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Close photo of a man with wavy dark hair and thin-framed glasses, wearing a white garment with a yellow shawl, his eyes lowered and a faint smile. Another person's hand, in an orange sleeve, rests on his head in a blessing gesture. Behind him a dark plaque with white lettering hangs beside a red pillar and orange cloth. The man is a devotee receiving a head blessing; no candidate is identifiable from appearance, so no a person is claimed.

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August 02 20102010-08-02August 01 20102010-08-01Outdoor photo under a tin-roofed pavilion at an ashram event. A long-haired man in an orange saffron robe with a red tilak on his forehead smiles while placing his right hand on the head of a man bending forward, who wears a white shirt and a rudraksha mala. Behind them, a man in a white shirt and glasses smiles, and a colourful deity murti with a red-and-gold backdrop stands in the background. Several other people are partly visible at the edges.2010-02-10A close photograph of a young man in dark-rimmed glasses and a cream-and-navy striped polo shirt, head bowed with eyes lowered, while an unseen person in an orange garment reaches in from the right to place a hand on his forehead. Behind them an orange draped cloth hangs on the left and a carved dark stone pillar with relief figures stands on the right. A second hand appears blurred at the lower edge.2010-08-03A photograph of a seated man in saffron-orange silk draped over his shoulders, with a rudraksha mala around his neck, placing his hand on the head of a bowing man in a grey kurta and a gold chain. The bowing man, wearing a wristwatch and gold ring, holds a framed photograph or plaque. Behind them, a shaven-headed priest in white dhoti and shawl with a gold chain stands near a dark wooden board with white lettering and a pink-orange wall with a patterned curtain. Fruit and flowers sit on a tray at the lower edge. a person (saffron silk, rudraksha mala) appears to be giving blessing to a devotee who is bowing with a framed offering, consistent with a darshan-style blessing.2010-08-28April 19 20182018-04-19Photograph of an indoor devotional encounter. A man in glasses and a white kurta with gold-edged trim stands with palms pressed together in namaste, eyes lowered, and holds a folded white paper. A figure in an orange turban, orange shawl and layered gold beaded necklace leans in and touches the man's forehead with one hand, smiling; bangles and a bead bracelet are visible on the wrist. Behind them, several people stand, and framed portraits hang on a pink wall, one showing a figure in yellow clothing. a person: the orange turban, orange shawl, gold necklace and bare-shouldered orange garment are the presentation cues for the figure giving the forehead blessing; the appearance cues are only partly clear, so this is recorded as unsure.2012-02-09May 23 20122012-05-23 +2 copiesA photograph of a close-up outdoor scene where a man in a white garment has his head touched on the forehead by a hand of a person in orange robes, at right. Behind them, another person in orange stands with eyes lowered, and a man at upper right wears a white kurta with a yellow shawl and a red tilak on his forehead. The setting shows orange and red cloth in the background.2010-08-02 +1 copiesPhotograph of a man in a saffron-orange robe and orange turban placing his right hand on the forehead of a younger man in glasses and a white collared shirt, who has his eyes closed and head bowed. The robed figure has long dark hair under the turban and wears a bare-faced, focused expression. Behind them a wooden railing and a few seated, blurred onlookers in a plain interior room with a ceiling light. The scene looks like a blessing or initiation moment.January 10 20182018-01-10Photograph inside a temple hall with ornate golden pillars and a deity murti decorated with garlands behind. A man with long dark hair, wearing an orange-saffron shawl and orange clothing, places his right hand on the head of a bowed devotee; a probable Swamiji candidate, given long swept-back hair and saffron robes, while the appearance is distinct enough to label as probable. Two devotees in white with yellow shawls kneel and bow with folded hands, one holding a small white card. A man in white with a yellow shawl stands at right. A woman in orange sari stands in the background near the altar with a red cloth and orange-draped stool in front. Several bangles and a rudraksha-style bead bracelet are visible.2010-01-02 +2 copies