Close photo of a smiling man with long, loose dark hair and a red bindi on his forehead. He wears a cream dhoti-style cloth with gold borders draped over one shoulder, leaving the other shoulder bare, and a heavy multi-strand gold necklace of barrel-shaped beads with a large gold pendant. Background is a blurred pale stone wall and a dark car at left. - Nithyanandapedia

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Close photo of a smiling man with long, loose dark hair and a red bindi on his forehead. He wears a cream dhoti-style cloth with gold borders draped over one shoulder, leaving the other shoulder bare, and a heavy multi-strand gold necklace of barrel-shaped beads with a large gold pendant. Background is a blurred pale stone wall and a dark car at left.

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