Skip to content
Nithyanandapedia
August 02 2012

More like this

Open the gallery
August 02 20122012-08-02July 07 20092009-07-07 +1 copiesOutdoor shrine scene under large banyan trees. A black deity murti stands in a silver arched niche, draped in a red garment and garlanded with orange and yellow marigold strands, set on a mound of red-orange flower or powder offerings. Devotees sit on a dark stone platform in the foreground, some in white and light-coloured clothes, one woman in a blue sari with a long braid, others in striped shirts. Several men in white dhotis and shirts stand near the shrine, and one man in white stands beside a woman in a patterned sari at the right, appearing to take part in a puja or offering. Dappled sunlight falls on sandy ground with stone blocks around the shrine.2010-12-22July 07 20092009-07-07 +1 copiesJuly 11 20102010-07-11July 11 20102010-07-11August 02 20122012-08-02Outdoor photo under a large spreading tree at a dirt-ground shrine. A dark-skinned deity murti with a saffron-orange garland and raised arms stands on a pink-and-white pedestal inside a stone arch. Around a circular paved platform, devotees in white dhotis and shirts, saris in green, orange, red and white, and salwar kameez stand and walk; a few people are kneeling. Several boys and a woman in white sit on a dark mat in the foreground facing the shrine. A watermarked copyright line is visible in the image but not reproduced here.2007-05-04August 02 20122012-08-02February 24 20072007-02-24Outdoor photograph beneath a large banyan tree at a shaded shrine. At centre stands a dark stone deity murti draped in orange and marigold garlands, set before a white arched niche with a red-powdered base. A man in white clothes stands at the shrine tending it, while several people in white and light-coloured attire stand and walk nearby. In the foreground, a group of seated devotees on a black stone floor face the shrine, including women in white and pink saris and a child in yellow. A man in a pink shirt and brown trousers stands at right. Hanging aerial roots and ropes frame the scene.2010-07-03 +1 copiesOutdoor photo at a shaded banyan-tree shrine where devotees gather around a decorated deity murti under a silver arch. The murti is draped with colourful garlands and flower strings, with an orange and gold face and ornaments. Several people in white clothes and white dhotis stand or bend in worship, including a white-saried elderly woman and a girl in a blue dress. A metal pot holds offerings wrapped in white cloth in the right foreground, and seated devotees in the lower corners face the shrine. Wooden fencing and aerial roots frame the scene.2011-07-15