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A photograph of a ceremony indoors. On the right, a bearded man with long dreadlocks and a rust-red shawl, bare-shouldered, smiles and raises one palm toward a man in an orange-printed shawl at left, who holds a small white card. Behind them, a shirtless man in a white dhoti and a man in orange robes stand near a gold-toned deity murti and a tall silver staff. a person is the bearded man with long dreadlocks and rust-red shawl, shown in a role of blessing or receiving a ritual offering.

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March 28 20182018-03-28July 02 20172017-07-02 +1 copiesJuly 07 20172017-07-07Photograph of a bare-chested man with long dreadlocked hair, a thick rudraksha mala and a gold chain, wearing a saffron-orange cloth, reaching out to bless or touch the face of a grey-haired man in a white shirt who wears an orange-red scarf printed with script and a conference lanyard. A camera operator and other people in orange and white stand in the background of a temple-like setting with carved stone.2016-06-27A photograph of a ritual initiation moment. A long-haired man in a rust-brown robe, layered with rudraksha malas and a gold ornament, stands with his right hand raised and palm placed on the forehead of a kneeling man with short grey hair, who wears an orange-printed shawl and has white ash stripes on his arms and shoulders and a tilak on his brow, hands pressed in namaste. Behind them stand several people in white dhotis and orange shawls, one holding a child. In the foreground is a small golden deity murti of a goddess with a crown, beside a brass vessel and a golden kalasha-like object. A purple pillar and a plant frame the right side. Shaktipada-style blessing moment.2017-07-02 +1 copiesMarch 27 20182018-03-27 +2 copiesA photograph of a ritual greeting in a hall with a pink wall and red curtain. In the foreground, a bare-chested man with short grey hair wears an orange shawl printed with script and a rudraksha mala, bowing forward with his palms pressed together. Facing him, a man with long dreadlocks wears an orange-red cloth and rudraksha mala and extends his hand toward the bowing man's head. Behind them, a man in white with a rudraksha mala stands with hands folded, and a golden ritual object is visible at the lower left. Saffron-clad figures move in the background.2017-07-30Photograph of a seated man with long dark swept-back hair, a white vertical tilak on his forehead, rudraksha-style beaded ceremonial necklaces with gold beads, and a rust-red robe, smiling and extending his right arm to touch the forehead of a bald, older man in a white shirt and a red-and-black patterned shawl. The second man has both palms pressed together in namaskar. Behind them stands a silver-and-gold ceremonial staff topped with a silver finial and a gold-toned peacock feather fan on the left, with deep maroon drapes in the background. Two people are visible. a person is the seated figure, identified by his long hair, rust robe, beaded gold garlands and white tilak; he is the one being touched in blessing by the bald man.2014-07-21A photograph of a seated man with long dreadlocked hair, a trimmed beard and a rust-orange wrap over bare shoulders, smiling warmly with eyes lowered toward a visitor in the foreground. Beside him, a kneeling man in an orange and white shawl with a rudraksha-style mala and folded hands in anjali mudra faces him. Behind them, a golden deity murti stands by a silver staff, and onlookers in white and orange attire stand in the background. A silver ritual object sits in the lower right corner. Appearance cues for the seated figure include long swept-back hair and a sacred-thread style orange wrap, a person candidate. a person is seated in the centre-right receiving a devotee in an orange shawl.2018-03-28 +1 copiesOctober 12 20142014-10-12July 07 20172017-07-07August 01 20142014-08-01