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November 16 2011

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November 16 20112011-11-16November 16 20112011-11-16November 16 20112011-11-16March 27 20132013-03-27May 31 20122012-05-31March 27 20132013-03-27June 24 20122012-06-24 +1 copiesMay 03 20122012-05-03A photograph of a long-haired man in an orange-and-gold silk sash with rudraksha mala necklaces and beaded bracelets placing his right hand on the forehead of a devotee with glasses and a shaved head. The devotee, dressed in white, has hands folded in prayer. Other devotees in white stand with palms pressed together in namaskar, and a rudraksha mala hangs from one man's neck. A large backdrop portrait shows a smiling woman with flowers and warm orange light. The man in orange has long hair and distinctive ceremonial adornments, a person by appearance. Roughly six to ten people are visible.2011-11-15A photograph of a devotional gathering in an indoor hall. In the centre-right, a young man in an orange-saffron cloth draped over his shoulder, with a rudraksha mala and rudraksha bracelet, bows his head and holds a folded paper toward a man in a white shirt who receives it with both hands. Several men stand around them in white shirts and white dhotis, palms pressed together in anjali, one with a rudraksha mala and another with a tilak. A framed portrait of a smiling woman with long hair hangs on the wall at upper right, and a projector screen glows behind the group.2011-11-08A man in a saffron-orange robe and a long rudraksha-style mala of red beads with gold beads stands at right, holding a folded white paper in one hand while placing his other hand on the head of a bald, white-clad elderly devotee who bends forward with palms pressed together. Gold bangles adorn his arms and a red tilak marks his forehead; his hair is swept back. Behind them, other white-clad devotees stand with hands folded, a saffron-robed attendant is visible at left, and a gilded deity murti with a red canopy and maroon drapes forms the backdrop of the hall. a person (in_person cues: long swept-back hair, saffron robe, ornate gold and bead necklace) performing a blessing on the devotee.2013-05-19Photograph of a ritual initiation in an ashram hall. A man in a rust-red robe with a gold-bead necklace and an orange shawl stands at right, applying a hand to the head of a devotee, with white sacred ash marks on his forehead and an orange-and-white cloth in his left hand. Several devotees in white and black clothing stand in a line with palms pressed together or hands folded, waiting for the blessing. Behind them are a white-clad attendant at right, a screen showing a deity image, a red curtain, and colourful painted deity panels on the wall.2013-04-07