A smiling man with wet, swept-back black hair stands waist-deep in a river, bare-chested and wrapped in a wet saffron-orange cloth draped over his shoulder and around his waist. A small red mark is visible on his forehead. Behind him, blurred boats and people line the river at a distant bank. The water is brownish and rippling in soft daylight. - Nithyanandapedia

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A smiling man with wet, swept-back black hair stands waist-deep in a river, bare-chested and wrapped in a wet saffron-orange cloth draped over his shoulder and around his waist. A small red mark is visible on his forehead. Behind him, blurred boats and people line the river at a distant bank. The water is brownish and rippling in soft daylight.

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