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Indoor darshan scene with a long-haired man in a red wrap and leopard-print cloth, his face and forehead marked with white paint, pressing his palm to the forehead of a shaved-headed man in white clothes with a red shawl. A woman in a green tunic and floral shawl sits beside them with her palms joined in namaste. Behind them stand gold-ornamented deity figures, garlands and a red-draped backdrop; a small oil lamp and offering plate sit on the floor. Swamiji (probable): the man in the red wrap with long swept-back hair and white facial markings is blessing the devotee; appearance-based label only.

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A seated man with long, swept-back dark hair and a bare-shouldered red garment with a leopard-print wrap sits on an ornate golden throne-like seat, extending his right hand toward a kneeling woman in a sage-green salwar kameez with a red shawl. The woman presses her palms together in anjali mudra, while a short-haired young man in white kneels beside her with his hands folded. A small child in the lower right watches. Behind them stand a tall silver staff, a red cloth-draped table, and gold-and-red garlands. The seated man shows distinctive long hair and ceremonial adornments consistent with the page's reference to a person, so this is a probable identification from appearance cues.2014-12-26December 26 20142014-12-26December 26 20142014-12-26December 26 20142014-12-26A seated figure with long swept-back dark hair, bare-shouldered in a maroon-red garment with a leopard-print cloth, reaches forward with both hands to bless a man and a woman. The man in an orange-saffron shawl and rudraksha beads has a white vibhuti line on his forehead and bows his head with palms pressed together, while the smiling woman in a cream and red sari with a red rudraksha mala receives the blessing with hands folded. Behind them, gold and bead garlands hang on a deity murti setting, with a magenta cloth and standing devotees in white and red shawls in the background. The scene reads as a blessing or darshan moment.2014-12-26A photograph of a devotional blessing inside a decorated shrine room. On the left, a long-haired man with a white tilak on his forehead and bare upper arm touches the forehead of a smiling man in the centre, who presses his palms together in namaskar. He wears an orange-red shawl and white dhoti with a yellow border. At the right, a woman with dark hair and gold earrings, wearing a red-and-cream shawl, sits with palms raised beside him. Behind them hang gold necklaces, maroon and gold cloth, and green foliage. Two more people in white and red stand in the background.2014-12-26December 26 20142014-12-26December 24 20142014-12-24December 24 20142014-12-24December 24 20142014-12-24December 26 20142014-12-26December 26 20142014-12-26