Five young men in white dhotis with gold borders and rudraksha malas stand in a row outdoors at night, hands folded or palms pressed together in namaskar. A red pillar and an orange cloth hang behind them, with a dark tree and a striped wall at the left. No a person candidate is visible, so the group is shown as devotees. - Nithyanandapedia

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Five young men in white dhotis with gold borders and rudraksha malas stand in a row outdoors at night, hands folded or palms pressed together in namaskar. A red pillar and an orange cloth hang behind them, with a dark tree and a striped wall at the left. No a person candidate is visible, so the group is shown as devotees.

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Six young men stand in a row at night outdoors, wearing white dhoti-style cloth with gold borders, bare upper bodies draped with white shawls, and dark rudraksha malas around their necks. Several have their palms pressed together in anjali, one stands with hands folded at waist, and one wears a tilak on his forehead. A red pillar and a hanging orange cloth frame the scene, with a microphone at the left edge. No single figure is identified as a person; the group appears to be devotees or sannyasi-trainees in ritual attire.

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Three young men in white dhoti-style garments with gold borders sit in a row before microphones at night, performing chanting or recitation. Each wears a rudraksha mala draped across the chest and rudraksha bracelets on the wrists. Two have white sacred ash marks on their foreheads; the centre man wears red-framed glasses and the man on the right wears green-framed glasses. The background is dark. No candidate for a person is identifiable by appearance here.

A photograph of seated men in white dhotis with gold borders and rudraksha malas during a ritual at an event, with hands raised in devotional gesture. The central man wears gold-rimmed glasses and orange-saffron cord, and sits beside a man with grey hair in a rudraksha mala. A man in a white kurta sits at right, and an orange cloth and red cushion lie in the foreground. Behind them is a golden ornate draped backdrop and a red-covered table.