Darshan (Indian religions)
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In Indian religions, Darshana, also spelt Darshan, or Darshanam (darśanam) is the auspicious sight of a deity or a holy person.
Blessing
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In religion, a blessing is the impartation of something with grace, holiness, spiritual redemption, or divine will.
![St. Sergius blesses Dmitry Donskoy to fight Mamay, 1919, by Aleksandr Novoskoltsev [ru]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B9_%D0%A1%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B3%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D0%B1%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BB%D1%8F%D0%B5%D1%82_%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BE_%D0%BA%D0%BD%D1%8F%D0%B7%D1%8F_%D0%94%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%8F_%D0%94%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BE_%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%B2%D1%8B%D1%81%D1%82%D1%83%D0%BF%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B5_%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%B2_%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B8_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%8F_01.jpg/500px-%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B9_%D0%A1%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B3%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D0%B1%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BB%D1%8F%D0%B5%D1%82_%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BE_%D0%BA%D0%BD%D1%8F%D0%B7%D1%8F_%D0%94%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%8F_%D0%94%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BE_%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%B2%D1%8B%D1%81%D1%82%D1%83%D0%BF%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B5_%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%B2_%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B8_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%8F_01.jpg)
Isaac Blessing Jacob, painting by Govert Flinck (Rijksmuseum Amsterdam)
Position in which a Jewish kohen places his hands and fingers during the Priestly Blessing, detail of a mozaic in the Synagoge of Enschede, Netherlands
A bishop blesses a girl with the sign of cross on her forehead during Confirmation in the catholic church