Close photo of a bare-chested man with short hair and a trimmed beard sitting with palms pressed together in anjali mudra and eyes closed in meditation. He wears a dark rudraksha mala and a white sacred thread over his shoulder. Behind him, several other devotees sit with hands folded in prayer; their faces are blurred or partly out of frame. The setting is a group satsang or meditation session. - Nithyanandapedia

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Close photo of a bare-chested man with short hair and a trimmed beard sitting with palms pressed together in anjali mudra and eyes closed in meditation. He wears a dark rudraksha mala and a white sacred thread over his shoulder. Behind him, several other devotees sit with hands folded in prayer; their faces are blurred or partly out of frame. The setting is a group satsang or meditation session.

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