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A crowded bookstall at a Kumbh Mela-style market, with towering stacks and shelves of colourful Hindi and Sanskrit religious books, many with red, yellow and orange covers. A large banner panel in the upper right reads Rupesh Book, and a man in a light blue shirt stands at the right edge handling merchandise. Wooden display rods hold framed devotional pictures and calendars. No deity worship or a person candidate is visible; the scene is a bookseller's stall under a striped cloth awning.

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A photograph of a bookseller's stall at an outdoor pilgrimage market, with large stacks and rows of small paperback and pamphlet booklets covering the ground. Many covers show Hindu deities, gurus, saints and mythological scenes in bright colours, alongside devotional and astrology titles. A folded newspaper and a brown cloth sit at the upper right beside a bamboo pole. No people are clearly visible; only a partial dark sleeve edge appears at the far left.2013-02-10A crowded roadside bookstall at a Kumbh Mela-style pilgrimage fair, with tall stacks of Hindi paperbacks and religious books piled on shelves and across the ground. A young man in a dark t-shirt and jeans sits on a low wooden stool, barefoot, reading or handling a book. Another man in a light blue shirt stands behind the stacks, and a partially visible man in a white shirt stands at the left edge. A yellow and orange tarp canopy overhangs the stall, with a hanging banner in Hindi script and a rack of colourful booklets and pictures on the right. Scattered loose pages and sheets lie on the floor.2013-02-10January 17 20092009-01-17 +1 copiesKAILASA SAN JOSE, USA on 6/10/20212021-06-10KAILASA SAN JOSE, USA on 2/11/20222022-02-11 +3 copiesA photograph of a book stall with rows of publications pinned and stacked against a green backdrop. Covers show a smiling person with long wavy hair in orange robes and rudraksha beads, with the Nithyananda title on the cover, and another cover shows a figure in a turban and white clothing in black and white. Other covers include a Nithya Yoga Surya Namaskar book depicting a sunset and a figure in orange with a mala, plus titles such as Life and Death and Vijnana Bhairava Tantra. Boxed books and cardboard cartons are stacked on shelves at the left, and no people are visible.2010-02-04August 06 20092009-08-06Photograph of a large black wooden bookshelf wall filled with rows of books, with compartments labelled in small white tags such as veda, upanishad, agama, and vedanta. A white sign above the shelves reads grantha samadhi nithyananda jnanalaya. Books include white spines marked Rig Veda, Yajur Veda, Sama Veda, and Atharva Veda, plus many red, orange, and blue hardbound volumes. A few small bronze and brass deity figurines and a Ganesha-style figure sit on the shelves. No people are visible.2021-03-20A photograph of a wide, dark wooden bookcase set against a white wall, filled with rows of books in many colours including red, orange, yellow, blue and white spines. Shelves are labelled with small paper tags such as Veda, Upanishad, Agama, Tantra, Purana and Bhagavad Gita. A white sign above reads grantha samadhi and nithyananda jnanalaya in red and black lettering, with a small red-and-white emblem. A small brass figurine sits on one shelf, and a bronze statue appears at the far right edge. No people are visible.2021-03-23KAILASA SAN JOSE, USA on 6/5/20222022-06-05 +198 copiesA busy book fair stall at the Chennai Book Fair, with tall stacks of books on the tables in the foreground and shelves of colourful book covers behind. A blue banner reads Sri Indu Publications in English and Tamil script. Several people crowd the aisle: a man in a white shirt and white dhoti on the left gestures toward the books, a man in a white kurta stands beside a figure wearing a long-haired saffron/orange robe and orange shawl who holds a book, and a man in a dark jacket stands near the shelves, with more visitors at the right edge. Blue and white booth signage and hanging tape decorate the ceiling area.2009-01-17 +1 copiesJanuary 17 20092009-01-17 +1 copies