Skip to content
Nithyanandapedia
A photograph of a group seated and standing on a white floor during a communal meal or offering. A man in a blue t-shirt and grey trousers leans over a cardboard box filled with crumpled paper plates, paper and food remnants. Around him, people in white clothes sit on mats; a woman in a white sari with a yellow border and yellow shawl sits at right, and a person in white sits beside her. Hands hold paper plates containing flowers, sweets or food, and water bottles lie on the floor. A man at lower left wears a rudraksha mala and pink shirt. The scene looks like post-meal clearing of plates.

More like this

Open the gallery
A photograph of people gathered on a white marble floor around a cardboard box filled with crumpled paper plates and leaf-like food waste. A woman in a white sari with a yellow border and a yellow shawl kneels at the right, reaching into the box with her hand. Standing behind her are several people in white and grey clothing, including a man in a white shirt and white trousers and another in a grey shirt and grey trousers wearing an ID badge; one person in a red patterned top is at the upper right. At the lower left, a paper plate holding yellow food is visible. Several people are barefoot. No deity, throne or ceremonial setting is visible.2010-02-22A photograph of devotees packing food into a large cardboard box on a light grey floor. A man in white kurta at left leans over the box, and a young woman in a white and gold-bordered sari with a yellow shawl kneels beside it. Several people in white and pastel clothing stand or sit behind them, some barefoot. The box holds foil-wrapped and packaged snack items, and a woman at right in white reaches in to pick one up. The scene suggests an annadan-style food service or charity packing activity.2010-02-22A photo taken at an indoor event with a light wall backdrop. A man in a white kurta with gold-patterned embroidery and white trousers bends forward, touching the floor with his hand, with a dark-haired woman in a white sari with gold border and a yellow shawl standing beside him. A man in a blue striped shirt with a lanyard badge holds a metal plate of green-wrapped sweets or offerings. Other people in white clothing stand around, including a man in white with a rudraksha mala and red pendant at left, and a seated woman in white at lower right. Their clothing is all white, with a few touches of yellow and gold.2010-02-22A photograph of a cardboard box filled with discarded paper plates, leaf-plate scraps and folded white paper waste. A man's hands, wearing a beaded wrist mala and cream-white clothing, lift and sort the plates from inside the open box. Only the hands and lower white garment are visible; no face appears. The setting appears to be a clean-up after a meal in a ceremonial or ashram space with a beige floor.2011-11-26Annadhan in 20152015-01-01 +3 copiesA photograph of a temple food offering. In the foreground at left, a man with long dreadlocked hair, a pink flower garland and a red-and-gold cloth scoops rice from a large silver bowl of yellow-tinted rice. Beside him, a woman in a white and gold-bordered sari and blue hairnet serves from the bowl. At right, a bare-chested, bespectacled man in white dhoti and rudraksha mala takes a handful of the rice onto a banana leaf over steel trays. Behind them, women in cream kasavu saris stand on the floor, and a young girl in a green top and blue skirt watches. Saffron-robed devotees stand in the background. This appears to be a naivedyam offering for a festival.2017-08-14Annadhan in 20142014-01-01 +1 copiesNovember 26 20112011-11-26A dense crowd of devotees dressed in white clothes and white shirts, many wearing beaded rudraksha-style malas, stands closely packed in a hall while holding out white disposable plates and leaf-plates of food. Women in white saris and salwars, several with braided hair and gold earrings, reach forward among men in white shirts and dhotis. A video camera on a tripod is visible at upper right, and a small blue-and-white logo appears at upper left. The scene suggests a community food-serving event such as annadan, with people receiving food. No single figure is clearly identifiable as a person, and the frame shows no throne, saffron robes or distinctive adornments associated with him.October 12 20122012-10-12February 25 20072007-02-25Overhead photo of a floor ceremony on white cloth covered with pink and orange flower petals. A person in an orange robe with long dark hair sits centrally, wearing a large white and pink flower garland, and is touching petals with both hands. Around them, people in white shirts and cream and gold-bordered saris sit cross-legged, some bent forward and some with palms pressed together. Loose petals, flower heaps and small stems fill the foreground. a person is seated centrally in the orange robe with the garland, though appearance is uncertain.2006-09-23