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A photograph of a magenta cloth banner with a white outline drawing of a seated figure in meditation posture, hands resting on the lap, wearing a beaded necklace and striped sacred marks on the chest. The figure has a shaved head and a plain tunic-like garment. Behind the banner, partially visible yellow flowers and a decorated deity murti with raised hand are seen. No physical people are visible.

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A red cloth flag on a gold pole, with a white outlined figure painted on it. The figure sits cross-legged in meditation pose, with hands in a mudra, wearing a rudraksha-style bead necklace and horizontal lines on the chest. The flag tip is topped with gold tassels. The background is dark with a blurred warm light and a second red flag at the right edge. No people are visible. This appears to be a dwajarohanam flag at a temple festival.A monochrome grey and white painted figure of a seated meditating man in a framed glass panel, hands resting in lap, wearing a long rudraksha mala draped over the shoulders and chest, with a bare upper torso and a wrapped lower garment. The figure is painted in white outlines against a grey wall, with a wooden pole leaning at the left edge. Small colourful framed pictures are visible at the lower right corner.2007-04-17MAy 17 20212021-05-17Pencil sketch on white paper, photographed at an angle, of a seated male figure in lotus-style cross-legged pose. He wears a wrapped striped turban, a horizontal tilak with central bindi on the forehead, round earrings, a beaded necklace and a long rudraksha-style mala reaching his lap, and a dhoti-like lower garment with a sash. His right hand is raised in a mudra near his chest while the left rests on his thigh. Eyes are closed. The figure is a hand-drawn artwork depicting a meditating yogi or ascetic, not a physical person.2020-10-23A black-and-white painted artwork mounted in an aluminium-framed glass panel on a white wall. It depicts a seated meditating figure in lotus posture with hands resting on the knees, wearing a cap or crown-like headpiece, a bead necklace, and a wrapped lower garment. Behind the figure, stylised swirling tree-like forms and a radiant halo surround the head. A printed-style handwritten label in the lower left corner reads Paramahamsa Nithyananda-style script, with the caption 'Paramashivam' written beneath the figure. This is a depiction, not a physical person in the scene.2007-04-17A high-contrast, overexposed black-and-white photograph, rotated so the subject lies sideways. A figure's upper torso and shoulder are visible, wearing multiple strands of beaded necklaces or malas with large bead strands hanging across the chest. The background is a dark, smeared glass or reflective surface with streaks. A dark vertical band of cloth or fabric folds runs down the centre.2007-04-17Photo 82918332022-05-07 +1 copiesA photograph of a large magenta cloth banner held up by two wooden poles, with a white painted design of a bull (nandi) with a crescent on its head, a swastika and sun motifs above, and small ritual objects such as lamps and a kalasha along the sides and bottom. Behind it, a person in white clothes with white painted markings on the arm and rudraksha beads stands partly visible on the left, and a potted palm sits on the right against a brick wall.2024-03-01A framed grey-and-white painting of a seated male figure in meditation pose with eyes closed, legs crossed, hands resting in his lap, wearing a long rudraksha-style bead mala across the chest and bare shoulders. The figure is painted in white outlines against a dark grey background, with a wooden pole or stick leaning at the left side. The painting is mounted behind glass in an aluminium frame on a pale wall. No people are physically present in the scene.2007-04-17A photograph, rotated sideways, of an engraved or etched glass or crystal panel showing a standing figure in a long robe with a rudraksha-style bead mala hanging in multiple strands across the chest. The image is largely white and grey with reflections on the glass surface; the engraved figure's head is at the top edge and the lower body is cut off. No live people are visible in the scene.2007-04-17MAy 17 20212021-05-17A photograph of a hand-drawn or stencil-style artwork on a reddish-brown background, showing a seated deity figure rendered in white outline. The figure wears a tall conical crown, a patterned garment with a band across the chest, and is seated cross-legged with hands resting in the lap. Flanking the figure are two parasol-like canopies on poles, and on the left a pot or kalasha-like vessel, and on the right a stylised plant or lotus motif. Fine white lines and dotted speckles cover the surface. No people are visible.