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A photograph of an older man with grey hair and a moustache, wearing a pale cream kurta and a dark blue lanyard with a white badge reading SPECIAL, bending forward while pressing one hand to the forehead of a younger person. The younger person wears a yellow garment, a red and gold garland, has a white vertical tilak mark and hair drawn back in a bun. A red curtain and blurred figures in white stand behind them.

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November 24 20112011-11-24A photograph of an elderly man in a cream silk kurta with a lanyard and visitor badge, leaning forward with a walking cane as a woman in a yellow garment with red border, rudraksha mala and red tassel places her hand on his forehead in a blessing gesture. Behind them a monk in saffron robes and rudraksha mala watches, and a red curtain hangs in the background. Three people are visible.2011-11-24A photograph of a saffron-robed figure with long swept-back hair, tilak on the forehead, and multiple rudraksha malas, placing one hand on the head of an older bowing man in a white kurta with a golden embroidered collar and a lanyard badge. The robed figure is a probable Swamiji, identified by the long swept-back hair, saffron clothing and rudraksha malas, and is giving a blessing to the devotee. Background is a warm-toned hall with wooden panels and a red cushion at lower left.2011-11-26December 11 20112011-12-11November 24 20112011-11-24A photograph of a long-haired figure in an orange saffron shawl and multiple rudraksha malas placing his right hand on the forehead of an older man bending forward. The older man wears a white kurta with a gold-embroidered collar and a blue-and-brown cord with beaded necklaces. The setting is an indoor room with pale pink walls and a dark red curtain at left. The scene appears to show a blessing or pada-puja style darshan. The orange-clad figure matches the appearance cues of a saffron-robed sannyasi with rudraksha malas, a person, giving a blessing to a devotee.2011-12-11December 07 20132013-12-07A photograph of an elderly man in a cream striped kurta with rudraksha mala and white flower-bead necklace, bowing with hands pressed together while a younger man with long swept-back dark hair, wearing a white jasmine garland and orange clothing, places his hand on the elder's forehead in blessing. Warm yellow and beige walls form the setting. The elder wears gold-rimmed glasses and a small pendant. The younger man appears to be Swamiji (probable), identified by long hair, orange clothing and a jasmine garland as ceremonial cues; he is blessing a devotee in pada-puja style.2009-09-10A photograph of a ritual blessing in front of a decorated deity shrine. An older man in a white kurta with a rudraksha mala and a gold-embroidered collar bends forward while a younger man in a green and red-bordered dhoti-style garment, hair tied in a bun, holds a paper and raises his hand to touch the older man's head. Behind them are garlands of white, yellow, orange and red flowers and a golden ornate deity murti. The older man is a devotee receiving the blessing; the presenter's identity is not established from appearance.2011-12-04October 13 20122012-10-13August 21 20122012-08-21 +1 copiesJuly 06 20122012-07-06