A man with swept-back dark hair and a red bindi on his forehead stands with palms pressed together in namaste before a brass offering tray. He wears a pale yellow shawl over a blue-patterned garment and a long rudraksha mala of brown beads. Wisps of incense smoke rise from a brass bowl at the lower right, and the warm, blurred background suggests a temple interior. - Nithyanandapedia

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A man with swept-back dark hair and a red bindi on his forehead stands with palms pressed together in namaste before a brass offering tray. He wears a pale yellow shawl over a blue-patterned garment and a long rudraksha mala of brown beads. Wisps of incense smoke rise from a brass bowl at the lower right, and the warm, blurred background suggests a temple interior.

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