A man with long dark swept-back hair and an orange sleeveless top stands at left, reaching forward to place his right palm on the forehead of an older man in glasses and a white shirt, who has his hands pressed together in namaste. A third man at left holds a camera. Behind them a woman in white and a figure in white stand in a room with orange walls and a red cloth-covered table. - Nithyanandapedia

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A man with long dark swept-back hair and an orange sleeveless top stands at left, reaching forward to place his right palm on the forehead of an older man in glasses and a white shirt, who has his hands pressed together in namaste. A third man at left holds a camera. Behind them a woman in white and a figure in white stand in a room with orange walls and a red cloth-covered table.

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A photograph of an evening darshan in an ashram hall. A man with long, swept-back dark hair wears an orange sleeveless saffron garment and holds a golden kalasha-style vessel in his left hand while pressing his right palm to the forehead of an elderly man in a white collared shirt. The elderly man, with grey hair, has his hands folded at his chest. Behind them a woman in a dark patterned top and a woman in white stand watching, and ornamental fabric banners with yellow and blue patterns hang from the ceiling.

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