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Two men sit close together on an orange tufted sofa with gilded wooden armrests, in front of red and maroon patterned curtains. The man on the left has short grey hair, a white tilak on his forehead, a rudraksha mala, and an orange silk shawl over his bare chest. The man on the right, laughing, has long swept-back dark hair, a white tilak, gold necklaces, and a rust-red robe with a gold border. He lifts a gold ceremonial garland over the seated man's head, and both are smiling.

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Two men sit on a gold-framed red velvet throne with tufted upholstery and a leopard-print cloth. The seated elder wears an orange silk shawl over his bare chest, a gold necklace and a dark rudraksha mala, with white tilak on his forehead and grey hair. Standing beside him, a smiling man with swept-back dark hair and white tilak wears a gold-beaded necklace and a rust-red dhoti with yellow border, and lays his hands on the seated man's head and shoulder in blessing. Patterned red and white curtains form the backdrop.2015-09-14September 14 20152015-09-14September 14 20152015-09-14September 14 20152015-09-14September 14 20152015-09-14September 14 20152015-09-14September 14 20152015-09-14A photograph of two men in orange-red robes in an indoor ceremonial setting with red drapes behind them. On the left, a smiling man with long dark hair swept back, wearing a red-orange shawl, a gold beaded necklace and a red-and-gold bindi, extends his right arm to touch the forehead of a second man. The second man, with short dark hair, closes his eyes, wears a white forehead mark, an orange shawl, a gold bangle, and holds his hands together near his face. A silver staff topped with a ornate finial and a golden cobra-hooded object stand beside them, with a golden deity murti at the lower left.2014-07-24Two men in saffron-orange robes sit on ornate golden-framed thrones or seats against a marble-patterned wall, smiling and talking. The man on the left is bald with a white forehead band and a red headband, wearing a dark rudraksha mala, a gold chest ornament and gold bangles, with his torso bare and an orange cloth draped over his shoulder. The man on the right has long swept-back dark hair and a tilak on his forehead, wearing layered beaded malas and a gold-tone necklace over orange clothing. In the foreground is a brass rooster-shaped lamp on a stainless steel railing.2012-04-11A photograph of an indoor seated ritual on red velvet thrones with gold carved frames. A figure with long swept-back grey-black hair wears an orange saffron silk shawl and is marking a tilak of white paste on the forehead of a seated man. The seated man, bare-shouldered in a maroon-brown ochre garment with a yellow edge, wears a layered rudraksha mala and a gold-coloured ceremonial necklace, and holds his hands together in prayer with eyes closed. Behind them is a patterned curtain in white, maroon and grey. a person in the orange shawl with long swept hair, applying the marking, consistent with the page's account of the Kumbh events.2015-09-14A photograph of an indoor room with a red curtain, a gold-framed red velvet throne chair at right, and a white wall. A man in a red-orange turban and reddish-brown robe with gold trim and a beaded necklace is smiling as he drapes a long orange flower garland over the head of a bare-chested, grey-bearded older man with a wrapped mala and a gold-and-black belt. The garland-giver holds a woven straw tray in his other hand. Another person in robes stands in the background.2015-08-20August 20 20152015-08-20