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A long-haired man with swept-back dark hair, bare-chested under a dark patterned garment, wears layered rudraksha malas on his neck and arms and sits on a red-and-orange cloth. He extends his arm and palm toward a young man in a white t-shirt with a rudraksha mala, whose raised hands are pressed toward the seated man's forehead in a blessing gesture. Behind them, several men in saffron-orange shawls and white clothes sit or stand in a hall with a cooler and dark curtains. The seated figure fits distinctive ceremonial cues of a person, shown in person receiving the young man's gesture.

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April 21 20122012-04-21A seated figure with long, wavy dark hair and a leopard-print bare-shouldered top, wearing a multi-strand rudraksha mala across the chest and a rudraksha bracelet, extends a hand toward a man in a white t-shirt with a lanyard and identity badge who raises both palms upward in an open, receptive gesture. The seated figure sits on a red cushioned seat with an orange cloth over the armrest. Behind them, blurred figures in saffron and orange robes and a dark red backdrop suggest a satsang hall with devotees seated in the background.2012-04-21April 21 20122012-04-21April 21 20122012-04-21April 21 20122012-04-21April 21 20122012-04-21A photograph of a long-haired man with flowing dark hair and a red tilak on his forehead, seated on a red upholstered cushion. He wears a leopard-print garment and multiple rudraksha malas on his arms and chest, and he touches the forehead of a younger man in a white kurta with an orange shawl draped over his shoulders. The seated man's hand is raised to the younger man's brow as if giving blessing or initiation. The setting is an indoor room with a pale wall and a red fabric backdrop. a person is the seated man, identified by long swept hair, rudraksha malas, a distinctive leopard-print garment and a forehead tilak, while the younger man is a devotee in white and saffron.2012-04-21A photograph of a seated long-haired man with a red tilak on his forehead, bare-shouldered in a leopard-print garment, wearing layered rudraksha malas on his neck and arms, and seated on a red cushioned chair. He extends his right arm and places his hand on the head of a shorter man in a white shirt with an orange shawl, who leans forward with his eyes closed. Behind them a blurred figure in orange clothing stands near a window. The scene suggests a blessing or initiation moment.2012-04-21April 21 20122012-04-21A photograph of a seated long-haired figure with swept-back hair, rudraksha malas on the chest and wrists, wearing a leopard-print garment over red cloth, placing his right hand on the forehead of a middle-aged man in a white kurta with an orange shawl and rudraksha mala. The seated figure has distinctive long hair and rudraksha adornments, a probable Swamiji blessing a devotee in a satsang-style setting, with an orange and red cushioned seat. Two or three people stand or sit in the background, one in a white shirt with an orange sash, and a partially visible man sits lower right.2012-04-21April 21 20122012-04-21April 21 20122012-04-21