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A photograph of a shaved-headed?no, a person with long dark hair wrapped in a rust-red turban with a gold border, wearing a rust-red and gold-bordered shawl over the shoulders and a rudraksha-style white beaded necklace, reaching to touch the forehead of a man in an off-white kurta with a visitor badge. The man stands with his palm raised in a receiving gesture. Behind them, other men in white kurtas and a child in white stand in a hall with maroon curtains. The turbaned figure has tilak on the forehead. The man being touched has short dark hair and a small badge clipped to his kurta.

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November 07 20132013-11-07November 03 20132013-11-03November 03 20132013-11-03November 03 20132013-11-03November 03 20132013-11-03A photograph of a ritual initiation. A figure in a brown and gold-bordered robe and a rust-coloured head wrap, with a pink beaded necklace, sits with back turned and presses a palm to the forehead of a short-haired man in a navy and white striped polo shirt, who stands with palms pressed together in namaskar. Behind them a seated woman in a white gold-bordered sari wears a dark beaded mala, with a bangle on her wrist. Several people in white and checked clothing stand in the background, and a pedestal fan is visible at left.2013-11-07November 03 20132013-11-03A photograph of a ritual blessing in an indoor hall with cream walls and red curtains. A bare-chested figure in rust-brown wrap and a brown turban with gold trim, wearing a rudraksha mala, presses his hand to the forehead of a young man in a white shirt whose palms are joined in anjali. The young man keeps his eyes lowered. Behind them a second man in white dhoti and shawl with rudraksha beads kneels, and two men in white shirts stand in the background. The figure in rust-brown and turban shows distinctive ceremonial cues, so the appearance-based candidate is a person as the blessing giver.2013-11-04A photograph of a ritual touch in a hall with red curtains and a fan at the left. A seated figure in a rust-orange and gold-bordered wrap with a red-and-gold turban and a rudraksha mala gives a blessing, pressing his fingers to the forehead of a standing man in a white kurta with an orange shawl, whose eyes are closed and hands are folded in reverence. Behind them a seated priest in white with a gold-bordered cloth and a rudraksha mala watches, and two people stand in the background. The seated figure's shaved head is covered by the turban, and a gold-accented cushion is at the left, so the appearance cues are not distinctive enough to confirm an identity.2013-11-07November 03 20132013-11-03November 04 20132013-11-04A photograph of a blessing moment in an indoor hall. A man in an orange-and-gold turban and a brown and gold-bordered sash stands at left, placing his right hand on the forehead of a seated man in a white striped shirt, who has closed eyes and raises his palm. A rudraksha-style beaded mala hangs on the blesser's chest. Behind them a bare-chested man in white with gold-edged cloth and beads sits watching, and a white-shirted older man with grey hair and a red-beaded mala stands at right. Two young men in t-shirts stand in the background beside a red curtain and a fan. a person appears as the turbaned figure, identified by the turban, sash, mala and central role in the blessing.2013-11-07