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April 09 2013

Photograph of a devotee in a white shirt having his forehead touched by a man in saffron-orange robes wearing a white jasmine garland, rudraksha bracelets and a rudraksha headband with gold earring. The robed figure's hand rests on the devotee's head in a blessing gesture, while other people crowd close on both sides. An arched doorway with orange drapes and white columns is visible in the background. a person by appearance: saffron robes, rudraksha malas and rudraksha headband, with a white garland. The robed figure is the one giving the blessing; the devotee in white receives it. Photo credit overlay on the lower right is not described.

A photograph of a devotional gathering indoors with red curtains behind. A smiling man with swept-back dark hair, a red bindi, gold earrings and a long garland of red and white beads with a gold-bead necklace wears an orange-saffron cloth draped over his shoulders and extends his right hand in a blessing gesture toward devotees. Several men in white shirts and dhotis stand in front of him with hands folded and palms pressed together, one holding a rudraksha mala. A older man with white sacred ash markings on his forehead wears a saffron waist cloth and white shirt. A bare-chested man on the right with white ash markings on his arm stands near a small wooden offering box. Several people are visible in the scene.

A photograph of a devotional blessing at an indoor hall with a saffron and orange drape in the background. A central man with long swept-back dark hair wears a white dhoti and shawl, a red and gold necklace, and rudraksha malas, and places his hand on the forehead of a kneeling devotee. Several devotees in white and checked clothing stand with palms pressed together, and an attendant in orange robes on the right holds a silver tray with offerings. a person is the central figure, shown blessing devotees in a blessing gesture.

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Photograph of a satsang-style gathering indoors. A man with long dark hair in a bun, wearing a white dhoti-style wrap and a white flower garland, presses his right thumb to the forehead of a middle-aged man in a white shirt, who has his eyes closed and a hand on his shoulder. The standing man wears red-orange beaded bracelets on both wrists. Around them, several men in white shirts and white dhotis, a young boy in a checked shirt, and an older bald man in grey stand watching, with an ornate ceiling and blurred lights behind. The person with the garland resembles a person in long swept hair and white garb, but the appearance is not distinctive enough to confirm, so the role is given as a man giving blessings. No statues or printed portraits are visible.

A photograph of a satsang-style blessing. A man in an orange robe with a thick red and green flower garland, layered beaded necklaces, a gold pendant and a bangle reaches out and places his palm on the head of a devotee with short dark hair in a light blue shirt, who stands with palms pressed together. Several other devotees in white shirts and white dhotis hold their hands in anjali behind them, one wearing a dark rudraksha-style mala. The man in orange has a white tripundra mark on his forehead and smiles. Pink walls and a red-and-white painted pillar with a yellow motif frame the room, and another person with a white-marked forehead is at the right edge. The orange-robed figure is presented as a person by the page cues, though the appearance is only partly consistent with the description, so the identity is uncertain.

October 20 2013

A photograph of a ritual blessing in an ashram hall. A man in an orange-saffron robe with a red-and-gold stole and a long rudraksha mala stands centre, placing his right hand on the forehead of a standing devotee in a white kurta. Beside him a shaved-headed monk in orange stands with hands clasped, and at the right a younger monk in orange holds a silver tray of gold-coloured items. Several devotees in white clothes on the left stand with palms pressed together in anjali. Behind, white drapes, a gold and red ornate shrine or throne, and a projector screen are visible.

May 28 2013

A photograph of a temple-hall ritual. On the right, a man with long swept-back dark hair, wearing an orange-saffron cloth draped over his shoulders and a long garland of gold beads and orange flowers, extends his right hand toward the forehead of a bowed man. The bowed man wears white clothes, glasses, a red-and-white vibhuti mark on his forehead, and a rudraksha mala, with his hands folded in anjali. Other people in white and red clothing stand around, some with palms joined, and a golden shrine and fruit offerings appear in the background. The appearance-based candidate on the right has long hair, a saffron garment and a gold-bead garland, consistent with a probable Swamiji (probable) presence, so swamiji is set to in_person.