A photograph of several pigeons on a pale concrete surface with cracks, pecking at scattered grain. Two white pigeons and two grey-and-blue pigeons with iridescent green-purple necks feed in the foreground, with a white pigeon standing further back. A red-painted structure and white wall sit blurred in the background. No people are visible. - Nithyanandapedia

Nithyanandapedia

A photograph of several pigeons on a pale concrete surface with cracks, pecking at scattered grain. Two white pigeons and two grey-and-blue pigeons with iridescent green-purple necks feed in the foreground, with a white pigeon standing further back. A red-painted structure and white wall sit blurred in the background. No people are visible.

More like this

Open the gallery

Three pigeons pecking at grain scattered on a pale grey concrete surface. On the left a white pigeon, in the centre a grey pigeon with dark bars on its wings, and on the right a mottled grey and white pigeon with a dark head. Behind them a red-painted platform holds a white bowl, with a red doorway and white wall in the background.

July 08 2010

July 08 2010

July 08 2010

Four pigeons pecking at scattered grain on a grey concrete surface with a crack running diagonally across it. Three are white, one is slate-grey with a darker head and neck. Sunlight casts sharp shadows to the right, and a sandy-brown ground is visible at the upper left edge.

Close photograph of a person's open palm held flat on a pale concrete surface, with two grey pigeons pecking grain from it. A third white pigeon stands at the left edge. The person wears a white garment sleeve and a silver bangle on the wrist. Scattered seed grains lie on the ground. No ritual activity or identifiable figure is visible beyond the hand and sleeve.

A close photograph of a hand offering grains to pigeons on a pale concrete ground beside a white stone platform. A grey pigeon with dark wing bars pecks at seeds in an outstretched palm, wearing a beaded rudraksha-style bracelet and a silver bangle on the wrist. A white pigeon and a second grey-banded bird stand nearby. Only the wrist and hand of the feeder are visible; no face is shown.

Two pigeons on a pale stone ledge in front of red and white striped walls. A grey pigeon with iridescent green and purple neck feathers and a barred wing stands in the foreground, while a white pigeon stands at the left edge of the frame. A white painted floral or lotus-like design is visible on the ledge, and a strip of green material runs along its edge. No people are visible.

June 09 2009

Three pigeons peck at scattered grains on a grey concrete surface with a crack running across it. Two are white with pink-red feet and beaks, and one grey pigeon with iridescent neck feathers stands at the left edge. Small yellow-tan grains are scattered in the centre of the frame. No people are visible.

Three pigeons feed on scattered yellow grain on a grey concrete surface with cracks and dirt stains. A white pigeon with dark wing markings pecks at the left, while a grey pigeon with dark banding stands at the back and another grey pigeon with a striped pattern faces right, dark-tailed, near the grain. A red-and-white painted kerb edges the lower right. No people, deities or ritual objects are visible; the scene is a plain outdoor courtyard.