Skip to content
Nithyanandapedia
A photograph of a large procession walking along a road in Pada Yatra event. Many devotees in white and cream traditional dress, many women in white saris with orange borders, carry saffron-orange flags and placards. A man in white kurta at center holds a sign. Traffic includes a yellow Kerala Road Transport Corporation truck, a maroon car and motorcycles. Police officers in khaki stand by the roadside. Red banner at lower left reads Walk to end religious persecution. Many people are visible, numbering well over twenty. Roadside spectators stand near a green fence and a sign in Kannada script.

More like this

Open the gallery
Aerial view of a road procession on a wide two-lane street lined with a dirt shoulder and grass. A large crowd of marchers, mostly in white clothes, carry saffron-orange flags and white placards, some printed with a portrait. A saffron banner held high reads "Walk to STOP THE RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION" alongside a printed portrait. Women in saffron, pink and blue saris and children walk among them. Motorcyclists and police officers in khaki stand near the roadside, and cars and a white van travel alongside. Spectators gather on the far pavement. Trash lies on the grass verge at right.2010-07-24July 24 20102010-07-24 +1 copiesAerial view of a road procession moving along a wide urban street lined with parked vehicles, trucks and auto-rickshaws. A large crowd of people, mostly in white clothing, many carrying red and orange flags, walks in a dense column. Some participants wear orange or saffron garments. Uniformed police officers in khaki walk alongside the procession. Several trucks and a green canvas-covered vehicle sit at the roadside, and a red-and-white decorated banner is visible among the marchers. Buildings and trees line the left side of the road.2010-07-24A long procession of people walks along a paved road in daylight, carrying orange and red flags on poles and white placards. Many women in white sarees with coloured borders lead the line, some in orange and pink saris, while men in white shirts and dhotis or trousers walk among them. A uniformed police officer in khaki stands at the left edge and another stands near the centre, and a man in a checked shirt walks at the front-right beside a motorcycle rider. A white tourist bus and a white car pass on the road, and roadside spectators and motorcycles are visible beyond the curb. Green grass and a low wall with a gate line the right side.2010-07-24Aerial view of a long street procession on a multi-lane road, with a large group of people in white clothes walking along the left side and carrying orange and red flags and placards. A large red banner reading "Walk to ... Sri Nithyananda Paramashivam" is held near the front, showing a portrait labelled with the name of Paramahamsa Nithyananda. Some marchers wear round orange badges. Onlookers stand on a footbridge and along the roadside on the right, a police officer in khaki stands near the marchers, and cars, a van and autorickshaw drive in the adjacent lanes. A signboard reading Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam appears at the upper right.2010-07-24A street procession of many people in white clothes walks along a paved road, carrying saffron-orange flags on poles and placards with red and white backgrounds and printed portraits of a bearded-figure caption reading "Paramahamsa Nithyananda, Champion of Modern Hinduism". Several white-clad marchers wear orange rosettes on their shirts; two uniformed police officers in khaki walk at the left edge. Roadside buildings, trees and a parked brown truck line the scene.2010-07-24Aerial view of a large padayatra procession marching along a wide road. Hundreds of participants in white clothing carry red-orange flags and red placards, and a long red banner reads "Walk to ... The Religious Persecution" followed by "...msa a person". Two men in white walk ahead near the left edge, one raising an arm. Onlookers stand on a footbridge at the right, and cars, autorickshaws and motorbikes share the road. A figure in orange robes walks near the middle of the column.2010-07-24A road procession of devotees in white clothing walks along a palm-lined street. Many women in white saris and white tops carry saffron-orange flags on poles, and some hold small placards. Men in white dhotis and yellow-bordered shawls walk among them. Two uniformed police officers in khaki with caps and belts walk at the left edge, one holding a long stick. A yellow bus marked TCS and a green roadside signboard stand behind the crowd, with a white banner in Kannada script on the right. Roughly thirty to forty people are visible.2010-07-24A photograph of a long procession of people walking along a multi-lane road, with many devotees dressed in white and some in pink or blue, carrying red-and-orange flags and white placards with printed portraits. Police officers in khaki uniforms walk alongside the marchers. A distant decorated palanquin or float with red and gold elements is visible at the far end of the procession. Traffic including cars, a blue van, an auto-rickshaw, trucks and buses moves in the adjacent lanes, while spectators line the opposite roadside and a pink building stands at upper right.2010-07-24A photograph of a street procession on a paved road lined with a grassy verge. A large decorated palanquin on the left is covered in marigold and yellow garlands with a green and purple cloth canopy, carried by men in orange clothing. Behind it a large crowd of men in white shirts and white dhotis walks, many holding red and orange flags and red placards. Some women in saris and schoolchildren in uniform watch from the roadside, and a uniformed police officer stands near the road. A road sign and a green and white marker sit at the edge of the scene.2010-07-24An elevated view of a pada yatra procession moving along a wide roadside in daylight. A long column of participants in white clothes walks on the left side of the road, many carrying orange and red flags and some holding white placards. Near the middle, a decorated palanquin or float with pink and yellow ornamentation is carried. Traffic passes on the road, including a white SUV, motorbikes and an auto-rickshaw, while people stand at the roadside. Trees, a small shrine with a golden dome and roadside shops line the background.2010-07-24Aerial view of a long procession of devotees walking along a road, many women and men dressed in white with orange-red flags on poles. Many carry placards with portraits and Kannada text; a large orange banner at the top reads in English about ending religious persecution. A man in an orange robe and dhoti walks at the front left of the column, and a few men in white shirts and trousers walk alongside. Onlookers stand on the right-hand roadside and a footbridge, and a white car drives along the left lane.2010-07-24