A photograph of a person in an orange-red sleeveless garment, leaning forward through dense bluish-white smoke or incense haze. Dark, tousled hair falls forward and a strand of dark beads hangs from the neck. The figure's face is obscured by the smoke and the upper arm is bare. The smoke fills the left side of the frame. - Nithyanandapedia

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A photograph of a person in an orange-red sleeveless garment, leaning forward through dense bluish-white smoke or incense haze. Dark, tousled hair falls forward and a strand of dark beads hangs from the neck. The figure's face is obscured by the smoke and the upper arm is bare. The smoke fills the left side of the frame.

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A photograph taken through heavy drifting smoke or incense haze shows a person in an orange sleeveless top bent forward at the waist, head lowered, with a dark beaded mala hanging from the hands. Pale carved stone architecture is blurred at left. The figure's face is largely obscured by the haze. The image conveys an act of worship or prayer amid incense smoke.

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