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A young boy with short black hair sits bare-chested, wearing a white sacred thread and a small rudraksha-style pendant, while a man in the foreground touches his forehead with his right hand, possibly for an initiation or blessing. The man has long dark hair and a full beard, wears a pink and white flower garland with gold beads, and a red-thread bracelet on his wrist. Behind them stand people in rust-orange robes and white dhotis. The boy looks forward with a calm, serious expression.

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A bare-chested boy with short dark hair sits with eyes closed while a robed figure places a hand on his forehead in an initiation blessing. The boy wears a white cord necklace with a small oval pendant. Behind him stands a figure in an orange-brown robe wearing a red-beaded wrist band, and at the right edge a person in a pink and gold garland and white clothing is seen from behind. A white cloth draped figure stands at the upper left. The setting suggests a blessing or diksha ceremony.2017-05-09February 27 20172017-02-27May 09 20172017-05-09May 09 20172017-05-09A bare-chested boy with short dark hair sits with eyes closed and a faint smile, palms pressed together in namaste. A hand with a red thread on the wrist rests on his forehead, blessing him. He wears rudraksha malas and a white sacred thread across his chest. Behind him stands another child with a white thread. A blurred golden lamp and warm lights glow at left, and a garland of yellow and red flowers appears at right. The setting suggests a darshan blessing ritual.2017-02-19February 19 20172017-02-19May 09 20172017-05-09A photograph of a ritual blessing in a hall. A bare-chested young boy with short dark hair and a red-orange pendant on a cord sits looking forward while a man with long dreadlocked hair and a beard, wearing a pink and white flower garland, places his hand on the boy's forehead. Behind them, a shirtless youth in white dhoti and sacred thread stands, with more people in white clothing and a red-clad figure blurred in the background.2017-05-04May 09 20172017-05-09May 02 20172017-05-02A bare-chested young boy with short dark hair kneels with palms pressed together in namaste while a long-haired bearded man in a pink and gold garland places his hand on the boy's forehead. The garland man wears a long-haired, bearded appearance with distinctive long hair and a pink-and-gold flower garland, which is an appearance-based a person candidate in a ritual initiation setting. Behind them a man in an orange-brown robe holds a folded paper slip aloft near a silver ritual vessel, and a rudraksha bead hangs from a red thread. Other bare-chested men in white dhotis stand in the background, and a gold-decorated figure appears at the right edge. The boy wears a white thread and a dark bead necklace.2017-05-09February 18 20172017-02-18