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Close photo of a young woman with light brown hair pulled back, eyes closed, wearing a white top and an orange shawl printed with dark script. A man with a dark beard and a patterned pink-and-white garment places his hand on her forehead while his other hand is raised near her face, as in a blessing or energy transmission. White paste marks her forehead. The background is blurred with white and red tones.

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A woman with her hair pulled back in a low bun, wearing a white garment, eyes closed and face tilted slightly down, receives a touch on the crown of her head from a man's hand reaching in from the right. Her own hands are raised in front of her, palms open, while she wears gold and red bangles, a rudraksha-style bead necklace and small earrings. The man's forearm, bearing reddish marks, extends into the frame. The blurred background shows a warm-toned room with a dark red curtain and a figure in white at a distance.2017-07-26A close photograph of a woman with eyes closed and head slightly bowed, receiving a blessing as a hand rests on her forehead at the crown of her head. She wears a white garment and a rudraksha mala necklace, with beaded red and gold bangles and a pale pink-and-purple bangle on her wrist. Her other hand is raised palm-outward in a receptive gesture. The blurred background is warm brown and cream.2017-07-26Photograph of a young man with short dark hair in a white shirt and an orange-red shawl printed with dark script, wearing a small dark bead pendant on a gold chain. His eyes are lowered and he has an expression of calm. A person's hand wearing gold and red bangles rests on his forehead in a blessing gesture, while in the right foreground a blurred figure with a dark bead-adorned headpiece and gold earring and necklace appears to be a deity murti or the officiant. The background is a warm, softly blurred indoor hall with a hanging orange lamp.2017-03-14A photograph of a shaktipat-style blessing session. A young man with shoulder-length light brown hair and a beard and moustache, wearing a white open-collared shirt, rudraksha mala and an orange shawl, has his forehead touched by a hand of a person in the foreground seen from behind, with long dark hair and a pink and white floral garland. Another man in white stands in the background near a red-orange light. The person in the foreground who is blessing has a red thread bracelet on the wrist.2017-03-04A photograph of a ritual blessing. A bald man with closed eyes and a white zip-up jacket over a white shirt, wearing a rudraksha mala and a red cloth, has a red mark applied to his forehead. A figure in an orange saffron robe stands behind him, one hand on the crown of his head and the other applying the mark between his brows. A second person stands blurred in the background.2009-12-08A close profile photograph of a bearded young man with short dark wavy hair, eyes closed, receiving a forehead blessing. A hand with several red and gold beaded bracelets presses a finger to his brow, while another hand is raised near the left edge. He wears beige clothing and a dark rudraksha mala at his neck. A blurred figure in orange-red robes stands in the background. The man is not clearly identifiable as a person from his appearance, so his identity is left unsure.2017-07-26March 14 20172017-03-14Close-up photograph of a young woman with dark hair pulled back, eyes closed and head tilted, receiving a blessing. A hand with a hand-wrist red and orange beaded bracelet and gold beads rests on her forehead, while another hand is raised near her face in a blessing gesture. She wears a small gold earring and a white garment.2017-07-26January 18 20172017-01-18July 26 20172017-07-26July 26 20172017-07-26A photograph of a healing or blessing moment in which a person in a bright orange sleeveless top, with long dark curly hair, presses the palm of one raised hand against the forehead of a bearded man with short dark hair who is seated and looking upward. The man wears a dark garment with a red trim at the collar. The background is a dim, dark brown wall with a faint shadow of a hanging element on the left. Only the two people are visible in the frame.2010-12-02