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A 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.

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May 04 20172017-05-04A 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 18 20172017-02-18May 09 20172017-05-09February 18 20172017-02-18May 04 20172017-05-04A kneeling boy in a white kurta with hands folded in namaste receives a blessing as a man with long dreadlocked hair and a beard places his hand on the boy's forehead. The blessing man wears a garland of pink and white flowers over a bare upper body with a red thread on his wrist. Behind them, a man with a white tilak and other devotees in white garments stand near a wooden structure.2017-05-04May 09 20172017-05-09May 07 20172017-05-07February 27 20172017-02-27A young boy in a white kurta with a white cord around his neck stands with eyes closed as a bearded man in orange-trimmed robes and a rudraksha mala presses his palm to the boy's forehead, a blessing or diksha gesture. The man wears a white and red flower garland. A tall brass oil lamp with glowing flames stands at left, and people in white are blurred in the background of a warmly lit hall.2017-02-19February 27 20172017-02-27