A long-haired man in a red shawl over bare shoulders, wearing a rudraksha mala, places both palms on the forehead of a man in a pink kurta. Two brass oil lamps with lit flames and a brass lamp topped by a bird stand in the background beside a beaded curtain. The blessing gesture suggests an intimate ashram blessing or darshan moment. - Nithyanandapedia

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A long-haired man in a red shawl over bare shoulders, wearing a rudraksha mala, places both palms on the forehead of a man in a pink kurta. Two brass oil lamps with lit flames and a brass lamp topped by a bird stand in the background beside a beaded curtain. The blessing gesture suggests an intimate ashram blessing or darshan moment.

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A photograph of a man in an orange-red shawl and red-orange wrap, with a small red vermilion mark on his forehead, placing his right hand on the head of a younger man in a pink collared shirt who has his hands raised. Behind them stands a tall polished brass oil lamp with a lit flame and a brass figure of a bird on the right, against a dark blue drape and a colourful blurred backdrop. The scene appears to be a blessing or touching-the-head gesture during a gathering.

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A long-haired man in an orange-red sleeveless top and orange shawl stands in front of a gold-embossed backdrop with red flowers, his hands raised over the head of a young man in a white collared shirt who has his eyes closed and a steel bangle on his wrist. A woman with hair in a braid is partly visible at the lower edge, and orange fabric and a red-and-gold textile fill the background. a person (long swept-back hair, orange shawl and ornate gold backdrop) is performing a blessing on the devotee, and the scene resembles a darshan or blessing ritual.

A photograph of a shaved-headed devotee in a pale lilac-grey shirt with eyes closed being touched on the forehead by a man with long dark swept-back hair, wearing an orange-saffron shawl and a rudraksha mala around the neck. Behind them, a second person in orange robes stands beside a red curtain, and a man in a grey argyle vest stands at the left edge. Warm reddish lighting.

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A photograph of a bearded man with long dark hair in a rust-orange sannyasi wrap and a thick rudraksha-style mala blessing a clean-shaven man in a white shirt with an orange lanyard. The blessing man's hand rests on the other's forehead while the white-shirted man raises his own hand. Gold deity statues, a gold staff and a red curtain stand behind them. Swamiji (probable) is the man in orange and brown robes with the long hair and mala, giving a blessing, so swamiji is in_person. Only two physical people are visible.

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A photo of a blessing moment. A long-haired man with a beard, bare-chested apart from an orange-red saffron wrap and a rudraksha mala around his neck, places his right hand on the forehead of an older, grey-haired man in a white shirt with a red sash. The older man bows with eyes closed and palms pressed together in anjali. Behind them a red curtain and a gold pillar; a younger man in white with a rudraksha mala stands at left.