Photograph of a man in a white kurta with a rudraksha mala and a small red tilak on his forehead, leaning in to hold the shaved head of another man seated in a white chair, who wears an orange shawl over white clothes. A white-clad man stands at the right edge in an orange shawl, and a metal lighting truss and white backdrop are behind them. Indoor event setting. - Nithyanandapedia

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Photograph of a man in a white kurta with a rudraksha mala and a small red tilak on his forehead, leaning in to hold the shaved head of another man seated in a white chair, who wears an orange shawl over white clothes. A white-clad man stands at the right edge in an orange shawl, and a metal lighting truss and white backdrop are behind them. Indoor event setting.

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