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A smiling young boy with a white tilak stripe on his forehead and a sacred thread across his bare chest stands facing a figure seen from behind. The figure has long dark braided hair, a pink and white flower garland around the neck and a brown beaded necklace, and is applying a mark to the boy's forehead with one hand. The boy wears a pendant necklace and has his hands raised to his hair. Another person in a yellow garment stands behind, with a red thread bracelet visible on the figure's wrist. The setting is an indoor temple-like room with warm wooden tones.

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A photograph of a young boy in a white kurta with a white tilak band across his forehead and a gold-beaded rudraksha mala around his neck, being blessed as a bearded man with long dark hair and a pink-and-white flower garland marks the boy's forehead with his hand. Two more people in white and a bare-chested attendant with a red bead necklace stand in the background. The bearded man in the foreground wears a saffron-brown shawl and is the central figure of the blessing. The scene appears to be a ceremonial blessing or initiation moment.2017-02-27February 27 20172017-02-27A photograph of a young boy with long black hair, bare-chested, eyes closed, receiving a blessing as an older man's hand presses to his forehead, marked with white ash and a red kumkum dot. The boy wears a rudraksha pendant on a silver chain. In the blurred foreground a bearded man with long dark hair wears a garland of pink and white flowers over his shoulder. A red curtain and a blurred figure stand behind them.2017-02-27A young boy with bare chest and a white cord across his torso stands with eyes closed as a man with long dark hair and a full beard, wearing a white floral garland, presses his palm to the boy's forehead. The boy has white sacred ash marks on his forehead, arms and chest, and wears a small red-and-gold pendant on a white cord. Behind them a second man with white markings on his forehead and a white-clad attendant stand in a hall with a maroon curtain and brass railing.2017-02-18February 27 20172017-02-27A photograph of a ritual blessing in a hall. A bare-chested young boy with short dark hair and a red-orange pendant on a cord sits looking forward while a man with long dreadlocked hair and a beard, wearing a pink and white flower garland, places his hand on the boy's forehead. Behind them, a shirtless youth in white dhoti and sacred thread stands, with more people in white clothing and a red-clad figure blurred in the background.2017-05-04February 27 20172017-02-27February 18 20172017-02-18February 18 20172017-02-18February 18 20172017-02-18A photograph of a close, intimate blessing moment. A smiling young man with long dark hair, hoop earring, and rudraksha mala with a white cloth garment stands on the left, eyes closed and grinning. A bearded man with long dreadlocked hair and a white vibhuti or tilak mark on his forehead reaches out to press his palm on the young man's forehead; he wears a red wrist thread, a pink-and-white flower garland, and an orange-red cloth. Gold ornaments and a white-robed figure appear in the blurred background. Two people are visible; the a person appearance is not certain enough to claim identity.2017-05-22February 18 20172017-02-18