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December 21 2016

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A young man with short dark curly hair and a wide smile sits in profile wearing a yellow garment, while a person's arm with a red thread bracelet presses fingers to his forehead in a blessing. Behind him a woman in a cream and gold sari with a red bindi and a red-brown beaded mala looks down. A gold-toned staff or rod is visible at right beside a hand with bangles, and a figure in purple stands at the back. The setting appears to be a ritual blessing or ceremony.2016-12-21A bearded man with long dreadlocked hair, bare-shouldered and wearing a thick white jasmine garland, places his right hand on the forehead of a smiling young man with slicked-back hair, hoop earrings and a red beaded necklace. The young man, in white clothing, holds his palms together in namaskar. Behind them, other people in white dhotis and bead malas stand in a ceremonial gathering, with a brass bowl or vessel partly visible at the upper right. The man giving the blessing has a white vibhuti mark on his forehead and wears a rudraksha mala. This appears to be a blessing or diksha moment during a satsang setting. a person identity is not established from appearance alone.2016-12-21A photograph of a close, intimate blessing moment. A smiling young man with long dark hair, hoop earring, and rudraksha mala with a white cloth garment stands on the left, eyes closed and grinning. A bearded man with long dreadlocked hair and a white vibhuti or tilak mark on his forehead reaches out to press his palm on the young man's forehead; he wears a red wrist thread, a pink-and-white flower garland, and an orange-red cloth. Gold ornaments and a white-robed figure appear in the blurred background. Two people are visible; the a person appearance is not certain enough to claim identity.2017-05-22February 16 20152015-02-16February 16 20152015-02-16August 02 20172017-08-02March 03 20172017-03-03December 21 20162016-12-21A photograph of a ritual blessing in a temple-like hall. A man with long dreadlocked hair decorated with rudraksha beads, a rudraksha mala and bracelets, wearing a rust-orange sleeveless garment, presses his palm to the forehead of a seated young man with shaved-back hair who has eyes closed and bare shoulders. Behind them, two people in white and yellow dhoti-style garments stand near a golden carved wall. A white tilak marks the standing man's forehead. The scene suggests a ritual blessing, identified only by visible actions.2017-07-11A smiling young man with short black hair, bare-chested and wearing a white dhoti with a yellow border, stands with a long red-brown rudraksha mala around his neck and a red thread bracelet on his wrist. He raises his hands to his face as a long-haired figure in front, wearing a garland of pink and white flowers, touches his forehead with one hand. Behind them, other people in white and orange clothing stand in a red-walled hall, with a glowing orange light on the left and a golden curtain edge on the right.2017-02-27September 03 20122012-09-03A photograph of a bearded man in a dark garment with a gold bangle and red thread on his wrist pressing his right hand to the forehead of a young boy in a white kurta with a rudraksha-style necklace. Behind them a woman in a cream and gold sari with gold necklaces watches, and other seated people are blurred in the background against a pale pink wall. The scene suggests a ritual initiation or blessing moment.2017-05-05