Photograph of a young boy with a shaved head, white vertical tilak on his forehead and a small red dot, dressed in orange cloth with maroon-edged borders and a maroon velvet waist sash. He holds a small brass handbell in his right hand and stands with a serious expression. Behind him, other orange-robed people stand with palms pressed together in namaste. - Nithyanandapedia

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Photograph of a young boy with a shaved head, white vertical tilak on his forehead and a small red dot, dressed in orange cloth with maroon-edged borders and a maroon velvet waist sash. He holds a small brass handbell in his right hand and stands with a serious expression. Behind him, other orange-robed people stand with palms pressed together in namaste.

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April 06 2013

Close photograph of a young boy with a closely shaved head and eyes closed in meditation. He wears a white horizontal tilak across his forehead with a red dot at the centre, and an orange saffron shawl with a red satin border draped over his shoulder. A strand of rudraksha beads with silver spacers hangs around his neck. The background is blurred with other figures in pale clothing. This is a sannyasi-style boy in devotional posture, and no appearance-based a person identification is made.

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