Close photo of a young man in a white kurta with white horizontal sacred ash bands and a red kumkum dot on his forehead, hands pressed together in anjali mudra. A brown rudraksha mala hangs at his neck beside a blue lanyard. Behind him, a second man in white with a red tilak on his forehead stands in a dim interior with warm lamplight. - Nithyanandapedia

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Close photo of a young man in a white kurta with white horizontal sacred ash bands and a red kumkum dot on his forehead, hands pressed together in anjali mudra. A brown rudraksha mala hangs at his neck beside a blue lanyard. Behind him, a second man in white with a red tilak on his forehead stands in a dim interior with warm lamplight.

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Close photograph of a shaved-headed devotee in a white dhoti-style wrap with a red border, seated with palms pressed together in namaskar. He wears a rudraksha mala and a red-brown tilak on his forehead. Behind him, other devotees in white clothing sit with hands folded, and a partial figure is visible at the right edge in the same white attire. The setting appears to be a temple or ashram hall during an evening ritual.

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A photograph of two shaved-headed young men in white dhoti-style clothing with red-and-white borders, wearing rudraksha malas. The man in the foreground, facing the camera, has white and red forehead markings and a small vertical tilak mark, and holds his shoulders bare under a white cloth. Behind him, a second man with a similar white cloth and mala stands slightly out of focus against wooden cabinetry and shelves.

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