A man with long dark swept-back hair and a red bindi, eyes closed and wearing a flowing saffron-orange shawl over his body, walks forward in a courtyard. Behind him a man in white holds a bowl of red and yellow flower petals, and other men in white and a yellow shawl stand nearby. A bell hangs from the orange wall beside a dark board with white lettering. - Nithyanandapedia

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A man with long dark swept-back hair and a red bindi, eyes closed and wearing a flowing saffron-orange shawl over his body, walks forward in a courtyard. Behind him a man in white holds a bowl of red and yellow flower petals, and other men in white and a yellow shawl stand nearby. A bell hangs from the orange wall beside a dark board with white lettering.

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