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A slide-style graphic collage of four photographs with a header reading Location: Adi Nithyananda Peetam, Pavazhakundur, Tiruvannamalai and Date: 2007, and a caption describing ASMT monks and devotees offering puja to The Sadashiva Shila, a large rock worshipped at Pavazha Kundru on the enlightenment experience anniversary day. Top left shows a saffron-robed monk seated beside a decorated white-draped rock with a mound of earth. Top right shows a night scene with a garlanded white-draped rock and a crowd of devotees. Bottom left shows a saffron-robed monk in a red-canopied area handing an offering to a devotee in white. Bottom right shows the rock draped in white with garlands and flowers at night.

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A slide-style graphic with a black-bordered collage of four photographs under a header reading Location: Adi Nithyananda Peetam, Pavazhakundru, Tiruvannamalai, Date: 2008 and Incident: Pavala Kundru - The Sacred Hillock. Top left, a figure in orange robes with a white cloth draped over the shoulders, sits on a rocky hill surrounded by green leaves and floral garlands, with a decorative red and gold canopy above. Top right, people in orange and white clothing gather around a large grey stone with a white cloth draped over it and a garland placed on top. Bottom left, a dense crowd of devotees in white and orange sits on the hillside. Bottom right, a white cloth covers a stone with a floral arrangement beside it while people stand nearby. A caption below describes a seated figure on the Sadashiva Shila with devotees gathered around and sannyasi monks offering worship to the stone. Page number 7.18 appears at the lower right.PavalaKundru PersecutionA four-panel collage of an incident page titled Pavala Kundru - The Sacred Hillock, set at Adi Nithyananda Peetam, Pavazhakundur, Tiruvannamalai, dated 8 August 2017. Top left: a yellow-draped altar with white flower garlands and a group of devotees standing around it. Top right: a bare-chested man in a dhoti applies a mark to a young boy's forehead beside a tray of offerings. Bottom left: monks in saffron robes and women in saris stand in a line near a building. Bottom right: a dry, sandy hillside with a small tree and a red-marked stone, with a distant temple tower. The caption reads Everyday Worship Continues At Pavazha Kundru By The ASMT Monks.PavalaKundru PersecutionA two-panel graphic with a bordered layout showing a table header reading Location: Adi Nithyananda Peetam, Pavazhakundur, Tiruvannamalai and Date: 2017, with an incident title Pavala Kundru - The Sacred Hillock. The top photo shows three bare-chested men in front of a bright yellow-orange rock beneath an orange tent; two seated men wear orange cloth and white headbands while one standing man presses his palms together. A brass vessel and offerings sit on the ground. The bottom photo shows a man in orange cloth pouring water from a metal pot over the yellow rock amid dry trees and boulders. Caption text reads 27 June, 2017 – Worship continues at Pavazha Kundru by the ASMT monks.A slide-style graphic from a presentation, with a header bar reading Location: Adi Nithyananda Peetam, Pavazhakundur, Tiruvannamalai and Date: 16 October 2017, and an Incident heading for Pavala Kundru - The Sacred Hillock. Two photographs sit side by side. The left shows a dark silhouette of a person holding a lit flame near a hill, with a figure in a light robe beside a yellow-stained rock. The right shows two men in white dhotis and shawls standing by a large rock daubed with yellow and draped with a red-orange cloth, under trees on a grassy slope. A caption beneath reads that worship of the Sadashiva Shila at Pavazha Kundru continues. The slide is numbered 7.23.PavalaKundru PersecutionPavalaKundru PersecutionA presentation slide titled 'Incident: Pavala Kundru - The Sacred Hillock' with location 'Adi Nithyananda Peetam, Pavazhakundur, Tiruvannamalai' and date '9 Jan, 2018'. It contains a two-panel photo collage: the upper panel shows a decorated shrine area with a colourful painted arch, a deity murti covered in flower garlands, and several people in white and orange clothing gathered around it; the lower panel shows a rocky hillock with a tree, two people in orange and red robes sitting near a small structure, and flower garlands on the ground. A caption reads 'January 9, 2018 – Arati (offering of lit camphor) at Pavazha Kundru'.PavalaKundru PersecutionPavalaKundru PersecutionA screenshot of an archive page titled Pavala Kundru - The Sacred Hillock, with a text description on the left and a photo collage on the right. The main collage photo shows a man in saffron-orange robes with a saffron shawl and a beaded necklace, gesturing while standing among devotees in white clothes near a temple tower on a hillside. Smaller collage panels show saffron-robed figures among white-clad devotees on a hill, a saffron-robed figure bending over offerings, and seated people in white and orange.