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A photograph of a diksha-style blessing during a ceremony. A bare-chested man in a red shawl and a red twisted turban places his right hand on the forehead of a man with long dreadlocked hair who wears an orange-saffron kurta and beaded malas. Behind them a third man in a brown turban and red tilak on his forehead watches, and a framed picture sits at the lower right. The setting is a dimly lit hall with warm red tones.

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April 30 20182018-04-30April 30 20182018-04-30A photograph of a man with long dreadlocked hair wearing a crescent moon ornament and a headpiece of rudraksha beads, with white tripundra marks on his forehead and a rust-orange wrap over his shoulder, reaching out to touch the forehead of a kneeling person with dreadlocks in a teal-green top decorated with rudraksha beads. Behind them, a woman in an orange sari and other people stand in a hall with silver ritual vessels and a dark deity murti on a stand. The setting appears to be a ceremonial blessing or darshan.2018-03-31A photograph of an initiation-style blessing at an indoor event. A bare-chested man with long hair wrapped in a thick red-orange turban and rudraksha beads stands at right, placing his right hand on the head of a seated man in a white embroidered kurta with a beaded rudraksha necklace. Behind them, a saffron-robed figure with a brown matted topknot and red forehead marks stands near a framed photograph of a figure in ornate white garments. Other people stand blurred in the background against a dark backdrop with a red panel.2018-04-30April 30 20182018-04-30Photograph of a ritual moment with three people in saffron-orange robes. On the right, a bearded man with a red-and-gold braided turban adorned with rudraksha beads and a gold ornament extends his right arm forward, palm open, toward a young boy on the left who has short dark hair and rudraksha malas around his neck. In the centre, a shaved-headed man in an orange dhoti and rudraksha mala stands holding a framed silver-toned image of a deity with multiple arms. Dark background with a blurred figure in white behind.2018-04-30April 30 20182018-04-30March 27 20182018-03-27 +1 copiesMay 06 20182018-05-06 +1 copiesApril 30 20182018-04-30April 14 20182018-04-14A 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.2018-04-30