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A photograph of a young bare-chested man sitting cross-legged in meditation with eyes closed on a flat rock beside rushing white water, beneath a large overhanging rock ledge. He wears a pink-red cloth wrapped around his waist and legs, and long multi-strand rudraksha mala beads hang across his chest. His hands rest together in his lap. A yellow caption box in the lower left reads 'Guru Poornima 1993, July 31 / 15 years of age / 13th Chaturmasya'. The scene is a riverside cave setting with a white cloth spread beneath him.2022-09-28A young man sits cross-legged in meditation on a flat rock beside a rushing waterfall, with eyes closed and hands resting in his lap. He is bare-chested, wearing a pink-orange dhoti, and has multiple rudraksha mala strands around his neck. Behind him a large reddish rock overhangs the cascading water, and a white cloth lies under him. The image is overlaid with a caption noting the 13th Chaturmasya at age 15 on July 31, 1993. Appearance-based label: a person, shown in a meditative pose with rudraksha malas and saffron-pink clothing.2023-07-03Kailasa Paramparagatha Arunagiri Yogishwara Adi Arunachala Sarvajnapeetha Samrajyam +1 copiesSeptember 05 20202020-09-05A 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.1996 - Puja Manual Handwritten by HDHA photograph of a young bare-chested man seated in lotus posture with eyes closed, hands resting in his lap, on a flat rock beside cascading white water within a rust-coloured cave overhang. He wears a salmon-pink cloth wrapped at the waist and draped over one shoulder, and multiple strands of rudraksha beads hang across his chest. Photo-tinted warm orange light fills the rocky setting, and a date stamp in the lower right reads 18.04.2007 20:35.A three-panel graphic with a red border. Left panel: a smiling bearded man in white robes with a red tilak, seated against leafy greenery, labelled Sri Tiruchy Mahaswamigal. Centre panel: a framed, darkened image of deity Devi Rajarajeshwari seated on a throne with attendants, captioned as a photograph given to HDH Nithyananda Paramashivam by Tiruchy Mahaswamigal. Right panel: a young man with a shaved head, red tilak, pink rudraksha malas and pink dhoti, seated in meditation with eyes closed before a rocky backdrop and waterfall, labelled HDH Nithyananda Paramashivam. Overlaid caption text describes his initiation into the Shakta tradition and the title Nithyanandapuri.2019-10-30Photo 11741305A graphic collage titled "KAILASA OM AWARDS" and "VIJAYADASAMI 2022" on a gold background, showing four childhood photographs of a young ascetic. Top left, a small child in pale robes with a staff stands before a hill, labelled "17 July 1981 age 3". Centre, a boy in red and rudraksha malas sits in meditation on a rock before a hill, labelled "Guru Poornima 1991, July 26th 13 years of age 11th Chaturmasya". Bottom centre, a child in red robes raises a hand beside a yellow staff, labelled "Guru Poornima 1988, July 29th 10 years of age 8th Chaturmasya". Right, a youth in red cloth and malas sits in a cave beside a waterfall, labelled "Guru Poornima 1993, July 31 15 years of age 13th Chaturmasya". Zero physical people appear; all figures are printed photographs.2022-10-05October 24 20112011-10-24A 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.2019-11-13