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August 02 2010

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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.2010-08-02A 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.2010-08-03April 19 20182018-04-19Outdoor 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.2010-02-10October 08 20062006-10-08August 01 20102010-08-01January 10 20182018-01-10A close photograph of a seated man in an orange saffron wrap with a red bindi on his forehead and long dark hair swept back, raising his right hand toward the head of a younger man in a white collared shirt who bows forward with his head lowered. The orange backdrop behind them is a large saffron-coloured cushion or seat, and a blurred gold ornament is visible at the top. The scene suggests a blessing being given, with the palm held just above the bowed head.2010-07-29June 18 20132013-06-18May 23 20122012-05-23 +2 copiesApril 19 20182018-04-19A photograph of a man in a checked light-green shirt and glasses, hands pressed together in namaste, having his forehead touched by a bare-chested man with long dark hair and a white flower garland. The garland-wearing man has white sacred ash markings on his arm and an orange-and-red cloth wrapped at his waist, with dark rudraksha-style beads at his chest. Behind them, a man in white stands with hands folded, and an arched hall with blue-shuttered windows and a ceiling fan is visible. a person: the bare-chested garland-wearing man with long swept hair and saffron-orange cloth is giving blessing to the devotee, a touch on the forehead. The setting suggests a darshan or blessing moment.2012-05-24