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A photograph of a shaved-headed man in white clothing with an orange shawl printed with script, seated with eyes closed while another person's hand, wearing a red thread bracelet, touches his forehead in a blessing gesture. A blurred figure in white stands in the background against a dark red backdrop. The seated man is a devotee receiving a forehead blessing; no appearance-based a person cues such as long hair, crown, or ornate saffron attire are visible, so identity is uncertain.

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February 28 20172017-02-28February 28 20172017-02-28A photograph of a ceremony in which a bald man in white clothes with his hands pressed together in namaskar receives an orange saffron shawl printed with small patterned text, draped over his shoulders. A bare-chested figure with long dreadlocked hair and a brown rudraksha mala around his neck places his right hand on the man's forehead while holding the shawl's end. Behind them a cameraman films with a tripod-mounted camera, and other people in white and orange clothing stand nearby with an ornate carved stone wall and maroon drapery in the background. The bare-chested figure has distinctive long dreadlocks and rudraksha beads, and the page attributes a person to this event, but the appearance cues alone are not sufficient to confirm identity, so the candidate is marked unsure.2016-06-27A close photograph of a smiling, shaved-headed man in a white kurta wearing an orange-and-saffron shawl printed with dark Sanskrit-style patterns and a white beaded necklace with a small orange pendant. A hand with a red thread bracelet touches his forehead in a blessing or tilak-applying gesture, while a blurred figure on the right wears a white garland with pink flowers. In the background, another person in orange robes and a rudraksha-style mala is partly visible. The setting appears to be a ritual or blessing moment.2017-03-03March 14 20172017-03-14August 22 20122012-08-22 +1 copiesClose side view photograph of a shaved-headed man in white ritual clothing with an orange-red shawl printed in dark Devanagari script draped over his shoulders, eyes closed. A hand with a red and black thread wrist band is raised above his forehead, as if blessing or marking him with a tilak. Golden pillar and warm brown background suggest an indoor satsang or puja setting. The man's appearance does not clearly match the page's identification cues such as long hair or saffron ornate clothing, so identity is uncertain.2016-07-07A photograph of a ritual blessing. A bald man with closed eyes and a white zip-up jacket over a white shirt, wearing a rudraksha mala and a red cloth, has a red mark applied to his forehead. A figure in an orange saffron robe stands behind him, one hand on the crown of his head and the other applying the mark between his brows. A second person stands blurred in the background.2009-12-08August 21 20122012-08-21 +1 copiesA close profile photograph of a bearded young man with short dark wavy hair, eyes closed, receiving a forehead blessing. A hand with several red and gold beaded bracelets presses a finger to his brow, while another hand is raised near the left edge. He wears beige clothing and a dark rudraksha mala at his neck. A blurred figure in orange-red robes stands in the background. The man is not clearly identifiable as a person from his appearance, so his identity is left unsure.2017-07-26A photo of a devotional blessing at a satsang. A bald, bearded man in a white kurta with an orange cord and a rudraksha mala with an ID badge stands with eyes closed and one palm raised as a bare-chested figure in an orange-saffron cloth with a gold necklace and a hair bun presses a hand to his forehead. Behind them, a man in an orange robe with a rudraksha mala stands, another man in white with folded hands is at left, and a cameraman with a camera on a tripod is near a red draped backdrop. The bare-chested figure has distinctive visible adornments but the appearance is not enough to confirm an identity, so the figure is described by role only.2012-08-22 +1 copiesA close photo of a shaved-headed, bearded man with his eyes lowered and a faint smile, bare-shouldered and wearing brown rudraksha mala necklaces and a gold arm band over white cloth. A second person's arm reaches in from the right, placing a dark mark on the man's forehead. Dark red background, and a blurred figure sits behind at right.2017-08-03