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A photograph of a corner of an interior with a weathered blue-grey wooden double door behind stacks of worn printed booklets and magazines on a black-and-white marble floor. A brass oil lamp stand with multiple cups sits at the left edge, and a wooden stool is at the right. The leftmost stack shows a magazine cover with a seated figure in a meditative pose on a purple background, with Hindi text. Another stack shows a cover with a woman and a child, and a colourful cover of a different magazine sits beside them. No people are visible.

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1978 - Raju Mudaliar - The Avatar's Biological Maternal GrandfatherMay 14 20122012-05-14 +1 copiesA stack of old, worn palm-leaf or paper manuscript bundles, tied and layered, sits in a wooden niche. A cloth wrap in pale lavender and a red-and-white checked cloth drape its top, and a bright orange flower rests above. No people are visible; the scene is a sacred display of ancient texts in a temple-like shrine.2012-05-14A 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 dim, dusty storage room with rough stone walls and wooden shelving units holding many old manuscript bundles. Stacks of aged palm-leaf or paper books wrapped in cloth with faded red, green and yellow edges lie on the shelves, with loose leaves and folded papers piled at the back. No people are visible.2012-05-11 +1 copiesA flat-lay photograph of many books spread on a red-tiled floor and a striped woven mat. The covers show spiritual and philosophical titles, including The Collected Works of Sri Ramana Maharshi, The Glory of Arunachala, Day by Day with Bhagavan, In His Footsteps, Living by the Words of Bhagavan, Teachings of Ramana Maharshi and Classics of Buddhism and Zen. Several covers feature black-and-white portraits of an elderly bearded sage with a white beard and a bare head, a sculpted relief, a deity painting of a goddess riding a lion, and a photograph of Arunachala hill. No people are visible.A dim, low-ceilinged stone chamber holding wooden shelves stacked with old manuscripts and bound palm-leaf or paper volumes, some with colourful cloth or painted edges. Loose leaves are piled on the shelves and on a table at right. Rough-hewn walls and a rough ceiling surround the shelving. No people are visible.2012-05-11May 11 20122012-05-11 +2 copiesMay 14 20122012-05-14 +1 copiesA 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.2013-02-10A dim, stone-walled storage room with a low vaulted ceiling. Shelves along the left wall hold stacks of loose papers and bundled documents, and more bundles lie piled on a wooden table at right. Scattered papers and cardboard sheets cover the uneven stone floor, and a rolled mat leans against the right wall. No people are visible.2012-05-11A photograph of a storage room with tall grey metal shelving units stacked with bundles of old, yellowed papers, folded documents, ledgers and loose tied sheaves, some wrapped in cloth or plastic. A bare bulb glows at left and the floor at lower left has a worn patterned mat. No people are visible. The shelves hold aged archival records, consistent with a library or document storeroom.2012-05-11 +2 copies