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Indoor hall during a blessing line. A man in a brown sleeveless garment with a gold border, wearing a red-and-gold beaded necklace and long red flower garland, places his hand on the head of a young man in a white shirt with a tilak on his forehead. The standing man in brown has a red bindi, long swept-back hair, gold armbands and a long necklace of gold beads. Behind them, a man in a white dhoti and white shirt, a shaved-headed man in orange, and a devotee in white with a tilak wait in line. Gold-and-orange decorative arches and red hanging lamps stand in the background, with seated attendees along the right.

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October 16 20132013-10-16October 16 20132013-10-16Indoor ashram hall with cream tiled floor and a deep red curtain behind a stage. A man in a rust-orange dhoti and shawl, wearing a heavy gold ceremonial necklace with a large gold pendant, gold armlets and a red bindi, smiles while placing his right hand on the forehead of a young man in white shirt and dhoti who has his head bowed and hands joined. Devotees in white and saffron stand nearby, one wearing rudraksha beads. Behind them a decorated deity murti stands in a golden shrine, and a screen shows a colourful image. A partially visible man on the left has his palms pressed together. Roughly six people are visible.2013-09-02October 17 20132013-10-17May 13 20122012-05-13A photo in a bright hall with red curtains and gold-trimmed arches. A man in a brown-and-gold dhoti-style garment, with a rudraksha mala, gold necklace and a red tilak, smiles while placing his palm on the forehead of a bespectacled man in a white shirt who bows with folded hands. Other men in orange and white ritual clothes, some with rudraksha malas and white forehead markings, stand behind them, and a row of devotees with folded hands waits along barrier rails. A depiction of the blessing is shown as devotees watch.2013-10-17September 15 20132013-09-15April 06 20132013-04-06 +1 copiesOctober 16 20132013-10-16A photograph of a devotional gathering indoors with red curtains behind. A smiling man with swept-back dark hair, a red bindi, gold earrings and a long garland of red and white beads with a gold-bead necklace wears an orange-saffron cloth draped over his shoulders and extends his right hand in a blessing gesture toward devotees. Several men in white shirts and dhotis stand in front of him with hands folded and palms pressed together, one holding a rudraksha mala. A older man with white sacred ash markings on his forehead wears a saffron waist cloth and white shirt. A bare-chested man on the right with white ash markings on his arm stands near a small wooden offering box. Several people are visible in the scene.2013-05-16A photo inside a bright hall with a tiled ceiling and fluorescent lights. A smiling man with long dark hair swept back, a red bindi and tilak, gold earrings, bronze-coloured drapery and a long double garland of red flowers and gold beads stands on the right, placing his hand on the head of a bowed devotee in a white shirt and dark striped shirt. A man in white in the foreground presses his palms together in namaste. Other devotees in white stand behind a metal stanchion line, and a decorated shrine with orange and gold arches and a red-lit panel is visible at the back. a person is the figure blessing the devotee, shown by long swept-back hair, ceremonial garland and saffron-toned drapery, in a darshan blessing.2013-10-16Indoor hall with white ceiling lights, red curtains and a gold-framed backdrop with lamps at the far end. A figure with long dark hair in a bun wears an orange-gold shawl, bare upper body, red and white flower garlands and a gold necklace, and holds a small paper slip while pressing his hand to the forehead of a bald man in a white shirt with palms joined. Several men in white shirts stand with hands folded in prayer behind a metal stanchion line, and women in saris stand in the background. Scene suggests a blessing or darshan line. Swamiji appearance is an appearance-based candidate: the blessing figure has long swept-back hair, saffron-gold shawl, ornate gold necklace and red garlands, so probable Swamiji blessing devotees.2013-10-16