Outdoor photo of a group splashing water during a river-side outing. A woman in the centre with glasses and dark hair, wearing an orange shawl over dark trousers and rudraksha beads, lifts both hands to her head as water sprays around her. Several companions in orange robes and white clothes surround her, some with hands raised, amid spray on rocky ground near flowing water. - Nithyanandapedia

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Outdoor photo of a group splashing water during a river-side outing. A woman in the centre with glasses and dark hair, wearing an orange shawl over dark trousers and rudraksha beads, lifts both hands to her head as water sprays around her. Several companions in orange robes and white clothes surround her, some with hands raised, amid spray on rocky ground near flowing water.

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