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A man with a white vertical tilak on his forehead, red kumkum dot, red and gold ceremonial wrap, and layered red rudraksha bracelets and necklace places his right palm on the head of a man in a white-and-grey striped polo shirt. The devotee stands with eyes lowered and hands raised. Behind them a man in an orange scarf and a white-haired man in an orange scarf look on, and a woman in white stands near the gold figure in the foreground. Red velvet curtains hang in the background. a person (wears rudraksha malas and ceremonial red-gold wrap; figure is in the centre of a blessing gesture). The gold object in the lower left appears to be a ceremonial vessel.

September 29 2013

November 20 2013

Indoor satsang-style setting with red curtains. A bare-shouldered man with hair in a bun, wearing a red and gold dhoti-style cloth and a red-bead necklace and bracelets, extends his arm and palm toward a man in a grey-and-white striped polo shirt, who stands with palms raised. A gold-coloured object is in the foreground. Behind them, a bearded man in white with an orange shawl and other people in orange shawls and white clothing watch. a person cues are limited to the red-bead adornments and ceremonial red-gold cloth, so the identity is uncertain.

A man with long dark hair pulled back, wearing an ochre-orange sanyasi wrap with a gold-edged border and a rudraksha mala, places his right hand on the forehead of a man in a striped white polo shirt who wears an orange-red scarf and folds his hands in a gesture of reception. Another man in white with a rudraksha mala and orange scarf, with a tilak on his forehead, stands behind. A gold deity murti sits in the lower left, and figures in orange and white are seated in the blurred background. a person performs a blessing. Two-way video-conference event context.

A photograph of a diksha-style blessing in an indoor hall. A woman with hair in a bun and rudraksha beads around her neck, wearing an orange-gold saree, presses her right palm to the forehead of a man with closed eyes who wears a white t-shirt and a red lanyard. Her left hand rests on his chest, and another man stands at right with one palm raised. Behind them, a man in white with an orange shawl stands at the edge of the frame, and red drapes and framed pictures are visible on the wall.

July 11 2012

A seated man in a saffron-orange dhoti and shawl, wearing a long strand of beige beads and a purple-and-blue bead bracelet, reaches forward to touch the forehead of a standing man in a white kurta with an orange-red shawl and hands raised in a blessing gesture. Behind them a woman in maroon and red robes with a mala and a red tilak sits watching, and others in white and red shawls stand in a large hall with an LED screen showing a similar gathering. The scene reads as a blessing or darshan moment during a seminar session. Watermarked Nithyanandapedia archive photo.

Indoor photo of a seated guru in a saffron-orange robe with a beaded mala-style necklace and yellow tilak on his forehead, reaching to touch the forehead of a standing man in a white shirt who is closing his eyes and tilting his head up. The guru sits on a red-upholstered throne with a gilded carved back, and a red and beige decorated backdrop frames the room. The guru's appearance matches the a person cues of ornate saffron clothing, a beaded necklace and a throne, so he is labelled a person in this depiction of a blessing given during satsang-style darshan.

September 20 2015

A long-haired man in a rust-red shawl and wrapped garment, with a rudraksha-style bead necklace, sits at a gilded throne with an orange tasselled canopy and extends his right hand to touch the forehead of a young boy in a white shirt with a red shawl and an event lanyard. Behind them a woman in white with beads sits watching, and several seated devotees in white and red shawls fill the hall in soft evening light. The setting suggests a padapuja or darshan moment at the Bali event.

A photograph of a ceremonial moment indoors before a red draped backdrop. A long-haired figure on the left wears an orange wrap, layered rudraksha malas, a bead-and-chain necklace and a gold-coloured bell belt, with a yellow-orange mark on the forehead; they hold a small object and reach toward the head of a man on the right. That man wears a white shirt, an orange shawl over his shoulders and a pearl necklace, and raises his palm. Behind them, a woman in a white sari with a red bindi and a beaded pendant sits with hands folded, and another woman in white and orange stands at the far right wearing a lanyard badge. The scene resembles a blessing exchange, with people looking on.