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A seated figure with long dark hair and an orange sleeveless garment, wearing rudraksha beaded bracelets, reaches forward with an outstretched arm to touch the forehead of a man in a white t-shirt who holds his palms raised and eyes closed. The man wears a rudraksha mala and a lanyard-style badge. Behind them, a row of people in white and orange clothing sit or stand, including a bald man in orange and a man in white with a beaded mala. A white floor fan and a maroon curtain frame the hall. The seated figure is identified by appearance cues only: long hair, orange clothing and rudraksha beads, marked as probable Swamiji, giving a blessing as a darshan touch. Visible people total about 8, with others partially visible at the back.

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April 17 20122012-04-17A photograph inside a hall where a seated guru in a loose orange garment with a golden sash and long, swept-back dark hair places his hand on the forehead of a young man in a white kurta with a blue lanyard, whose eyes are closed and hands are raised to his head. A rudraksha mala is visible on the guru's wrist. Behind them, a man in white stands, another man in orange with a rudraksha mala stands at right, and a white cooling unit and maroon curtain are visible. The scene reads as a blessing or diksha moment. Three to four people are visible in the scene.2012-04-17A photograph of a long-haired figure in an orange sleeveless top with a gold-and-pearl sash and multiple rudraksha bracelets, both hands raised in front of a seated man in a white shirt with a blue lanyard and an ID badge. The figure's palms rest near the man's forehead in a blessing gesture as he sits with eyes lowered. Behind them, seated devotees in white and orange garments watch, and a deep red curtain forms the backdrop. Probable Swamiji (long swept-back hair, orange clothing, rudraksha malas and gold ornaments) is giving darshan to a delegate.2012-04-17A photograph of a ritual blessing. A figure seated on the left, shown from behind with long dark hair, wears an orange sleeveless top and rudraksha bracelets, and presses a hand to the forehead of a man standing on the right. The standing man wears a white kurta, a rudraksha mala and a lanyard, and holds his palm raised. A golden ceremonial staff stands in front, with a brass oil lamp at the left edge and a seated figure in orange robes at the right. The setting is a hall with a maroon curtain and a cooling unit in the background.2012-04-17April 17 20122012-04-17Photo from a satsang hall where a figure in an orange sleeveless garment with a gold-bordered cloth at the waist stands at left, long dark hair swept back, rudraksha bracelets on both wrists, arms raised with palms open toward a man at right. The man wears a white t-shirt with a red logo, a rudraksha mala, and raises his palms in response. Behind them are seated and standing devotees, some in orange and white, and a brass lamp stand is visible at lower left. Red curtains hang in the background. The left figure is an appearance-based a person candidate, identified by long swept hair, saffron clothing and rudraksha adornments, in an interaction with a devotee.2012-04-16July 14 20132013-07-14A photograph of a long-haired figure in an orange sleeveless garment with a gold-and-pearl embellished sash, seated on a red-and-black patterned seat and extending an arm with rudraksha beads toward a smiling man in a white shirt with a lanyard, who raises his palms toward the figure's hands. Behind them, saffron-robed sannyasis and a white-clad man watch, with another person in red visible in the background.2012-04-16April 16 20122012-04-16July 05 20132013-07-05A photograph of a woman in an orange sari with a gold border and gold bangles reaching forward to press her palm onto the forehead of a man in a white t-shirt with a lanyard, whose hands are raised in front of his face. Brass oil lamps glow at the lower left. Behind them, a maroon curtain hangs, and several seated and standing devotees, some in white and orange clothing, watch the blessing. The scene appears to be a blessing or darshan moment in a hall setting. No appearance-based candidate for a person is clearly visible.2012-04-16A long-haired man in an orange saffron garment with a gold-and-pearl sash and rudraksha beads sits on a red striped seat, extending both arms to bless a young man in a white t-shirt who bows with palms raised and a rudraksha mala around his neck. A shaven-headed man in orange robes with a mala sits behind them, and standing figures in white clothes are blurred in the background. The saffron-robed man is described as a person based on the long swept hair, saffron clothing and rudraksha malas.2012-04-17