A close photograph of a young shaved-headed man with eyes closed in meditation, wearing a white dhoti-style cloth with a maroon border and a heavy multi-bead gold necklace of ornate gold beads. A white horizontal tilak with a red dot marks his forehead. Behind him, orange cloth and a brass lamp or puja vessel are visible, and another person's shaved head appears at the lower right edge. - Nithyanandapedia

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A close photograph of a young shaved-headed man with eyes closed in meditation, wearing a white dhoti-style cloth with a maroon border and a heavy multi-bead gold necklace of ornate gold beads. A white horizontal tilak with a red dot marks his forehead. Behind him, orange cloth and a brass lamp or puja vessel are visible, and another person's shaved head appears at the lower right edge.

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