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Photo of a staged healing or demonstration on a red-draped stage. A seated man in a blue button-up shirt wears a black blindfold with white gauze taped over his eyes. A bald man in saffron-orange robes with a rudraksha mala stands at left, hand on his shoulder. Beside him, a man in white dhoti and shawl with gold border, bare-chested with white sacred ash on his arm, holds a small ritual object toward the blindfolded man's face. A fourth man in a checked shirt stands at right with yellow tilak on his forehead. Gold-leaf decor and a red backdrop with a flower logo appear behind them.

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October 26 20152015-10-26A staged ritual scene in a red-draped hall. A seated man in a blue collared shirt and dark trousers has a white cloth bandage over his eyes and holds a microphone on the sofa beside him. A bald man in orange robes and beaded necklace stands behind him at left, while a man in a white dhoti with gold borders and a saffron-marked forehead holds up an incense stick or small taper. A man in a white checked shirt with yellow tilak on his forehead stands at right, and a long-haired man in orange robes with an ID lanyard stands at far right. A tall gold lamp stand and a painted deity image on a red background frame the scene, with a carved stone pillar behind.2015-10-26October 26 20152015-10-26October 26 20152015-10-26A photograph on a stage with a deep red curtain and a carved golden wooden column at left. A man in a checked short-sleeved shirt, his eyes covered with a black and white blindfold, stands holding a brown clipboard and speaks into a microphone. Beside him a second blindfolded person is partly visible. At right, a man with an orange-yellow tilak on his forehead wears white clothing, a long rudraksha mala and a gold necklace, and extends his arm toward the clipboard. At left, a shaved-headed man in saffron-orange robes and a rudraksha mala stands watching. Two people are prominent in the foreground, with a few others partly visible.2015-10-26October 26 20152015-10-26A stage event with a red and pink backdrop painting of a deity in dark hair with a trident and beaded necklaces, flanked by a gold-ornate pillar. Beside him a shaved-headed priest in a rust-coloured dhoti holds a trident-topped staff. Center stage, a man in a blue shirt and dark trousers sits on a white sofa while a person in orange bends forward and a man in a white shirt with a blindfold-like band stands nearby. On the right a bare-chested man in a white dhoti with gold borders and a rudraksha mala raises his hands near his face. A gold-trimmed canopy hangs at upper left.2015-10-26October 26 20152015-10-26October 26 20152015-10-26August 09 20152015-08-09October 26 20152015-10-26A photo of a stage event with a seated figure on an ornate golden throne at left, wearing a rust-orange turban, orange-red robe with gold border, and a large beaded rudraksha-style necklace; he is smiling and gesturing with one hand. A bald man in orange-red robe stands behind the throne near a backdrop painting of Shiva with a trident. A man in a blue shirt and dark trousers sits on a white sofa, receiving a paper from a woman in a cream sari with brown shawl. A blindfolded man in white dhoti and shawl stands beside her, and a figure in white with a yellow sash stands at right. Red drapes and a golden pillar frame the stage.2015-10-26