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Two men stand face to face in close profile, palms raised and pressed together in a gesture of greeting or blessing. The man on the left wears a plain white dhoti-style garment, a rudraksha mala around his neck, a thin gold chain and a bead bracelet, and smiles. The man on the right has his hair tied in a bun, wears a rudraksha mala and a red garment with a gold border draped over his shoulder, and has a bandage on his upper arm. Behind them is a white doorway and a blurred interior setting.

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December 13 20132013-12-13Photo of a seated man with long dark hair tied in a bun, wearing a red shawl with gold border and a rudraksha mala, with white and red tilak on his forehead, placing his raised right hand on the head of a shaven-headed man in a white t-shirt with a red cord around his neck. The seated man holds a wooden staff or stick in his left hand while the bald man sits with eyes closed and his palm raised toward him. The setting has a purple curtain and gold ornamental draping behind them. Swamiji (probable) is identified by the long swept-back hair, rudraksha mala and saffron-red shawl with gold border, seated in the role of the giver of blessing.2011-07-17July 18 20112011-07-18 +1 copiesSeptember 10 20112011-09-10October 11 20122012-10-11A photograph of two men seated close together in an indoor room with a deep red curtain behind them. The man on the right, bare-chested with a white dhoti-style wrap over one shoulder, has a shaved-back topknot, a tripundra-style marking on his forehead, silver beaded bangles on his upper arms, and is smiling. He reaches forward with both arms, one hand resting on the shoulder of the man on the left, who wears a white cotton kurta with a fine brown pattern and a gold ring. The left man's palm is raised in a gesture of blessing or greeting. A red cushion and orange fabric appear at the lower right.2012-02-08A photograph of a blessing exchange indoors. A man with long dark hair in a bun, bare-shouldered in a rust-brown cloth with a gold ceremonial necklace of beads, presses his right palm to the forehead of a shorter, grey-haired man in a white kurta with a red and white beaded mala around his neck. A woman in white sits blurred in the lower right, and a pale curtain and dark wall form the background. The gesture resembles a padapuja-style blessing, with the standing figure giving the blessing and the other receiving it. Swamiji (probable): the figure in rust-brown with long hair, bun and gold beaded necklace; he is giving the blessing.2013-12-17A photograph of a satsang-style gathering in a room with red drapes. A bare-chested man with hair tied in a bun, wearing a red and gold-bordered shawl and a rudraksha mala, extends his arm forward and holds a hand out toward a seated man in a white kurta who gestures with his palm raised. Two white-clad devotees stand with hands folded in anjali in the background, and a seated woman in a yellow sari sits at left beside a drum and microphone stand. A row of white strips is visible on the extended arm. a person: the bare-chested figure in red and gold shawl with rudraksha mala is the central figure of the scene, displayed in the appearance-based label for a presiding teacher.2011-09-10Close photograph of two men in an indoor setting with golden decor behind them. On the left, a man with long swept-back dark hair, white tilak on his forehead, red bindi, rudraksha-style layered silver beaded necklaces and silver bracelets, wearing a red-orange shawl over bare shoulders, is pressing his right hand to the forehead of a man on the right. The right man, with light brown hair, wears a white long-sleeved top and a red rudraksha mala, and holds his palm up in an anjali gesture.2013-12-05November 06 20112011-11-06A photo of a seated man in an orange-saffron robe with a white forehead mark and a multi-strand rudraksha mala placing his palm on the forehead of a smiling man in a white kurta. The saffron-robed man has his hair tied in a bun and a white tilak on his forehead. The man in white holds his hands up with palms open toward the robed figure. Behind them, a bald man in a saffron garment sits, and another man in white stands at the right edge beside a red curtain. The setting is an indoor hall with plain cream walls and a white door frame.2012-10-11 +1 copiesA photograph of two men facing each other in profile at close range, with hands raised palm-out toward each other. The man on the left wears a cream kurta with a gold-toned bracelet and a short beard. The man on the right has long dark hair tied in a bun, wears a red garment with a gold border draped over his shoulder, and multiple rudraksha mala necklaces. Blurred figures in white and red stand in the background, with a red curtain behind them. Neither man's appearance is clearly that of the a person, so no identification is made.2011-09-04 +1 copies