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Photo of a seated bearded man with long dark hair, wearing a rust-red robe, a white forehead mark, and multiple rudraksha malas over pink and white flower garlands, sitting on a red and gold ornate throne. A younger man in a white kurta bends forward while the seated man places his hand on his head, as if giving a blessing during an initiation. A woman in a light sari sits at right, and a golden staff and stage lights are visible behind. Appearance-based candidate: a person, seated on the throne with rudraksha malas and flower garlands and placing his hand on a kneeling devotee's head; the page indicates a person at this event. Setting appears to be a stage with a red-and-gold throne.

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April 04 20172017-04-04March 03 20172017-03-03April 25 20172017-04-25April 05 20172017-04-05 +1 copiesApril 25 20172017-04-25April 04 20172017-04-04A seated figure with a swept-back dark hairstyle, bare-chested under a maroon-brown cloth, wears a red and white garland with rudraksha beads and a white tilak on the forehead, placing a hand on the head of a kneeling devotee. The devotee wears a white kurta and an orange shawl and presses palms together. Behind them are red velvet drapes, a floral garland of red and yellow flowers, and a gold kalasha-like vessel. A seated figure with long swept-back hair and rudraksha malas with a crown-like adornment gives blessing, consistent with a padapuja-style darshan. Swamiji (probable) is in the seated figure, who has long swept-back hair, rudraksha malas and a garland, and the devotee is kneeling in front of the throne.2014-09-28May 11 20172017-05-11July 27 20142014-07-27May 06 20182018-05-06 +1 copiesA photograph of a bearded man with long dark hair and a vertical tilak on his forehead, bare-chested with a saffron shawl, wearing a layered garland of white and pink flowers with yellow blooms and red berries. He smiles and extends his right hand, wearing a gold ring and a red thread on the wrist, to touch the head of a person with dark curly hair in white clothing seen from behind in the foreground. A red velvet curtain and a silver ornament stand behind them. The page describes a person at this Thirujnanasambandar Puja, but no appearance cues here are sufficient to confirm identity, so the man is described by role as a priest or officiant blessing a devotee. One person is visible in the scene, with a partial second devotee at the right edge.2018-05-30April 04 20182018-04-04