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An aerial satellite-style photograph of a long, narrow sandbar or causeway stretching across deep blue and turquoise water, with shallow pale sediment plumes spreading from it. Green coastal land with scattered vegetation and built structures appears at the right edge, and a land mass sits at the left. No people, ritual, or ashram activity are visible.

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July 13 20092009-07-13October 29 20222022-10-29Kailasa Paramparagatha Kanchee Kailasa SarvajnapeethamA historical map titled in English showing the Chola empire and its trade routes across South India and Southeast Asia. Chola Territories are shaded blue across the Tamil region, centred near Thanjavur and Tiruvarur on the east coast, while Chola Subordinates are shaded pink along the coasts and in the north, reaching toward Vengi and Kalinga. Western Chalukyas are marked in purple in the northwest. Dark blue lines trace trade routes along the Coromandel and Bay of Bengal coasts, extending to Sri Vijaya (Palembang), Siam, Mahapatam and Kadaram. Place labels include Kanchipuram, Ganga Konda Cholapuram, Sankha, Anghor, Odda, Kalyani and Vangadesam (Pala). The legend in the lower left identifies the two territorial categories and trade routes.September 02 20092009-09-02A dim, blue-toned photograph of a small dark snake slithering across a weathered grey stone slab at dusk. Blurred rocks and water fill the background. No people are visible.2009-09-02A labelled map of ancient Bharat-Varsha showing the 56 deshas (nations) across the Indian subcontinent, Central Asia and the Himalayas. Yellow and orange place names such as Uttara Kuru, Huna, Kamboja, Gandhara, Madra, Matsya, Kashi, Magadha, Anga, Kalinga and Pandya are printed over a shaded green-brown terrain map with blue rivers and the dark blue Indian Ocean. Purple labels mark regions and mountains such as Vindhya, Malaya and Kailasa, and green labels mark forests and rivers. No people are shown. +1 copiesFebruary 10 20132013-02-10A widescreen promotional graphic with a warm golden-orange sunset gradient. On the right, a silhouetted figure sits in meditation on a rocky outcrop, arms raised slightly, with a mountain landscape and sunlit clouds on the left. A teal and white logo sits at the top left corner with a small sun icon, and a faded decorative image fills the lower left area. No physical people are shown beyond the silhouette in the artwork.2020-09-05A detailed annotated map of ancient Bharat Varsha (India) with colored labels and overlaid routes. Dense red dots mark city and kingdom locations, with blue, purple and cyan lines tracing Rama's travels from Ayodhya through Chitrakuta, Dandaka Forest, Kishkindha and across the sea to Lanka. Purple circles mark Gandhara and Kekeya, a blue oval marks Mathura, a brown oval marks Videha and a dark circle marks Lanka. Mountain ranges, the Vindhya and Himalayas, and kingdom names such as Kamboja, Kuru, Panchala, Kosala and Dravida are written across the landmass. The map is titled and captioned with explanatory notes about the narrations being based on Indian epics and Buddhist texts, with no people shown.December 31 20182018-12-31 +1 copiesA stylised map graphic of Africa, the Arabian Sea, India and Southeast Asia on a teal ocean background. A large orange landmass labelled "Kumari Kandam" covers the Indian Ocean south of India, outlined as a continent-sized region. No people are shown.2022-01-29