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A photograph of a seated man with eyes closed and a slight smile receiving a blessing at the forehead. He wears a white shirt and an orange-red shawl printed with Sanskrit mantra text. A bearded man in a white garment and rudraksha mala presses his fingers to the seated man's brow with his right hand while his left hand is raised beside him. Behind them, another person in white stands with hands folded, and a third person is partly visible at right. The setting is an indoor hall with a dark red curtain in the background.

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A photograph of a seated man in a white shirt with eyes closed and a faint smile, receiving a blessing as a bare-chested, bearded man with long matted hair presses his palm to the seated man's forehead. The blessing figure wears a rudraksha mala and a gold ceremonial necklace, and the seated man wears an orange shawl printed with repeated Tamil-like text. Other participants in white stand blurred in the background at a gathering. Visible text on the shawl reads nithyanandam repeatedly.2017-02-28A seated man in a white shirt with an orange scarf printed in script closes his eyes and tilts his head back while a bare-chested man with a beard and gold necklace presses his palm to his forehead. The giver stands at right with a red wrist thread and rudraksha-style beads, and a blurred figure in white stands behind. The setting is a dim indoor hall with a red curtain.2017-02-28A seated devotee in white clothes with an orange scarf printed with repeated 'a person' lettering leans back with eyes closed and mouth open while a bearded figure on the right presses a palm to the devotee's forehead in a blessing gesture. The blessing figure wears white and a rudraksha mala, with a bright red thread on the wrist and a scar-like mark on the forearm. Behind them, another person in white stands with hands folded in namaste. Setting is an indoor hall with a dark red backdrop.2017-02-28July 01 20162016-07-01April 24 20172017-04-24A young man with shoulder-length wavy dark hair and a short beard kneels with eyes closed and palms pressed together in namaskar, wearing a plain white shirt. A saffron-orange shawl printed with black Tamil-script text drapes around his neck, and a rudraksha mala hangs at his chest. Another person in a pink and white patterned garment and red wristband presses a hand to his forehead in a blessing gesture, with a white-clad figure and red curtain behind. The setting suggests a ritual blessing or darshan at an ashram event.2017-02-28March 27 20182018-03-27 +2 copiesA photograph of a ritual blessing in a temple-like setting with a red curtain behind. A bare-chested man with long dreadlocked hair, a white vertical tilak on his forehead, a white and red-flower garland and a brown rudraksha-style shawl places his right palm on the forehead of a shaved-headed man in a white kurta with an orange shawl printed in script. The blessed man keeps his eyes closed and holds his left hand up, palm out. A brass pillar and a lit oil lamp are visible at lower right, and a wrist mala is worn by the blessing man.2016-07-01March 14 20172017-03-14A photograph of a ceremonial blessing at a satsang gathering. A shaved-headed man in a white kurta and orange shawl with printed text, wearing a rudraksha mala, raises his right palm while another man places his hand on his forehead. The blessing man has long dark dreadlocks, a full beard, a bare upper body and a pink and white flower garland. Behind them stand other figures in white and orange, and a blurred audience sits in the background.2017-05-04May 05 20172017-05-05A photo of a shaved-headed devotee in white kurta with an orange-and-brown patterned shawl and wooden beads touching his forehead, his palms raised in a receiving gesture. Opposite him, a bare-chested man with long dreadlocked hair and a full beard, wearing a pink-and-white flower garland, presses his hand to the devotee's forehead in a blessing. Behind them, a few people in white and saffron clothing stand against a maroon curtain and a striped rug, with a red-cushioned wooden ledge in the foreground. The long-haired man with garland and bare-chested adornment is an appearance-based a person as the officiant, while the devotee receives initiation.2017-04-23