A night photograph outdoors on dark dirt ground. A man in an orange saffron wrap and bare shoulder holds a rudraksha mala in his hands and gazes upward. Beside him a man in a white short-sleeved shirt and white dhoti, wearing a dark beaded necklace, walks with his hands together and looks ahead. Both are barefoot or in sandals, lit by a faint flash against the black background. - Nithyanandapedia

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A night photograph outdoors on dark dirt ground. A man in an orange saffron wrap and bare shoulder holds a rudraksha mala in his hands and gazes upward. Beside him a man in a white short-sleeved shirt and white dhoti, wearing a dark beaded necklace, walks with his hands together and looks ahead. Both are barefoot or in sandals, lit by a faint flash against the black background.

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