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A black-and-white archival photograph of a young boy seated in lotus pose on a spotted animal hide, bare-chested and wearing a white dhoti with a patterned waist cloth. He has a sacred thread-like rudraksha mala draped across his chest, white horizontal stripes painted on his chest, arms and shoulders, and a vertical tilak on his forehead. His hands rest on his knees in a meditative posture against a plain backdrop. Overlaid white text in the upper right reads 10th Chaturmasya, 12 years of age, July 7, 1990. The boy's appearance is consistent with the page's reference to the presence of a person, though the image is a historical print of a child and not clearly identifiable from appearance alone.

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Kailasa Paramparagatha Kanchee Kailasa SarvajnapeethamPhoto 11741888September 28 20222022-09-28A vintage photograph of a young man seated in a cross-legged meditation pose on a white cloth against a red background printed with white floral and leaf patterns. He wears an orange turban, orange lower cloth, and many rudraksha malas across his bare chest and shoulders, with white horizontal markings on his arms and a white tilak on his forehead. A small brass or gold bowl sits near his left hand. The superimposed caption reads 12th Chaturmasya, 14 years of age, July 14, 1992. Appearance-based candidate: a person, shown as a depiction in a printed or digitized photograph.2023-07-03Photo 11741312A young man sits cross-legged in meditation on a flat rock beside a rushing waterfall, with eyes closed and hands resting in his lap. He is bare-chested, wearing a pink-orange dhoti, and has multiple rudraksha mala strands around his neck. Behind him a large reddish rock overhangs the cascading water, and a white cloth lies under him. The image is overlaid with a caption noting the 13th Chaturmasya at age 15 on July 31, 1993. Appearance-based label: a person, shown in a meditative pose with rudraksha malas and saffron-pink clothing.2023-07-03September 05 20202020-09-05October 29 20192019-10-29 +1 copiesA black-and-white photograph of a seated man in meditation pose on a patterned carpet before a wall, with potted plants at the sides. He wears a crown-like headdress, multiple strands of rudraksha malas, a large ornate pendant, a draped shawl over a bare upper body, and armbands. His hands rest on his knees with eyes closed. Only one physical person is visible. Identity is not established from appearance; the page excerpt names a person, but the figure's cues are an appearance-based candidate with several distinctive adornments (crown, rudraksha malas, ornate pendant, shawl), so this is a probable depiction-style candidate photographed in person.2012-05-11A photograph of a young bare-chested man sitting cross-legged in meditation with eyes closed on a flat rock beside rushing white water, beneath a large overhanging rock ledge. He wears a pink-red cloth wrapped around his waist and legs, and long multi-strand rudraksha mala beads hang across his chest. His hands rest together in his lap. A yellow caption box in the lower left reads 'Guru Poornima 1993, July 31 / 15 years of age / 13th Chaturmasya'. The scene is a riverside cave setting with a white cloth spread beneath him.2022-09-28Photo 11727152 +1 copiesA photograph of a young boy standing outdoors on a hillside with green trees, rocky outcrops and a small temple shrine on the crest behind him. He wears a red-pink cloth draped over his head and shoulders, bare-chested with white vertical marks on his chest and arms, and red and white beaded malas around his neck. He raises his right hand palm outward in a blessing gesture and holds a wooden staff topped with a yellow cloth flag in his left hand. The caption on a yellow label at the lower left reads Guru Poornima 1988, July 29th, 10 years of age, 8th Chaturmasya. The boy is a child in saffron-toned sannyasi-style dress, and the appearance-based cues are not sufficient to name anyone.2022-09-28