A photograph of a silver tray held aloft by a raised hand, piled with yellow and orange marigold garlands and draped with a bright red cloth. Behind it, a man with dark hair and a yellow tilak on his forehead looks on, and another hand is visible at right. The background is a blurred urban street with a brick wall and pale buildings. - Nithyanandapedia

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A photograph of a silver tray held aloft by a raised hand, piled with yellow and orange marigold garlands and draped with a bright red cloth. Behind it, a man with dark hair and a yellow tilak on his forehead looks on, and another hand is visible at right. The background is a blurred urban street with a brick wall and pale buildings.

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