Night photograph of a shaved-headed man in an orange-saffron cloth wrap, with a gold-coloured ornamental necklace and bangle, raising a lit oil lamp with a long flame in his right hand while a small metal vessel is held in his left. Smoke or incense haze fills the dark background. Several devotees in orange and red garments and white wraps stand behind him, some with hands folded in prayer. - Nithyanandapedia

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Night photograph of a shaved-headed man in an orange-saffron cloth wrap, with a gold-coloured ornamental necklace and bangle, raising a lit oil lamp with a long flame in his right hand while a small metal vessel is held in his left. Smoke or incense haze fills the dark background. Several devotees in orange and red garments and white wraps stand behind him, some with hands folded in prayer.

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