A devotee in white dhoti and shirt with gold border bows forehead-first against a black stone murti of a seated sage in orange cloth, wearing a saffron head wrap and a rudraksha mala. The murti is garlanded with yellow and red marigolds and white flowers, set beside a silver-coloured arched frame under green trees on a dirt ground with scattered petals. - Nithyanandapedia

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A devotee in white dhoti and shirt with gold border bows forehead-first against a black stone murti of a seated sage in orange cloth, wearing a saffron head wrap and a rudraksha mala. The murti is garlanded with yellow and red marigolds and white flowers, set beside a silver-coloured arched frame under green trees on a dirt ground with scattered petals.

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