Close photo of two men facing each other in warm, dim light. The man on the left, with curly dark hair, wears an orange-saffron garment and lays his right palm on the forehead of the man on the right, who has short dark hair, closed eyes and a faint smile, and wears a white garment. The second man's left hand is raised near the first man's hand. A blurred figure stands in the dark background. - Nithyanandapedia

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Close photo of two men facing each other in warm, dim light. The man on the left, with curly dark hair, wears an orange-saffron garment and lays his right palm on the forehead of the man on the right, who has short dark hair, closed eyes and a faint smile, and wears a white garment. The second man's left hand is raised near the first man's hand. A blurred figure stands in the dark background.

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