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A photograph of a ritual blessing. A bare-chested man with long dreadlocks and a rust-orange shawl stands at left, his right hand placed on the forehead of a young woman with hair in a bun. She kneels with palms pressed together and eyes closed, wearing a white and gold shawl and a rudraksha mala. Behind them, several devotees in white and cream garments with rudraksha malas watch, and a gold-trimmed cloth hangs at left with an orange textile near the centre. a person: the standing man has long dreadlocks, a rust-orange shawl and bare shoulders, and is performing the blessing as the central figure, so this is a probable in-person presence, but the face and overall appearance are only partly visible.

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October 12 20172017-10-12A photograph of a devotional blessing scene in a temple-like hall. A bare-chested man with long dark dreadlocks and a beard, wearing an orange-saffron shawl and a gold neck ornament, stands at right with his right hand raised and fingertips pressed to the forehead of a kneeling woman with long dark hair, who sits with her palms joined in namaskar. She wears a gold-embroidered cream blouse, gold earrings and layered gold necklaces. Behind them a man in a saffron-orange robe with rudraksha mala beads and a tall figure with long hair and a white forehead band stand watching. At left, a photographer in white dhoti and shawl with a mala aims a camera, and an older man in white kurta with rudraksha mala and saffron shawl looks on. The scene reads as a blessing given by a robed teacher figure, with a shaved-or-dreadlocked devotee and onlookers nearby. A gold-ornamented pillar and red curtain frame the background.2017-10-12October 12 20172017-10-12A photograph of a shaktipada initiation during satsang. A man with long dreadlocks, bare-chested except for a saffron-red shawl and layered rudraksha malas, has his right hand resting on the crown of a seated woman in a white sari with a red-bordered shawl. He holds a small white card near her face while a second woman's hands hold the card from the front. Behind them, several devotees in saffron and white stand in the hall, and a golden deity murti and a small potted plant sit at the lower right. A wrist-length rudraksha bracelet is visible on his arm.2017-07-02August 03 20172017-08-03October 12 20172017-10-12April 24 20172017-04-24July 30 20172017-07-30October 12 20172017-10-12July 26 20172017-07-26August 09 20172017-08-09 +1 copiesMay 01 20142014-05-01