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A photograph of a flat-screen monitor displaying a web page. On the screen, a captioned image shows a person with a bare back and white cloth at the waist, head bowed, seated or leaning forward. A caption box on the screen reads text about Sri Nithya Hamsananda and Sri Nithya Paramananda being beaten in the back and hand. The monitor sits in an office or indoor setting with other browser windows visible at the top edge.

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A photograph of a computer monitor displaying a web page. A caption box at the top reads that two sannyasis were beaten in the back and in the hand. Beneath it, a screenshot shows a man with a shaved head and bare upper back, wearing a white garment, seen from behind as another person's hand grips him. The monitor frame and desk surface are visible around the screen.2012-05-29Photo 11730356May 29 20122012-05-29Madurai Aadheenam PersecutionPhoto 11730354A graphic slide titled "Incident: Pavala Kundru - The Sacred Hillock" with a header reading Location: Adi Nithyananda Peetam, Pavazhakundur, Tiruvannamalai and Date: 16th June 2017. The left side holds a text narrative about an assault on monks. The right side shows a framed photograph of a man in orange robes and rudraksha beads lying on a tiled floor, with a second man in a dark shirt and trousers standing over him at the edge of the frame. Caption beneath reads Attack on Parabrahmananda Maharaj.May 10 20122012-05-10 +1 copiesSeptember 12 20112011-09-12 +2 copiesMay 29 20122012-05-29A collage-style archive slide titled Incident: ATTACKS BY GOVERNMENT SPONSORED MOBS, with a table listing Location Madurai Aadheenam and Date 29 May, 2012, and a paragraph about a mob attack at Kanjanur Mutt. The right column holds two photographs of news reporters pushing microphones toward two saffron-robed sannyasis standing among uniformed police officers. The top photo shows a sannyasi with a rudraksha mala and a tilak on his forehead, flanked by a shaved-head monk in orange, with a policeman in khaki behind. The lower photo shows the same monks in orange with microphones and reporters' station logos in view. No a person candidate is identified in the scene, and the printed text describes the monks as the two sannyasis who were assaulted. +1 copiesA collage of two photographs. On the left, a seated man with long dark hair wears a white dhoti-style cloth, rudraksha mala necklaces, a red tilak and a gold armband, speaking into a microphone beside a gold-patterned red throne. On the right, two computer monitors display a video conference grid of small screen images of people, with a black-framed monitor and a red-draped table behind them. A label on the left reads Paramahamsa Nithyananda-style title text is absent; the seated speaker is shown as Swamiji (probable) based on his long swept-back hair, rudraksha malas and gold ornaments. Printed photo credits appear on the right side.Ancient Monasteries Persecution