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A photograph of a rocky, pitted coastline with pale grey-green coral-like stone and a sandy beach in the foreground. A rolled white paper scroll with a cylindrical tube is resting on top of a rock, held with a dark tape band. No people are visible in the scene.

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Close-up photograph of a large cylindrical grey stone column hanging from an orange and tan fabric sling against a clear blue sky. The column has carved vertical grooves and a textured surface along one side, and its flat cut end faces the camera at right. Behind it, dry reddish-brown ground stretches toward a line of green trees at the edge of an open site.2016-10-28 +1 copiesA long-haired man in an orange-saffron shawl stands outdoors beside a large grey rock face, with a rough stony ground in front. He wears a white tilak mark on his forehead and looks off to the left. Behind him, a figure in white clothes stands partly visible at the left edge. The large boulder on the right is streaked and dotted with yellow turmeric or kumkum-like powder, and a white flower garland hangs at its top. A printed date stamp reads 18 11 2005 in the lower right. a person: the man has long swept-back hair and an orange shawl, cues consistent with the page's reference to a person at this event, so he is listed as a possible in-person candidate.2005-11-18Rare archival collectionAugust 08 20092009-08-08Three men in saffron-red sannyasi robes sit cross-legged on pale sand before a rough, pitted rock wall, hands pressed together in namaste. The man on the left wears a white forehead band, glasses, a rudraksha mala and bracelets; the man on the right has white vertical markings on his forehead and bare upper arms and holds a mala. A third man sits in the background near a dark cave opening, also in namaste. The scene suggests a meditation or satsang on a beach. No candidate's appearance clearly matches the a person cues required for identification, so identity is left uncertain.2013-12-17A procession of devotees walks across wet dark rock at the base of a sea cave with eroded grey stone formations overhead. At the centre, a man with long dark hair wears an orange-red sarong and bare chest with a gold necklace, holding a trident-tipped staff under a multicoloured canopy umbrella with fringed edges. Around him, people in white ritual clothes, saffron and orange garments, and a woman in a pale green dress and a woman in a white saree follow. A man on the right in white shirt holds a camera, and a bearded man in a red headcloth gestures from the edge of the water. Yellow and white umbrellas and small offering flags appear among the group. a person: the central man in orange-red with the trident staff and canopy is the figure of interest, shown in a procession role.2013-12-02Close photograph of several strands of rudraksha beads resting on a rough grey granite stone against a dark background. The orange-brown rudraksha beads are interspersed with purple amethyst beads, white pearls, red and green stones, and a multicoloured bead at the lower left. No people are visible; the mala is displayed as a ritual object on the stone.2011-09-10November 20 20162016-11-20February 13 20072007-02-13 +1 copiesA photograph inside a limestone cave showing a large, smooth rounded rock formation as a Shiva lingam-style sacred stone, its surface painted with yellow tilak-like markings and dusted with yellow marigold petals and red and pink powders. Red and gold cloth draped over the top of the stone sits beneath stalactites hanging from the cave ceiling. The cave walls are pale and the surrounding area is dark. No people are visible.2009-10-12December 18 20132013-12-18December 17 20132013-12-17