May 10 2017 - Nithyanandapedia

Nithyanandapedia

May 10 2017

More like this

Open the gallery

A seated satsang gathering in a hall with orange and red fabric overhead and metal railings. In the foreground, a man with a red bindi and a smile sits on the left, and a bare-chested man in a white dhoti with gold border and sandal-paste marks on his arms and forehead sits in the centre. To the right, a man in a white shirt sits beside a shaved-headed man in a white dhoti with gold border, orange shawl and rudraksha mala. Behind them, an older man in a white shirt and other devotees in white, orange and green clothing sit among chained railings and patterned mats. No deity or throne is clearly visible, and no speaker is identifiable in the frame.

May 10 2017

A photograph of a seated crowd of devotees at an indoor ashram event. In the foreground a bare-chested man with a white and ash tripundra on his forehead, a thick moustache and a white cloth draped over his shoulder with a green-bordered wrap, wears a laminated badge on a lanyard and a rudraksha-style mala, and is smiling broadly with eyes narrowed. To his right a man with glasses and a moustache smiles beside him, and further right a younger man with a red bindi and bare shoulders also smiles. Behind them many white-clad devotees sit in rows before a pale wall with saffron and yellow decorations.

December 22 2010

Crowded seated satsang audience of devotees dressed in white shirts and white clothing. In the centre a man with short dark hair, a red bindi and a moustache looks forward while holding a rudraksha mala with both hands. Beside him a younger man with white tilak on his forehead and red thread at his neck also handles his mala. Other devotees with glasses and red forehead marks sit behind them, and a few hands rest at the lower right edge. Some devotees wear identity badges on their chests.

A photograph of a large seated congregation of shirtless men in white dhoti-style cloths with gold trim, many wearing rudraksha malas and pendant necklaces, with white and red tilak marks on their foreheads and bodies. The front-centre man smiles with eyes closed and a red tilak, the people around him are also seated and smiling. This is a satsang-style gathering, the seated crowd fills the frame and extends beyond the top edge.

Photograph of a seated audience at a satsang-style discourse. A man in the centre wears a white shirt, a long rudraksha mala, and a vertical tilak on his forehead, smiling and looking upward. Beside him a young man in white shirt and dark trousers looks forward. Behind and around them, several men in white and light-striped shirts sit closely together, some wearing lanyards, with a pink-and-blue floor covering visible below. The setting appears to be a hall with a pink floor. No identifiable event sign is legible in view. Several men are visible, roughly six to twenty.

November 21 2015

A crowded evening satsang gathering of men seated closely together, most bare-chested or wearing white dhotis with white sacred ash (vibhuti) smeared on their foreheads and chests. A central man in the foreground wears a multi-strand rudraksha mala and a pendant, with a pale green cloth at his waist. To the right, a man rests his hand against his face and wears a white shawl and beaded necklace. Behind them, many devotees fill the frame, some wearing white garlands and sitting attentively.

September 28 2012

June 08 2017

A seated crowd of men at a large outdoor gathering, mostly bare-chested with white dhotis bordered in gold, several wearing white sacred threads and rudraksha-style beaded necklaces, many with white and red forehead marks. In the centre, a man in a white shirt and white dhoti with a visitor badge smiles beside an elderly man in glasses. On the right, a smiling man with a red tilak and a white sacred thread sits with clasped hands. Several men in the back row also smile, and an orange-cloth headwrap is visible at the upper left. Pale sandals sit on the mat in the foreground.

2017-05-26 +1 copies