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Indoor photograph of a smiling bare-chested man in a saffron, orange and pink turban and red-and-gold shawl, with rudraksha beads and white-beaded bracelets, placing his right hand on the head of an older man in a white shirt with palms pressed together in greeting. A small girl in yellow stands nearby and a monk in orange robes and bald head stands at right. Crowd and ceiling lights in the background.

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November 27 20112011-11-27A photograph of a man in a bright orange, pink and yellow turban and a pink-and-gold sari-style wrap extends his right hand, palm open, toward a line of devotees with hands pressed together in namaskar. He wears a red-and-white rudraksha-style mala and beaded bangles on his upper arms, with a red tilak on his forehead. Several men and a child in a yellow top stand close, and a shaved-headed attendant in orange stands at the right edge. The setting is an indoor hall with fluorescent ceiling lights and a crowd behind. The central figure is an appearance-based probable Swamiji, identified by the turban, distinctive ornate clothing and mala, and he is giving blessing or darshan to devotees.2011-11-27 +1 copiesA photograph of a devotee line in an indoor hall. A man in a red, orange and pink turban and matching pink-and-red garments, with a long rudraksha mala and white-beaded necklaces, smiles while placing his right hand on the head of a man bowing with palms pressed together. Several other devotees in plain shirts stand behind, and a saffron-robed attendant is visible at the right edge.2011-11-27December 24 20112011-12-24October 18 20112011-10-18A photograph of a blessing moment indoors in a hall with warm lighting and a purple curtain behind. A man in a multicolour turban with pink, orange and red tones and a peacock-feather ornament, wearing a red shawl over a pink and green garment, smiles and lays his right palm on the forehead of a man in an orange garment with a bowed head. Adornments include beaded orange bracelets, a gold-trimmed necklace and a red-and-gold patterned wrap. Around them, devotees in white and orange clothes stand with hands pressed together in anjali, and a bespectacled man in orange-saffron robes stands at the right edge. The gesture suggests a blessing or darshan-style touch, and the visible cues are a turban, ornate clothing and a ceremonial necklace, so the figure in the turban is a probable Swamiji.2011-10-07December 17 20112011-12-17A photograph of a saffron-robed figure in an orange turban with a gold ornament placing a hand on the head of a kneeling man in a white shirt, with hands pressed together. The robed figure wears an orange shawl, layered ceremonial gold necklaces, gold bangles and a gold armband. Behind them a bald man in a white dhoti with a rudraksha-style mala stands, an older man in a striped shirt and a white-haired man are visible, and other people stand in the background of a warmly lit hall. a person: the robed figure in the orange turban, orange shawl and layered gold necklaces, blessing the kneeling devotee with a touch to the head, which reads as a darshan blessing. Several devotees, including the white-clad man, are visible.2011-09-24November 28 20112011-11-28A photograph of a central figure in a striped orange and pink turban with a jewelled brooch, wearing a pink robe and a long multi-strand rudraksha mala with white beads, raising a palm toward a devotee's head in a blessing gesture. On the left, an older man with grey hair and beard wears an orange shawl, and a devotee with hands joined stands nearby. A man in a khaki shirt and other devotees stand in a crowd behind. On the far right a shaven-headed priest in an orange shawl with a red sash is partly visible.2011-12-27November 27 20112011-11-27A smiling man in a pink, orange and yellow turban and pink-orange clothing stands raising his right palm in blessing toward a line of devotees with their hands pressed together in namaste. He wears a layered rudraksha-style bead necklace and bangles. To the right, a bald man in orange robes and glasses holds a tray. Several people in white shirts and dhotis stand in the background of a hall with a colourful backdrop of a deity image.2011-10-18