A photo of a person in orange silk clothing with a gold-bordered wrap standing beside an ornate copper-and-brass pillar draped with red and yellow marigold garlands. The person has long dark hair, a red tilak on the forehead, a gold armlet, and a rudraksha-style necklace of beads, and holds small flowers and an offering in cupped hands. Outdoors in dim evening light with trees behind. - Nithyanandapedia

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A photo of a person in orange silk clothing with a gold-bordered wrap standing beside an ornate copper-and-brass pillar draped with red and yellow marigold garlands. The person has long dark hair, a red tilak on the forehead, a gold armlet, and a rudraksha-style necklace of beads, and holds small flowers and an offering in cupped hands. Outdoors in dim evening light with trees behind.

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A photo of a long-haired man in an orange-saffron dhoti and shawl, wearing a multi-strand gold necklace with large gold beads, gold armlets and bangles, and a red tilak on his forehead. He stands before a carved stone pillar or altar wrapped in red and yellow marigold garlands, holding small white flowers and a red bloom in both hands at his chest with eyes lowered. Trees blur in the background. Appearance cues are consistent with a person performing a flower offering, though the face is not used for identification.

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