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A photograph of a bare-chested man with long dreadlocked hair, rudraksha bracelets, gold earrings and a gold necklace, touching the crown of a kneeling devotee's head with his right hand. The devotee, wearing a rudraksha mala and bowing with palms raised, has his eyes closed. Behind them stands a golden deity murti and blurred figures in white dhotis and orange cloth. The ritual appears to be a blessing or pada puja. a person is the man giving blessing, identified by long swept-back dreadlocks, rudraksha bracelets and ornate gold jewellery.

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July 07 20172017-07-07A photograph of a long-haired man with dreadlocks and a short beard, bare-shouldered and wrapped in a rust-red cloth, with gold ornaments, gold necklace, gold earring and red-orange rudraksha bracelets, placing his right hand on the forehead of a seated man in a white dhoti with a rudraksha mala. The seated man has his palms pressed together in anjali. Behind them stands a gold deity murti with a crown.2017-07-07 +1 copiesJuly 03 20172017-07-03July 03 20172017-07-03July 07 20172017-07-07 +1 copiesJuly 07 20172017-07-07A photograph of a bare-chested man in a deep red-maroon wrap-cloth with a gold-trimmed red turban, long dreadlocked hair and gold ear ornaments and a gold necklace, placing his right hand on the head of a seated devotee in an orange-red cloth with a rudraksha mala and printed script. The devotee kneels with raised left arm and head tilted back toward the giver, holding a folded white paper. Behind them, gold pillars and blurred attendees in white and yellow-striped dhotis and devotees complete a temple-hall initiation scene. Rudraksha bracelets are visible on both arms.2017-06-27 +1 copiesJuly 07 20172017-07-07July 02 20172017-07-02July 02 20172017-07-02 +1 copiesJuly 14 20172017-07-14 +1 copiesA photograph of a ritual blessing in a temple setting. A bare-chested man with long dreadlock-style hair, wearing a gold ceremonial necklace, orange-red rudraksha bracelets on his arms and an ornate gold-bordered orange garment, places his palm on the head of an older bald man in a red-and-orange shawl who smiles and raises one hand. Behind them stands a gold deity murti, a gold kalasha-like vessel sits near the foreground, and other people in white and saffron clothing stand in the background, along with a man holding a camera. Appearance-based label: a person for the man with long hair and ornate gold necklace, who is giving the blessing; the older man receiving it is a devotee.2017-07-07