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A three-panel graphic slideshow slide with a dark red border and KAILASA's Hindu logo at top right. The left panel shows a damaged temple shrine with a deity murti behind metal bars, labelled 'Temple destroyed by JCB'. The centre panel shows a man in a rust-orange garment with a shawl sitting on broken bricks amid rubble, one arm extended, labelled 'Hindu monk protecting temple from JCB and thugs, at the cost of his life'. The right panel shows a yellow JCB excavator demolishing a building into a heap of bricks, labelled 'JCB and thugs destroying the temple, in spite of High Court order'. A caption band below reads a June 2020 claim about a temple in Varanasi.

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A graphic panel titled with a KAILASA logo showing a photograph on the left of a man in a rust-orange garment and dhoti, seated amid rubble and broken bricks beside a dark doorway, one arm outstretched in protest. A caption reads Hindu sannyasi protecting temple from JCB and thugs, at the cost of his life. On the right, a block of white text on a dark red background gives a first-person statement about a year of harassment, destruction of a deity and blocked puja, and a plan to take the matter to High Court, signed Shantimayananda Swami. The sannyasi is a physical person in the photograph; the graphic itself contains no other people.Varanasi Aadheenam PersecutionA KAILASA graphic titled PERSECUTION OF HINDUS CONTINUES, Hindu Temple Attacked, with a dark maroon and gold layout. Top panels show an ancient stone chariot wheel and a sunlit ruined temple gateway beside a colourful gopuram being demolished by a yellow excavator amid rubble. The middle banner reads We Request Your Support to Protect Our Temple. The bottom row shows a painted battle scene of warriors with swords, three photos of a saffron-robed person lying on hospital beds with faces blurred, and a saffron-clad figure with rudraksha beads being restrained by another person in a street scene. The footer bears the kailaasa.org website and copyright line.2023-08-17A screenshot-style frame from a video, with a central panel showing a bare-chested man with dark curly hair and a rudraksha mala around his neck. He wears a reddish-orange shawl draped over one shoulder and orange-brown cloth around his waist, and gestures toward the camera with a raised index finger. He sits near brick walls and construction material, with a dusty cloth bag hanging at left. Side panels show blurred close-ups of feet and bare hands against a dark red border with a KAILASA's a person Ashram-style logo at top right.A video screenshot framed by a red banner reading BRUTAL ATTACK ON HINDU SANYASIS BROADCAST FROM KASHI LIVE STREAM, with a subtitle reading One of the Swamis can be seen beaten unconscious and left for dead. Behind the banner, a dusty outdoor scene shows rubble, scattered wooden debris and a torn structure. Several men in dark clothes and light shirts stand around a figure lying on the ground, and a few people in white and orange clothing are visible among them. The image appears to be a news broadcast still with a channel logo in the upper right.August 17 20232023-08-17A multi-panel graphic titled KAILASA Standing with Victims of Religious Violence, with a small round portrait of a smiling figure in an orange turban at top left. Panels show crowds of women in orange and red saris and men in uniform and plain clothes, a medical CT scanner with a patient lying on the table, an injured man with a bandaged head, a man in a striped shirt striking at a figure in orange near a brick wall, people in orange carrying a person, and a crowded vehicle-filled street labelled Damaging Properties, plus a patient on a stretcher. The bottom banner carries the headline text. Its images are pictured scenes rather than people physically present.2023-08-22August 16 20232023-08-16Varanasi Aadheenam PersecutionJanuary 03 20122012-01-03 +1 copiesA graphic slide titled "Torture and Murder Attempts by the State & Non-State Actors" with a saffron-orange background. Left side shows four photographs: a burning thatched hut with smoke and a man in a white shirt speaking near a camera operator, collapsed brick rubble and damaged temple spires, burning structures with charred remains, and a crowd where a woman in a red sari kneels beside a figure in red clothing amid men in dark clothes. A small circular portrait in the top-right corner shows a smiling person wearing an orange turban and a saffron top. Right side has a bulleted list of claims in white text on an orange panel. Footer reads "KAILASA CELEBRATES SPH NITHYANANDA DAY 2023".2023-01-03August 17 20232023-08-17