red curtains, showing a man in an orange-brown dhoti and shawl wearing a heavy gold bead necklace and gold armlets. He places his hand on the head of a devotee in white shirt who bows with folded hands, while another devotee in white holds a rudraksha mala. Several other people in white stand behind, with a crowd and a screen in the background. The scene looks like a blessing or darshan in an ashram setting.

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October 29 20132013-10-29A photograph of a shaved-headed man in a rust-orange dhoti and shawl with heavy gold bead necklaces and gold armlets, standing at a line in a hall. He places his right hand on the head of a young man with dark wavy hair, who stands with hands folded in prayer and his eyes lowered. Other men in white shirts with prayer beads and devotees in white dress stand in a queue behind the rope barriers, one holding a gold bangle. The hall has white ceiling lights and a red curtain at left.2013-10-29October 11 20132013-10-11October 21 20132013-10-21 +1 copiesA photograph of a hall where a robed figure in a rust-orange and gold saffron-toned dress with a matching orange-and-gold turban and a heavy rudraksha mala stands at the centre, placing a hand on the head of a devotee in a white shirt with red-brown beads. The figure wears gold bangles, a gold armband and earrings, and smiles. Around them, devotees in white shirts and white clothing stand in rows with hands in namaskar and folded palms, some holding strings of beads. A priest with white tripundra markings on his forehead and arm is visible at the right edge. Overhead ceiling lights and white pillar barriers line the room.2013-11-09A photograph inside a hall with pink-red curtains and a ceiling of recessed lights. In the foreground a bearded man in a white shirt bows his head while a man in rust-orange dhoti and shawl, wearing a long gold bead necklace and gold armband, places his palm on the bowed man's head in blessing. Behind them stand several men in orange-brown robes with rudraksha malas, and a crowd of people in white clothes watches, with a gold-decorated shrine at the back.2013-10-29 +1 copiesNovember 07 20132013-11-07A photograph inside a hall at a Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam-style event. In the foreground, a line of men in white clothes with blue lanyards stands with palms pressed together in namaste, heads bowed. On the right, a figure in a rust-red and gold-bordered dhoti and shawl, wearing layered orange-brown beaded necklaces and gold armbands, extends a hand toward the devotees, appearing to bless or touch them. Another man beside him in white with gold-bordered shawl and rudraksha mala stands with tilak marks. Behind them, a decorated altar with a deity murti under a gold-edged canopy and red curtains lines the back wall. Approximately six to twenty people are visible.2013-09-13Indoor hall with white ceiling lights, red curtains and a gold-framed backdrop with lamps at the far end. A figure with long dark hair in a bun wears an orange-gold shawl, bare upper body, red and white flower garlands and a gold necklace, and holds a small paper slip while pressing his hand to the forehead of a bald man in a white shirt with palms joined. Several men in white shirts stand with hands folded in prayer behind a metal stanchion line, and women in saris stand in the background. Scene suggests a blessing or darshan line. Swamiji appearance is an appearance-based candidate: the blessing figure has long swept-back hair, saffron-gold shawl, ornate gold necklace and red garlands, so probable Swamiji blessing devotees.2013-10-16October 29 20132013-10-29October 20 20132013-10-20 +1 copiesA photograph in a hall with red curtains and a ceiling of fluorescent panels. A man on the right wears a rust-orange dhoti and shawl with a thick rudraksha-style bead mala, gold armlets and a red tilak; he places his hand on the forehead of a devotee. A younger man in a white shirt with an orange lanyard stands at left with hands folded, and another devotee in white bends forward in front of a metal barrier. Several more people in white kurtas and saris stand in the background, and a screen glows at the far right. Visible cues suggest a person for the man in orange, who appears to be giving blessing, so the candidate is in person but the identification is uncertain.2013-09-12