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MAy 25 2021

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A scanned archive page from a Nithyanandapedia-style incident table titled Pavala Kundru - The Sacred Hillock, listing location Adi Nithyananda Peetam, Pavazhakundur, Tiruvannamalai, dated 1993. The left column holds a printed description in italic text. The right side shows a handwritten letter of initiation on aged paper with a small photo of a seated figure in orange robes in front of hills pasted at its top. Beside it, a color photograph shows two standing figures in orange robes before a green hillock: one has shorter hair and a lighter wrap, the other is taller with a shaved head and a bare upper body in orange cloth, with a stone wall at the right edge.Kailasa Paramparagatha Arunagiri Yogishwara Adi Arunachala Sarvajnapeetha SamrajyamMay 24 19941994-05-24 +3 copiesA scanned handwritten letter on paper with a small colour photograph pasted at the top. The photograph shows a robed figure with a shaved head seated on a raised platform before a rocky hill and greenery. The lower two-thirds of the page is covered in handwritten lines in a regional script, with a signature near the bottom. No physical people are present in the scan itself.2021-02-22A graphic announcement slide with a dark olive background and a wide mountain-and-evening-sky photograph on the right. On the left, a framed photo shows a young man with a saffron-orange head wrap, rudraksha mala necklaces and a saffron-orange cloth, seated cross-legged in meditation on a stone ledge before green hills. The right side carries golden text marking 27 years since a coronation dated 24 May 1994, with a hilltop light glowing above the peak.2021-05-25Kailasa Paramparagatha Arunagiri Yogishwara Adi Arunachala Sarvajnapeetha SamrajyamJanuary 17 20212021-01-17A framed photograph of a handwritten Tamil letter hangs on a pale wall above a beige surface. The framed page has a dark wooden frame with a gold inner edge. At the top of the page is a small colour photograph of a seated man in orange robes and white garment, sitting on a stone platform in front of a rocky mountain and green shrubs. Below the photo, several lines of handwritten Tamil script fill the page, ending with a date written in the lower left. No physical people are present in the scene.2011-10-24A slide titled "Commendation Letter" in red serif type with a small Swamiji portrait in the top-right corner. Left: a scanned letter on white paper with a green Tamil-script letterhead, dated 4 Jan 2021 and addressed to a Supreme Pontiff. Right: a photograph of a bald man with white vertical forehead markings and a red tilak, wearing a white kurta, a beaded mala, and a yellow shawl, holding a wooden staff-like object, against a blue backdrop. Overlaid text gives his name and titles, with a copyright line at the bottom right.2021-01-05A screenshot of an archive incident page titled "Pavala Kundru - The Sacred Hillock" with a Description column and a Photos panel. The photo shows a bare-chested young man with long dark hair sitting in lotus pose on a rock, wearing a saffron-orange dhoti and rudraksha mala beads, holding a wooden danda staff and a water pot (kamandalu) beside him. Behind him are green grassy hills. The figure has distinctive long hair, saffron dress, rudraksha and staff cues, but the page's no-a person flag and the absence of a clear identifying caption leave the identity uncertain.A four-panel collage graphic with a dark red border showing mountainous, rocky hillside backdrops. Panel one shows an elderly woman in orange robes with rudraksha malas seated in meditation posture on rocks. Panel two shows the same elderly woman in orange with an elderly woman in a pink sari seated together. Panel three shows a young shirtless man with a long rudraksha mala seated cross-legged in orange cloth, labelled as Brahmasukhi. Panel four shows an elderly woman in orange standing beside a younger man in orange with a turban and rudraksha mala holding a staff. A white-bordered caption in the lower part reads that Nithyananda Paramashivam mastered Vedanta, Tantra and Sri Vidya under Mata Vibhutananda Puri and his paternal grandmother Anusuya Ammal, receiving the title Brahmasukhi through initiation from Isakki Swamigal and Mata Vibhutananda Puri. Each panel carries its own caption identifying the people shown.2019-11-13A presentation slide titled "||Commendation Letter||" in white capitals on a dark background, with a small circular portrait of a man in orange clothing with a swept-back hairstyle in the top right corner. On the left is a photographed printed letter on a letterhead, dated 4 Jan 2021, with a handwritten signature. On the right, a photograph shows a man in an orange shawl with blue-striped edges and an orange head covering, speaking into a microphone in front of a purple and yellow backdrop with flowers. Below him, white text gives the location "Madura, Tamil Nadu (India)" and the name "Gopal Maharaj, Sri Gopalaramakrishnan, Ramakrishna Ramana Advaita Ashram". A copyright line appears at the bottom.2021-01-04