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A photograph of an indoor hall with a cream wall and ceiling fan. A woman with a hair bun, orange-red sari and a green-and-white jasmine garland gestures with her raised hand toward a man in a white shirt who bows with his palms pressed together. Several men stand around them in white shirts and dhotis, one wearing glasses, and a shaven-headed man at the right wears an orange robe and rudraksha mala. Tilak markings are visible on some faces. The scene appears to be a blessing or greeting exchange.

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A photograph of an indoor hall with a white wall and ceiling fan. A smiling person with long dark hair in a bun, gold hoop earrings, a green and white flower garland and an orange-saffron shawl places a hand on the head of an older man in a white shirt who bows forward with hands together. Several other men stand around them, including a man at left with white sacred markings on his forehead wearing an orange-saffron garment and beaded mala. The long-haired figure is a person candidate by appearance: long swept hair, ornate gold armband and bangles, saffron shawl and garland, offering a blessing.2012-07-25A photograph of a man in a white checked shirt and white dhoti receiving a blessing as a figure in saffron-orange robes places a hand on his forehead. The blessing figure wears layered gold beaded necklaces, gold armlets and bangles, and has white vibhuti marks on the forehead. Behind them, several people in white and pink clothing stand in a hallway, and a gold deity murti and a red seat are visible at the right edge. The blessing figure is shown with a visible candidate appearance, though the identity cannot be confirmed from appearance alone.2012-10-04A photograph inside a bright hall with red curtains, ceiling fans and tubelights. A man with long dark hair, a rudraksha mala and a gold-tinted cloth draped over an orange-red garment places his right hand on the forehead of an older balding man in a white shirt with a blue lanyard, who stands with eyes closed. Several other men in white dhotis and white shirts stand or sit nearby, some with hands joined in namaskar, and a man at left has white vibhuti marks on his forehead. A rudraksha mala hangs over the orange-red garment, and gold earrings are visible on the standing man. Behind them a colourful deity image hangs on the wall. a person wearing ornate gold-bordered orange-red clothing and a long rudraksha mala appears to be giving blessings.2013-09-28A photograph in a hall with cream walls and maroon curtains. A smiling man in saffron-orange and gold-bordered robes, wearing a long multicoloured flower garland and rudraksha-style beads, places his raised hand on the forehead of an older man in a white shirt and white dhoti on the left. The man in saffron has white horizontal tilak on his forehead and a red dot. Other men in white clothes stand behind them, and a bald man in the background wears a red-marked forehead. a person is the saffron-robed man, shown with garland, ornate gold-bordered robe and rudraksha cues.2013-09-27July 25 20122012-07-25March 07 20132013-03-07September 27 20132013-09-27May 08 20122012-05-08A photograph of a satsang-style blessing. A man in an orange robe with a thick red and green flower garland, layered beaded necklaces, a gold pendant and a bangle reaches out and places his palm on the head of a devotee with short dark hair in a light blue shirt, who stands with palms pressed together. Several other devotees in white shirts and white dhotis hold their hands in anjali behind them, one wearing a dark rudraksha-style mala. The man in orange has a white tripundra mark on his forehead and smiles. Pink walls and a red-and-white painted pillar with a yellow motif frame the room, and another person with a white-marked forehead is at the right edge. The orange-robed figure is presented as a person by the page cues, though the appearance is only partly consistent with the description, so the identity is uncertain.2013-01-12A photograph of a man in a dark-red and gold saffron-toned wrap with a multicolour flower garland and a wooden rudraksha-style bead necklace, with white vibhuti on his forehead and a red kumkum dot, smiling as he places his hand on the head of a man in a white shirt who bows with folded hands. Other men in white shirts and white dhotis stand nearby; a hall with red drapery and a gold-ornamented seat is visible behind.2013-09-27July 25 20122012-07-25A photograph of a long-haired person in a rust-orange wrap and a white jasmine garland with rudraksha beads, marked with white ash and a red bindi, placing a hand on the head of an older man in a white shirt and glasses who bows forward with his hands together. Beside them a priest in white dhoti with a gold border and rudraksha mala stands by a red-lidded box. Behind them a cameraman films, and several people in white shirts watch in a warmly lit hall with arched openings. Appearance-based label: a person, giving blessing to the devotee in a blessing gesture during a sarvadarshan-style encounter.2012-06-21