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A close photograph of a middle-aged man with short grey hair, wearing a white shirt and a gold chain with a small round pendant. He is applying white sacred ash in horizontal lines across his forehead with his right hand, eyes lowered. Behind him, a blurred woman with glasses and a red mark on her forehead, and a child in white, are visible, along with a gold lamp stand and a red curtain.

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July 19 20102010-07-19November 20 20132013-11-20A photo of a seated man with short grey hair, wearing a white collared shirt and a rudraksha mala with a pendant, receiving a forehead blessing. A hand with a red thread bracelet touches his brow between the eyebrows, while his own hands are raised palm-out in front of him. Behind him, a person in white with an orange-red shawl stands in a dim red-curtained hall. The scene resembles a darshan blessing during an initiation session.2017-08-03Outdoors on dusty ground with trees behind, a man in a white shirt with grey hair and a white vibhuti mark on his forehead sits with eyes closed and palms pressed together in prayer. Beside him a man in a white shirt with a red bindi and a gold bangle places his right hand on the seated man's head in a blessing gesture, his eyes closed. A badge hangs from the standing man's neck and a dark cord is visible. Other people in white and pink clothing stand in the background, including a woman in a blue top at the left edge. No identifiable a person appearance is visible, so this shows devotees in a blessing or initiation moment.2012-04-06Photo 11693782 +1 copiesPhoto 11710655 +2 copiesA middle-aged man with short grey hair and a grey moustache sits with palms pressed together in anjali mudra, eyes lowered in prayer. He wears a cream and beige striped collared shirt and a long rudraksha mala with a small framed portrait pendant hanging from it. White horizontal tilak lines mark his forehead with a red dot between the brows. A gold bracelet is visible on his wrist. The blurred background shows other people in white clothing.2012-08-23A photo of an older bare-chested man with grey hair, thin-rimmed glasses and a small pendant on a cord, having a pale ash or vibhuti-like mark applied to his forehead by a person whose hand and white-clad arm are visible at the right. Another hand is raised at left, and a white dhoti-clad figure stands behind. The setting is a blurred outdoor temple-type space with bright light.2016-01-02April 17 20222022-04-17A photo of a blessing moment in a gold-decorated shrine. A man in white clothes bows his head while another person's hands rest on the top of his head, performing a blessing. Beside them, a bald-headed man with a red bindi, wearing white clothes and a long gold bead necklace, looks on attentively. Golden decorations, a gold vessel and colourful garlands with green, white and red tones fill the background. Only the seated man, the blessing hands and the bald man are visible in the scene, with a gold-framed decorative backdrop behind them.2010-11-14A photograph of a bare-chested older man with short silver-grey hair and a grey moustache, wearing a multi-strand rudraksha mala with red spacer beads and a white cord necklace with a pendant. He raises one arm while another person's hand, with a red thread bracelet, presses on his forehead. In the foreground, a person with long dreadlocked hair and a garland of pink and white flowers is seen from behind, facing him. The background is blurred with a red-toned wall.2017-03-03Photo 11729664 +1 copies