A smiling man with long dark hair stands beside an open white van door in a parking lot, palms pressed together in namaste. He wears a cream embroidered kurta with a white shawl draped over his shoulder. In the foreground, a silver kalasha with a green leaf and white flowers sits on a tray. Parked cars and bare trees fill the background. A figure sits inside the van. - Nithyanandapedia

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A smiling man with long dark hair stands beside an open white van door in a parking lot, palms pressed together in namaste. He wears a cream embroidered kurta with a white shawl draped over his shoulder. In the foreground, a silver kalasha with a green leaf and white flowers sits on a tray. Parked cars and bare trees fill the background. A figure sits inside the van.

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