Photograph of a shaved-headed man in white ritual clothing with yellow borders reading a small printed book with red cover held in both hands. He wears a rudraksha mala around his neck and a vertical tilak mark on his forehead. Warm orange-peach wall in the background, soft lighting, and a blurred wooden object at left. - Nithyanandapedia

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Photograph of a shaved-headed man in white ritual clothing with yellow borders reading a small printed book with red cover held in both hands. He wears a rudraksha mala around his neck and a vertical tilak mark on his forehead. Warm orange-peach wall in the background, soft lighting, and a blurred wooden object at left.

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A seated man in saffron-orange robes reads a spiral-bound booklet resting on his lap. He has a white horizontal forehead band with a dark bindi, a dark swept-back hairstyle, and wears layered rudraksha and clear crystal beaded necklaces. He sits barefoot in a brown leather armchair, with green plants and a dark red curtain in the background.

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