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Close side view of a man with short dark hair and eyes closed, head bowed, while another person's hand, palm down, rests on the crown of his head in a blessing gesture. The man wears a white shirt and a red-and-brown rudraksha mala around his neck. The blurred background shows dim warm lights and a brown wall.

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November 20 20092009-11-20December 08 20092009-12-08November 14 20102010-11-14November 26 20112011-11-26December 18 20092009-12-18Close-up photo of a short-haired man in a white shirt with eyes closed and a small red tilak mark on his forehead, while a hand rests on his head in a blessing gesture. An orange background fills the frame, and another bald man with a red vertical mark on his forehead is partly visible at the right edge.2010-08-05Close-up photo of a short-haired, bearded man in a white shirt with a red-orange shawl printed with dark script, wearing a rudraksha-style bead mala. A hand is pressed to his forehead, a blessing-type gesture, while another hand is raised in front of his chest, palm outward. The background is a blurred red and white setting. The man's appearance does not clearly match the a person cues, so he is described by role only as a devotee receiving a forehead blessing.2013-07-15March 04 20172017-03-04November 26 20112011-11-26November 24 20092009-11-24A photo of a seated man with short grey hair, wearing a white collared shirt and a rudraksha mala with a pendant, receiving a forehead blessing. A hand with a red thread bracelet touches his brow between the eyebrows, while his own hands are raised palm-out in front of him. Behind him, a person in white with an orange-red shawl stands in a dim red-curtained hall. The scene resembles a darshan blessing during an initiation session.2017-08-03Close photograph of a devotee in a white kurta with a yellow lanyard and rudraksha mala, eyes lowered, one palm raised outward, as an orange-robed sannyasi with long dark hair places a hand on his head in blessing. Indoors with a plain beige wall behind. Another person stands partly visible at the right edge. The orange-robed figure is a sannyasi giving blessing; no clear identification is made from appearance.2009-12-08