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A photograph of a smiling young man with curly hair and a short beard, wearing a white cotton kurta and an orange-brown shawl printed with small black symbols, a rudraksha-style bead necklace at his neck. He raises one hand in greeting while another hand rests on his forehead, and he faces a person seen from behind with long dreadlocked hair and a pink and white flower garland. Blurred green foliage and a golden drape frame the foreground, with red drapery and a crowd in the soft background.

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March 03 20172017-03-03April 23 20172017-04-23A bearded man in a white kurta with a rudraksha mala and an orange shawl inscribed with text stands with both arms raised while another man rests his palm on his forehead. The second man, seen from behind, has long dark hair, wears a pink and white lotus garland across his shoulders and a rudraksha mala, and appears bare-shouldered. Behind them, other people in white and orange shawls stand in a hall with red curtains and a pink wall.2017-04-23March 03 20172017-03-03March 04 20172017-03-04A photograph of a darshan blessing. A man with a shaved head in a white kurta, wearing a saffron-orange shawl printed with repeated text and a rudraksha mala, raises one hand while another person's hand is pressed to his forehead. The blessing figure has long dark dreadlocks and wears a pink and white flower garland, shown from behind. Behind them stand a golden deity murti with a crown and a few people in white and saffron attire, with a red-curtained backdrop.2017-05-11A photograph of a sannyas-style initiation moment. A young bare-chested man with slicked-back hair, a rudraksha mala and a white and yellow wrap stands on the left, smiling with one palm raised while another person presses the palm of a hand onto his forehead. The person doing the blessing has long dark dreadlocked hair and wears a garland of pink roses and white flowers strung with gold thread, and is bare-shouldered. Other people in white garments stand behind them, and a gilded object is visible at upper right.2017-05-28February 28 20172017-02-28A smiling young man in a white kurta with palms pressed together in namaste stands at left, wearing an orange shawl printed with Sanskrit and a person-related text, and a rudraksha mala draped over his shoulders. Behind him, another person's hand rests on his forehead in a blessing gesture, with a bare-chested figure wearing a pink and white flower garland and a red bracelet visible at right. The scene appears to be a blessing or darshan in an ashram setting with a red-toned background.2017-03-03A photograph of a bearded man with long dreadlocked hair, bare-shouldered and wearing a large pink and blue flower garland, placing his palm on the forehead of a smiling man in a white shirt draped with an orange-red shawl printed with script. A cameraman with a video camera stands behind them, and several men in white garments with rudraksha-style beads stand in the background near a gold pole and a maroon curtain. The setting appears to be a formal ceremonial hall.2017-04-21April 21 20172017-04-21May 11 20172017-05-11