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A photograph of a priest in a rust-red dhoti-style garment with a rust-red turban-like headwrap and rudraksha beads, bare-shouldered, placing his right hand on the forehead of a kneeling older man in a yellow-gold silk kurta with a rudraksha mala. The kneeling devotee has his eyes closed and his left palm raised. Behind them, a woman in red and another person in white stand near an ornately carved white and silver shrine or throne with a leopard-print cushion at left. The scene suggests a blessing or initiation moment indoors.

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April 30 20182018-04-30April 30 20182018-04-30April 30 20182018-04-30April 30 20182018-04-30April 30 20182018-04-30April 30 20182018-04-30April 30 20182018-04-30A photograph of a seated, bare-shouldered man in a red-orange wrap, with long hair coiled into a red braided crown, placing his right hand on the head of a young man in a black t-shirt and red-thread neck cord, with another hand offering a thread above. Behind them a woman in a red-orange sari with rudraksha beads sits beside a carved ornate peetha with leopard-print cushion, and attendants in white and red stand in a hall. a person: the seated man's long hair, red braided crown, red-orange drape and rudraksha cues match the page's visible-role description, the ritual is a special initiation-style blessing with a sacred thread.2018-04-30A seated man in an orange-red robe with a long braided red head wrap and a rudraksha mala places his right palm on the forehead of a young man in a lavender-blue kurta wearing a rudraksha mala. The seated man sits on a leopard-print cushioned seat beside an ornate carved pillar. Behind them a woman in a red garment and a woman in blue stand near a tray, and a photographer with a camera is visible at left. a person: the seated man wears a long braided red head wrap, orange-red robe and rudraksha mala, consistent with the page's reference to initiation, so he is a candidate for in_person.2018-04-30A bare-chested priest with long dreadlocks wrapped in a thick red-orange cloth band and a beaded rudraksha-style headband places his right hand on the head of a young man in a blue shirt who stands with palms pressed together in namaste. The priest wears a red-orange shawl over his shoulder and a beaded mala. Behind them, devotees in red and white clothing and a framed picture are visible. The priest's appearance is not clearly that of a specific known individual, so no identity is asserted.2018-04-30A photograph of a sannyasi with a bare chest and an orange-red shawl, long dreadlocked hair wrapped in a red-and-brown crown-like headwrap with rudraksha beads, placing his right palm on the forehead of a young bearded man in a red shirt with rudraksha mala. The young man has closed eyes and a smile. Behind them, framed photographs of a deity murti hang at the side, and several people in white and orange stand watching in a dim hall. The scene looks like an initiation blessing.2018-04-30April 30 20182018-04-30