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A screenshot-style frame from a video, with a central panel showing a bare-chested man with dark curly hair and a rudraksha mala around his neck. He wears a reddish-orange shawl draped over one shoulder and orange-brown cloth around his waist, and gestures toward the camera with a raised index finger. He sits near brick walls and construction material, with a dusty cloth bag hanging at left. Side panels show blurred close-ups of feet and bare hands against a dark red border with a KAILASA's a person Ashram-style logo at top right.A three-panel graphic slideshow slide with a dark red border and KAILASA's Hindu logo at top right. The left panel shows a damaged temple shrine with a deity murti behind metal bars, labelled 'Temple destroyed by JCB'. The centre panel shows a man in a rust-orange garment with a shawl sitting on broken bricks amid rubble, one arm extended, labelled 'Hindu monk protecting temple from JCB and thugs, at the cost of his life'. The right panel shows a yellow JCB excavator demolishing a building into a heap of bricks, labelled 'JCB and thugs destroying the temple, in spite of High Court order'. A caption band below reads a June 2020 claim about a temple in Varanasi.A photograph of a dusty, unfinished construction site of bare reddish-brown earth. Excavated trenches and mounds of soil and rubble fill the foreground, with a small flat concrete slab or stone block lying in the cleared ground at centre. Scattered loose stones and debris are visible, and a row of young trees with a few distant structures and a hazy sky stands in the background. No people or ritual activity are visible.2007-03-29A photograph of storm damage in a village street: a large uprooted tree lies across muddy, debris-strewn ground with its root mass torn upward and dark silt piled beneath it. Behind it stands an orange two-storey building with an exterior staircase, a white pillared veranda with a red tiled roof on the left, and a parked motorcycle near a gate. No people are visible.2012-01-06A graphic panel titled with a KAILASA logo showing a photograph on the left of a man in a rust-orange garment and dhoti, seated amid rubble and broken bricks beside a dark doorway, one arm outstretched in protest. A caption reads Hindu sannyasi protecting temple from JCB and thugs, at the cost of his life. On the right, a block of white text on a dark red background gives a first-person statement about a year of harassment, destruction of a deity and blocked puja, and a plan to take the matter to High Court, signed Shantimayananda Swami. The sannyasi is a physical person in the photograph; the graphic itself contains no other people.A dark slideshow frame with a small video still in the centre showing a figure seen from behind, with long dark hair and an orange-red garment, standing outdoors before a blurred street scene with buildings and people in the distance. A KAILASA's Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam style logo appears at the upper right on a dark red border.A screenshot of a video frame with a dark red border, shown in a central vertical panel against blurred foliage, with a KAILASA's Onhu logo at upper right. A bespectacled man with a shaved head, a red-brown tilak on his forehead, and a full greying beard, wearing a dark green garment, smiles and speaks toward the camera beneath a leafy tree canopy in daylight.A close-up photograph of bare reddish-brown soil dotted with sparse green grass tufts and small pebbles. A smooth flat rock sits at upper left, with a few small stones beside it, and several shallow hollows and mounds are scattered across the dirt. No people, deities, ritual objects or structures are visible.2012-07-24January 22 20082008-01-22A photograph of a long-haired man in an orange saffron wrap and a white and yellow flower garland standing beside a large, thick-trunked tree with pale grey bark. He smiles and rests his right hand on the trunk. Behind him are palm trees, a white wall, and a railing on a raised concrete platform. A second person in orange clothing is partly visible at the left edge.A photograph of a cleared, excavated hillside with terraced red-brown earth and exposed soil cuts. A small patch of green leafy plants sits on one ledge. Scattered piles of grey gravel and rubble lie along the upper edge near a few young trees, and a silver car is parked on the rise. Low houses or structures appear faintly in the distant background under a hazy sky. No people are visible.2007-03-29A KAILASA graphic titled PERSECUTION OF HINDUS CONTINUES, Hindu Temple Attacked, with a dark maroon and gold layout. Top panels show an ancient stone chariot wheel and a sunlit ruined temple gateway beside a colourful gopuram being demolished by a yellow excavator amid rubble. The middle banner reads We Request Your Support to Protect Our Temple. The bottom row shows a painted battle scene of warriors with swords, three photos of a saffron-robed person lying on hospital beds with faces blurred, and a saffron-clad figure with rudraksha beads being restrained by another person in a street scene. The footer bears the kailaasa.org website and copyright line.2023-08-17