May 02 2018 - Nithyanandapedia

Nithyanandapedia

May 02 2018

More like this

Open the gallery

A guide in a rust-red sari and shawl stands on a dirt path beside a large dark stone sculpture of a seated deity under a hooded serpent canopy, wearing a red cloth headband, a beaded necklace and white drapery. A group of visitors listens: a woman in white, a man in a white shirt and cream shorts holding a small bag, a young woman in a white dress, and children in white and cream clothes, one carrying a yellow backpack. Behind them a red compound wall, green bamboo and trees, and two women in colourful saris walk past. Grey rocks lie in the background under a pale sky.

2018-05-02 +1 copies

May 02 2018

Outdoor photograph of a procession on a dry dirt path beside a row of large dark stone sculptures in the foreground on the right. A man in the centre wears a saffron-orange robe with a white dhoti and rudraksha-style beaded necklaces, and holds a bright orange umbrella aloft over his head. Around him walk a crowd of devotees: several women in red and maroon saris, men in white kurtas and dhotis, and a man in a checked shirt. Pale stone busts and a long open-sided shelter with a corrugated roof stand in the background under a hazy sky.

December 03 2016

December 16 2017

Outdoor scene in a garden courtyard beside a red wall and green gate. A dark stone deity murti with a gold arch behind it, garlanded with orange flowers, sits in front of bamboo and green trees. A woman in a red-orange sari stands at the shrine holding an offering. Around her, a group of devotees in white clothing face the shrine: a man with long dreadlocks in a white dhoti with gold border, a bald man in a white kurta, a boy in white with a yellow scarf, women in white and a woman in a pink-strapped bag and white outfit. Some stand with hands folded in prayer, others watch quietly. The scene reads as a devotional darshan or puja at the murti.

May 02 2018

Outdoor temple courtyard shaded by large banyan-type trees with hanging aerial roots. On the left, a golden deity murti with a dark face, garlanded and wearing a gold crown, sits on a golden pedestal. In the centre, a white statue in a maroon robe with a flower garland sits in a prayer pose with hands joined. A bare-chested sadhu with long hair and a maroon dhoti stands with hands folded near a small tray of flower petals. To the right, several people in white dhotis and shirts stand watching respectfully, one wearing a garland, with a woman in a yellow sari at the edge. Red petals are scattered on the paved ground.

Outdoor ritual scene under tall trees beside a dark stone deity murti set on a red stone base and framed by a large arch of marigold and white garlands in yellow, red, purple and green. A bare-chested man in a rust-brown dhoti with a red-orange turban and gold armlets stands on a striped mat with palms pressed together in namaskar, facing the murti. Behind him a crowd of devotees in white kurtas and dhotis, one in a teal kurta, one with a white bag, stand with hands folded in prayer on stone-paved ground. A small floral garland rests at the base of the murti.

December 30 2007

A large dark stone Shiva murti with a cobra hood rises at the centre of an open dirt ground, draped in red cloth and multicoloured flower garlands. A seated figure in a gold throne-like chair sits in front of the murti, wearing a red garment, rudraksha-style beads and a red headpiece. Around them stands a long line of children and adults in colourful costumes: orange and saffron dhotis, green and red sarees, gold crowns, bangles and garlands, with some holding brass pots, staffs and ritual items. A man in white dhoti stands on the right beside a cameraman. A yellow-roofed building and hills appear in the hazy background.

May 02 2018