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A photograph of a seated figure with long flowing dark hair and a bare upper body, wearing layered rudraksha malas and a red-and-orange cloth, holding a tall golden trident-like staff upright beside them. A young man in a white dhoti-style garment and an orange shawl stands in front, reaching up with his hand on the seated figure's head while raising his other hand in a blessing or gesture. Behind them, saffron-robed attendants stand in a dim hall, and seated devotees in white watch with smiles at the lower edges of the frame. The scene suggests a blessing or initiation moment in an ashram setting.

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April 21 20122012-04-21April 21 20122012-04-21April 21 20122012-04-21April 21 20122012-04-21A long-haired man with a bare upper body wrapped in a leopard-print cloth and multiple rudraksha malas raises his right hand to a devotee's forehead, touching it in blessing. The devotee, smiling and wearing a white kurta with an orange shawl and a conference badge, raises both hands in response. Behind them, men in orange shawls stand, and a seated man in the foreground looks on. The setting is an indoor hall with dark red drapery.2012-04-21April 21 20122012-04-21April 21 20122012-04-21A photograph of a seated long-haired figure with swept-back hair, rudraksha malas on the chest and wrists, wearing a leopard-print garment over red cloth, placing his right hand on the forehead of a middle-aged man in a white kurta with an orange shawl and rudraksha mala. The seated figure has distinctive long hair and rudraksha adornments, a probable Swamiji blessing a devotee in a satsang-style setting, with an orange and red cushioned seat. Two or three people stand or sit in the background, one in a white shirt with an orange sash, and a partially visible man sits lower right.2012-04-21April 21 20122012-04-21April 21 20122012-04-21April 21 20122012-04-21April 21 20122012-04-21