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A photograph of a crowded initiation or darshan gathering in which many people dressed in white sit closely together. In the foreground a man with grey-streaked hair and a trimmed beard wears a black eye mask with an orange lens and a white shirt with a small pendant, while another man in a white shirt reaches toward the masked man's head with an open hand. Behind them, devotees in white garments, orange and saffron shawls, and yellow robes sit among the crowd, some with tilaka marks on their foreheads.

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A photograph of a crowd event. In the foreground, a shaved-headed man in a white kurta wears a maroon head wrap with a white band, a long rudraksha mala and a purple-cord pendant, and gold bangles. He raises two fingers in a V gesture toward a man in a white shirt seen from behind. Behind them, many people in white and colourful clothes fill the frame, some with raised hands. Appearance-based candidate, unsure.2016-12-09December 10 20162016-12-10December 06 20162016-12-06A crowd event in which a bald man in a white kurta wears a maroon headband and a long rudraksha mala, holding up two fingers in a gesture toward a man in white seen from behind at the front right. Many blurred people behind raise hands and wear white, yellow and orange clothing. Several figures in the background have their hands raised, and a purple emblem appears at the top left corner.2016-12-09A photograph of a darshan moment indoors. A figure in orange robes with long dark hair, seen from behind, holds a silver trident-shaped staff toward the forehead of a bald man in a white shirt with a white tilak mark and a red-brown rudraksha mala, who has his eyes closed. Around them stand an older man with glasses and a red-orange shawl, a man in white with a yellow sash, and a woman with a white-marked forehead. Other people stand at the edges, and a dark curtain hangs behind. A wall-mounted badge reads nothing legible.2009-11-17 +1 copiesA dense crowd of devotees stands in a red-draped hall before an ornate golden shrine with a deity murti. Many participants wear black blindfolds over their eyes and stand with heads bowed in meditation or darshan. Men wear white and cream kurtas and shirts, while others wear saffron, orange and gold tones. In the foreground an elderly bearded man in an orange-striped shawl and rudraksha mala is blindfolded, beside a bald man in white. Coloured lights and banners fill the background. This is a crowd scene from a Guinness record attempt for a large OM formation.2017-12-16October 07 20162016-10-07A photo of a ceremonial initiation moment. A bare-chested man with long dark hair wrapped in a tall reddish-orange braided turban and a saffron-orange shawl touches the forehead of a devotee with his right hand. The devotee, a man with short greying hair in a cream kurta with a small pattern, wears a rudraksha mala and stands with eyes closed. Behind them, another saffron-clad figure wearing dark beaded malas and a man in a brown-grey turban are visible, with a metal railing and dark backdrop. The gesture resembles a blessing or diksha.2018-04-30December 10 20122012-12-10A photograph of an older man in a white shirt with a white sandalwood mark and red kumkum dot on his forehead, gently touching his chest with his right hand while a bearded man in a rust-red shawl and rudraksha beads on his neck reaches toward him with a raised hand. Two men stand behind in a blurred temple setting with gold ornaments; one wears a checked shirt and the other a garland. The man in white is receiving a blessing or instruction from the robed figure. Grey beard, shaved head with ash marks, and red and orange threads on wrists are visible.2019-04-07August 22 20122012-08-22 +1 copiesFebruary 13 20182018-02-13