Close side view of a man with short dark hair and wire-rimmed glasses sitting with palms pressed together in anjali mudra, head bowed in prayer or devotion. He wears a black crew-neck top and a long rudraksha mala of brown beads with silver spacers around his neck, and a silver ring on his left hand. Behind him, out-of-focus figures in dark clothing fill a hall. - Nithyanandapedia

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Close side view of a man with short dark hair and wire-rimmed glasses sitting with palms pressed together in anjali mudra, head bowed in prayer or devotion. He wears a black crew-neck top and a long rudraksha mala of brown beads with silver spacers around his neck, and a silver ring on his left hand. Behind him, out-of-focus figures in dark clothing fill a hall.

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July 14 2013

A bald man with a red bindi and white sacred ash lines on his forehead sits with eyes closed and palms pressed together in namaste. He wears a rudraksha mala around his neck and multiple rudraksha bracelets on his wrists, with a small pendant and a bare shoulder visible. Behind him, a blurred hall holds many seated people in white clothing on mats, with framed artwork on the wall. A figure with long hair and a bare back is partly visible at the left edge. Appearance is not sufficient to confirm an identity, so the person is described by role as a devotee in prayer.

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Photograph of a man in a black collared shirt and thin-framed glasses standing with palms pressed together in namaste at chest level, eyes lifted and closed in devotion. Fine white powder dusts his face, forehead and shirt. A rudraksha-style bead necklace hangs at his collar. Behind him, blurred people in dark and light clothing stand in a hall, one shirtless figure visible. Photo taken during a group gathering. No identifying claim is made from appearance; the man is a devotee with folded hands.

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Three devotees sit close together in a dim hall with their eyes closed and palms pressed in anjali mudra. In the foreground, a middle-aged man with short dark hair wears a rudraksha mala around his neck and a light-coloured shirt. To his left, a woman in dark clothing with glasses also holds her hands in prayer, and at right a young person in glasses and a white shirt bows with hands joined. The background is blurred with warm red tones.

Photograph of a seated group of devotees in a hall during a ritual, many with bare upper bodies and white ritual cloths. In the foreground a bald man with glasses and a dark rudraksha mala, with white sacred ash on his forehead and gold bangles, presses his palms together in anjali mudra with eyes lowered. Beside him a man with a bare chest and reddish-brown beaded necklace also sits with hands folded. Lit oil lamps and a pink mat are visible on the floor, with orange-robed figures blurred in the background. Whether the foreground man is a person cannot be determined from appearance alone.

A close photograph of a bald, bare-chested man seated in a hall, eyes closed and palms pressed together in anjali mudra at chest height. He wears a long chain of rudraksha malas across his chest, a gold bead bracelet, a small gold earring, and a red bindi with white vibhuti lines on his forehead. Behind him, blurred figures sit in white clothes on mats, with a person with long hair in the left foreground edge.