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A slide-style archive page titled Heritage value of the Temple Monasteries, with a Description column on the left and a Photos column on the right. The left text describes Palswamy mutt, an ancient monastery complex of the ASMT community in Thiruvarur, India. Photos show a large gold-framed painting of a bearded sage with long grey hair, a white shawl and white cloth, seated cross-legged on a patterned cushion and holding ritual beads, with a red mark on the forehead. Beside it is a smaller photo of an illuminated oil lamp and a white-draped altar inside a temple. A partial figure in white appears at the bottom edge of the painting photo. No living people are clearly visible.

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Ancient Monasteries PersecutionA framed painting of a seated bearded sage in an ornate gold frame set with colourful glass stones. The sage has long white hair and a long white beard, bare-chested with a white cloth draped over his shoulders and lap. He sits cross-legged with a small oil lamp or flame at each hand, against a dark background. Below the frame a small figure, possibly a carved or painted deity image, is partly visible.Kailasa Paramparagatha Sūrya Vaṃśa Chola Samrajya SarvajnapeethamA presentation slide titled "Commendation Letter" in white text on a light background. On the left is a photograph of a folded printed letter with an orange header and a small portrait of a bearded elderly man with white hair. On the right is a framed portrait of a bearded elderly man with white hair and a red tilak on his forehead, beside printed text naming Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, Holy Kailash Heritage Meikandar Hierarchy Perur Samasthan Mandaleshvar His Holiness Dr Santhalinga Marudhasala Adikal. A small circular thumbnail in the top right shows a smiling saffron-robed figure with a crown-like head covering. The slide has a copyright footer.2021-01-04A framed printed portrait of a bearded elderly man standing barefoot, bare-chested, with a loose lilac-white dhoti or cloth draped over his legs and a long white-and-gold bead garland with black accents hanging from his shoulders. One hand is raised in blessing against a green foliage backdrop with a temple gopuram stairway and painted deity figures behind him. Tamil caption at the top and bottom of the gilt frame. The portrait sits on a wall indoors. Because this is a printed portrait, no physical person is counted. The figure's garb is a bare-chested ascetic style with a white garland; the portrait is captioned with a Tamil name, so identity rests on that caption rather than appearance.Kailasa Paramparagatha Arunagiri Yogishwara Adi Arunachala Sarvajnapeetha SamrajyamA printed portrait poster of an elderly white-bearded ascetic with a shaved head and a vibhuti mark on his forehead, seated cross-legged in meditation with eyes closed. He wears a white cloth wrap over his shoulders and a white dhoti, and his bare arms rest on his lap. Behind him is a large dark tree trunk, and the poster border is decorated with yellow and red flowers. A caption band at the bottom reads the name of a Satguru in Tamil script, with Nadu Pazhani written below it, identifying the subject by printed caption only.Ancient Monasteries PersecutionPhoto 11740656A slide-style archive page titled Incident: Pavala Kundru - The Sacred Hillock, with a Description column on the left and a Photos panel on the right. The photo panel is a three-panel collage: a black-and-white image of a stone statue of a seated sage on a pedestal, a colour photograph of an elderly woman in orange robes seated on a stone platform before green hills, and a colour photograph of a bare-chested man with a yellow-orange head covering and orange cloth, seated in meditation on a stone seat with a kamandalu and danda beside him. Header reads Location: Adi Nithyananda Peetam, Pavazhakundur, Tiruvannamalai. Slide number 7.8 appears bottom right. Panels are collage imagery with no physical people counted.2000 - Acharapakkam (Nadu Pazhani) +2 copiesMay 24 20122012-05-24 +1 copies