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Indoor photo of a robed figure in saffron-orange clothing with a long braided red-and-maroon headwrap and a gold necklace, bare-shouldered, reaching out with his right arm and hand toward a man in a dark shirt with a red wristband and rudraksha-style beads who stands with palms pressed together. Behind them a woman in a red-orange sari with a bead necklace and another woman in a brown top with a gold necklace bow their heads while people move in the background. A white carved pillar stands at left and a wall air conditioner is visible behind.

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April 30 20182018-04-30A bare-chested priest with long dreadlocks wrapped in a thick red-orange cloth band and a beaded rudraksha-style headband places his right hand on the head of a young man in a blue shirt who stands with palms pressed together in namaste. The priest wears a red-orange shawl over his shoulder and a beaded mala. Behind them, devotees in red and white clothing and a framed picture are visible. The priest's appearance is not clearly that of a specific known individual, so no identity is asserted.2018-04-30April 30 20182018-04-30April 30 20182018-04-30A photograph of a seated, bare-shouldered man in a red-orange wrap, with long hair coiled into a red braided crown, placing his right hand on the head of a young man in a black t-shirt and red-thread neck cord, with another hand offering a thread above. Behind them a woman in a red-orange sari with rudraksha beads sits beside a carved ornate peetha with leopard-print cushion, and attendants in white and red stand in a hall. a person: the seated man's long hair, red braided crown, red-orange drape and rudraksha cues match the page's visible-role description, the ritual is a special initiation-style blessing with a sacred thread.2018-04-30April 30 20182018-04-30April 30 20182018-04-30April 30 20182018-04-30 +1 copiesApril 30 20182018-04-30April 30 20182018-04-30April 30 20182018-04-30April 30 20182018-04-30