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A photograph of a blessing moment in a hall with red curtains. An elderly bare-chested man with white hair and a white beard kneels with bowed head and a gold-coloured cord around his neck, while a man with long dreadlocked hair, a dark beard and a red-orange shawl places his hand on the elder's head. Behind them, a man in white dhoti with a gold border stands, and figures in red-orange robes are visible at the left. Gold railings and a gold ornamental post appear at the right edge.

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July 14 20172017-07-14July 14 20172017-07-14 +1 copiesAugust 08 20172017-08-08 +1 copiesJuly 14 20172017-07-14 +1 copiesSeptember 05 20122012-09-05July 14 20172017-07-14 +1 copiesA photo of a seated older man with grey hair and a bare upper body, hands pressed together in namaskar, eyes closed and head bowed. He wears a cream and gold-bordered dhoti or shawl, and strands of rudraksha or brown beads hang around his neck. A person with long dark matted locks, a red bracelet and a rust-orange wrap rests one palm on the older man's forehead in a blessing. Blurred figures in orange robes stand in the background beside a maroon curtain and a wooden door, and a golden kalasha-like object is visible at lower left. The scene suggests a darshan or blessing moment.2017-07-14A photo of a seated older man with short grey hair and a grey stubble beard, hands pressed together in namaste, wearing a cream dhoti and a long strand of wooden and amber beaded rudraksha-style mala around his neck. A younger man in an orange-saffron robe reaches over from the right and rests his palm on the older man's forehead in a blessing, with a red thread bracelet on his wrist. Blurred orange-robed figures and a maroon curtain stand in the background.2017-07-14A photograph of a ritual blessing in a gold-accented hall. A man with long dreadlocks, a bare upper body, an orange-red shawl, a rudraksha mala and a white vertical tilak presses his right hand on the bald head of a shirtless, bearded devotee in a white dhoti with a golden border, who holds his left palm up. Behind them a woman in a cream sari with gold border, a long braid, rudraksha beads and a white tilak holds a folded paper, and several men in white and orange clothing stand in the background. a person appearance cues on the blessing figure: long swept-back dreadlocks, orange shawl and rudraksha mala; identity is inferred from appearance only.2017-08-09 +1 copiesA photograph of a man in a rust-red saffron-toned robe with bare shoulders, long dark hair, a beard and a white vertical mark on his forehead, smiling as he places his right hand on the forehead of an older man with short grey hair. The older man wears a white kurta and a necklace of rudraksha beads, and holds his left hand up near his face. Behind them are golden ornamental panels and a red-clad figure. Probable Swamiji (long dark hair, saffron-toned robe with bare shoulders, forehead markings) is blessing a devotee in person. Two people are visible.2017-09-20 +1 copiesA photograph of a seated man in a white kurta with an orange-and-white shawl having his forehead touched by a standing man, who is bare-chested with long swept-back dark hair, wearing a rust-orange wrap and a rudraksha mala around his neck. The standing man extends his right hand toward the older man's head in a blessing gesture. Behind them hang deep red curtains, a gold-coloured pole and a cameraman with a video camera on a tripod. The setting appears to be a satsang or darshan-style event.2016-07-14A photograph of a darshan moment in a hall with red curtains and golden deity murti in the foreground. A long-haired man with a crescent-shaped ornament on his head, a leopard-print headband, an orange-brown shawl and a pink and white flower garland reaches out to touch the forehead of a seated, shaved-headed man with grey hair, bare upper body, red kumkum on his brow and a gold bracelet, whose hands are raised in reverence. Behind them a bare-chested man in a white dhoti with a rudraksha mala and gold chain looks on.2017-08-23