A young sadhu stands before a massive banyan tree with many hanging aerial roots. He wears an orange saffron wrap, a leopard-print headwrap with a braided topknot, a long rudraksha mala with red beads, and white sacred ash markings on his arms and forehead. He holds a small silver bell and a shallow brass lamp in one hand and a bell in the other, appearing to perform a ritual offering outdoors. - Nithyanandapedia

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A young sadhu stands before a massive banyan tree with many hanging aerial roots. He wears an orange saffron wrap, a leopard-print headwrap with a braided topknot, a long rudraksha mala with red beads, and white sacred ash markings on his arms and forehead. He holds a small silver bell and a shallow brass lamp in one hand and a bell in the other, appearing to perform a ritual offering outdoors.

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