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A photo of a ritual scene indoors. In the foreground, a man with a shaved head wears white clothes, a rudraksha mala and a bracelet, and raises both hands in a gesture above his head. Facing him, a bare-chested man with a bun wears a red and gold shawl, a rudraksha mala necklace and a bandage on his upper arm, and holds a sheet of paper while extending his arm toward the first man. Behind them, a man in white with a mala stands near a camera operator in white, and a seated man in white watches. A red curtain hangs in the background.

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A photograph of a diksha-style blessing. A man with swept-back dark hair, bare-shouldered and wearing a red garment edged in gold, a long mala of dark rudraksha beads around his neck, places his right hand on the crown of a short-haired young man in a white kurta. The young man stands with eyes closed and his palm pressed to his own cheek, a folded paper in the older man's left hand. A white bandage is on the older man's forearm. Behind them, a person in white dhoti and a man with vibhuti on his forehead are visible, along with a camera on a tripod and a wall air conditioner. Probable Swamiji cues: swept-back hair, red and gold ceremonial shawl and rudraksha mala, performing the blessing.2011-09-10A long-haired figure in an orange-brown saffron garment with a beaded bracelet and rudraksha mala places one hand on the forehead of a young man in a white striped shirt with a red lanyard and rudraksha mala. The young man stands with eyes closed and his other hand raised in blessing. Behind them, a man in white with a red shawl and a woman in orange stand watching, and a seated man in white with a rudraksha mala holds a sheet of handwritten paper. Floral garlands with yellow and red blooms decorate the left edge. The figure with long hair appears to be giving a blessing, possibly a person, with the cues of long swept-back hair, saffron clothing and rudraksha mala.2013-07-10September 06 20112011-09-06 +1 copiesNovember 06 20112011-11-06March 03 20152015-03-03A young man in a white striped shirt with raised hands receives a blessing as a figure in a rust-orange garment presses a palm to his forehead. The blessing-giver has long dark hair, a rudraksha mala and beaded bracelets, and holds a sheet of paper. Behind them, a seated man in white with a rudraksha mala and a bearded man in white stand near a floral garland and a red curtain, with a standing person in saffron-orange robes and a white-clad figure further back. A warm glow of lamps appears at the right edge. The blessing-giver may be a person based on long hair, rudraksha mala and saffron-orange clothing, though the face is not visible.2013-07-10September 10 20112011-09-10March 03 20152015-03-03December 13 20132013-12-13September 10 20112011-09-10A photograph of a ritual blessing in front of a red backdrop. A bald man in white kurta with an orange-edged collar and rudraksha mala, palms pressed together, receives a blessing as a man in orange-saffron robes and a rudraksha mala with a gold necklace places his right hand on the recipient's forehead. The blessing giver is bare-chested with an orange shawl and white tilak on his forehead, appearing to be an appearance-based a person, while a monastic in orange stands behind them. Another person in white stands at the left edge, and a camera is visible at the upper right.2012-08-22 +1 copiesA photo of a satsang-style blessing. A man in an orange draped cloth with a rudraksha mala and beaded waist belt, with a white tilak on his forehead and hair in a topknot, places his right palm on the forehead of a young man in a white t-shirt wearing a long rudraksha mala with a green thread. The blessed man has his hands raised and eyes closed. The blessing giver holds a folded white paper in his left hand. Behind them, a seated bald man in orange sits, and another man in white is partly visible at the right edge. A red cushion and yellow cloth appear at the bottom. Whether the blessing giver is a person is not established by appearance alone.2012-10-11