A photograph of monastic devotees in orange robes seated on a concrete floor during a ritual. A man with hair tied back, wearing an orange shawl over an orange robe, cups his hands holding a small yellow flower. A younger man in pale orange sits in the foreground at right, and another orange-robed man with a rudraksha mala sits behind him. A white cloth lies on the floor at left. - Nithyanandapedia

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A photograph of monastic devotees in orange robes seated on a concrete floor during a ritual. A man with hair tied back, wearing an orange shawl over an orange robe, cups his hands holding a small yellow flower. A younger man in pale orange sits in the foreground at right, and another orange-robed man with a rudraksha mala sits behind him. A white cloth lies on the floor at left.

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