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July 20 20112011-07-20A photograph of a ritual blessing. A young man with long dark hair and a crown-free head wears an orange saffron wrap, a mala of rudraksha beads, and bare shoulders, and presses one palm on the top of the head of a seated man in a white collared shirt with hands joined in prayer. The seated man wears a lanyard and a name badge. Behind them, a man in white kurta with glasses stands near a woman in a white top, with a red curtain and a pale wall in the background.2011-07-20A seated man in saffron-orange robes with a gold-toned multi-strand necklace and matching armbands places his right hand on the forehead of a young man seated in a wheelchair. The orange-robed man holds a folded paper in his left hand. The young man wears a striped grey-and-white button shirt and grey trousers, with a lanyard badge. Behind them a man in a white dhoti with a gold border and a dark rudraksha mala stands with hands together, and an older bald man in white is partly visible at right. A standing man in a white shirt watches at right. Small packaged sweets sit on a red tray at lower left, and a water bottle is on the left edge.2012-04-06A photograph of a seated man in an orange saffron garment with a gold-toned shawl, layered rudraksha-style beaded necklaces and orange armbands, sitting on a red cushioned dais. He holds a small card in one hand while placing the other hand on the forehead of a seated young man in a striped grey shirt and grey trousers, wearing a visitor-style badge, who sits in a wheelchair. Behind them a standing man in a white dhoti with a gold border and a beaded mala waits, and a red box of small packets sits on the dais at left. A green painted tree backdrop and a patterned tiger-print cloth frame the scene in a plain room. a person: the saffron-robed man with long swept-back hair and layered beaded necklaces is the appearance-based candidate, shown giving a blessing.2012-04-06A seated man in an orange sleeveless robe with long, wavy dark hair places his right palm on the forehead of an older man kneeling before him. The older man wears a white shirt and a dark rudraksha-style mala, with his palms joined in anjali mudra. Behind them, people in white dhotis and orange or yellow shawls stand near a table holding brass vessels. An orange cloth covers the floor, and a red border runs along the wall. The scene appears to be a blessing or darshan moment.2010-07-07A photograph of a blessing moment indoors against a plain white wall with a ceiling fan at the top. A person in an orange saffron garment and a bare shoulder, hair in a bun, wearing copper-coloured bangles, stands behind a older man in glasses and a white short-sleeved shirt, placing a hand on his forehead. The man stands with hands together near his waist. Behind them a seated man in white with a rudraksha mala and a shaved-head priest in orange stand near; to the right a woman in a white sari with a grey blouse watches. The swami figure's identity is only an appearance-based guess, so this is a probable depiction of a blessing scene with the orange-clad person giving a forehead blessing to a devotee.2012-04-06A seated man in a rust-red saffron-toned garment with an orange-beaded mala and a gold-toned necklace places his right hand on the forehead of an older, grey-haired Western man in a white shirt who bows with palms pressed together. The blessed man wears a lanyard-style badge. Behind them a seated monk in red robes with a red bindi and a rudraksha-style mala waits, and several people in white clothes stand in the background near a window. The white forehead marking on the standing man matches the blessing gesture. Pale pink walls and a red cushioned seat complete the room.2013-03-24A seated man in a saffron-orange dhoti and shawl, wearing long swept-back dark hair, multiple rudraksha malas and ornate gold-bead necklaces, reaches to touch the forehead of a man in a white kurta who wears rudraksha beads and a lanyard badge reading SPECIAL ATTENTION NEEDS. The saffron-clad figure with the long hair and gold-and-rudraksha adornments is a probable Swamiji candidate; the blessing gesture suggests darshan. Behind them, a woman in a golden-yellow sari with a white forehead mark, and other people in white clothes, stand near a red curtain and metal railing in an indoor hall.2013-07-03A photograph of a long-haired man in rust-red robes and an orange beaded necklace, seated on a red cushion, extending his right hand to bless the forehead of an older bald man in a white shirt and orange shawl. A younger man in white with a tilak sits behind them, and other people in white stand in the background of a bright hall. Swamiji (probable) is the seated man in red robes with long swept-back hair and an orange mala, giving a blessing. The blessed elder is receiving darshan with hands raised in namaskar. Other visible people include a white-clad attendant with a tilak and devotees in white.2013-04-01May 14 20132013-05-14February 25 20132013-02-25March 23 20082008-03-23