Skip to content
Nithyanandapedia
May 31 2017

More like this

Open the gallery
A night-time outdoor temple procession at a KAILASA event. In the foreground a man in saffron robes, gold necklaces and a black turban stands with his back to the camera, raising his right hand toward a younger person. Beside him a figure in orange cloth with rudraksha beads and white body markings holds a brass platter with a green leafy offering and flowers. Behind them, a tall figure raises a long golden staff, and attendants in orange and saffron stand with silver staffs and ceremonial umbrellas. Stalls with colourful umbrellas and lit awnings line the background, and people in orange garments move along the paved path under string lights.2018-05-31May 31 20172017-05-31 +1 copiesNight procession of saffron-robed devotees under a multicoloured fringed canopy. A bearded man in the centre wears a leopard-print cloth turban with a crescent emblem, a heavy gold necklace with a large gold pendant, a red-brown robe and a gold-studded belt, smiling as he walks. Behind him a attendant holds a long gold staff rising to the canopy. On the left, a bare-chested man with a rudraksha mala carries a pink-and-white cloth-wrapped silver pot holding a green plant. Many people behind them, mostly in orange and red robes, press palms together in anjali, and some white-clad devotees stand at the left edge. Silver covered vessels sit on a striped cloth in the foreground. The scene suggests a ritual procession.2017-10-08Night-time outdoor ritual procession at an open-air temple-style venue lit by string lights and streetlamps. In the centre, a bearded man in a rust-brown robe and a long pink-and-white flower garland walks forward while several people in saffron-orange dhotis with gold borders and beaded necklaces carry offerings. A bare-chested man in orange holds a microphone and a tall ceremonial umbrella, and another carries a wooden tray of pink flower petals, while one man holds a silver vessel. Several men with white and vertical tilak markings and ash on their bodies stand around them. On the right, a bald man in an orange shawl holds a booklet. Many onlookers in white dress stand in the background. Appearance-based candidate for the central robed figure is uncertain, so the a person value is unsure.2016-12-23Night outdoor procession at a courtyard with a brick building behind. A man in a maroon-brown robe with a pink-and-white flower garland and a gold pendant stands at centre, hand on hip, with a dark ceremonial face mark. Around him, saffron-clad attendants hold silver-headed staffs and ceremonial tridents; some wear rudraksha malas and white body markings. Many women in orange saris with long plaits surround the central figure, reaching toward him. A lit ornate chariot or float glows in the background. a person candidate is visible by the presence of a central figure with a garland, but appearance cues are limited to the garland and central placement, so identity is uncertain.2017-02-09October 08 20172017-10-08February 09 20172017-02-09September 28 20172017-09-28September 05 20172017-09-05November 15 20172017-11-15Night procession with bokeh fairy lights in the background. A woman in a rust-red robe and a long pink, white and purple flower garland smiles at centre, holding a silver staff. Beside her, a man in orange robes with a rudraksha mala and white tilak stands in profile, and a man with white forehead markings holds a green cloth-wrapped offering. Behind them, devotees in orange and saffron dhotis and garlands stand in a crowd with a large ornate umbrella-style banner and a kalasha-like brass object visible. Several people wear rudraksha malas and sacred ash markings.2016-01-02May 10 20182018-05-10