Skip to content
Nithyanandapedia
December 07 2016

More like this

Open the gallery
December 07 20162016-12-07A night ritual in a temple pavilion with a fire pit (homa) burning at the centre, surrounded by marigold garlands and flower-decorated pedestals. Several priests in white dhotis and orange cloths perform the rite, one holding a lit lamp and another pouring an offering. Devotees sit on colourful striped mats in the foreground. To the right, a seated figure in an ochre robe sits on an ornate gold throne with a sunburst backrest, beside a decorated deity murti framed with flowers and string lights. Coloured strings of lights hang overhead.2016-12-15December 07 20162016-12-07Night ritual homa in a canopied temple hall strung with coloured lights. A fire burns in a tiered brass fire pit decorated with marigolds and red flowers, with fruit and offering trays in front. Two priests sit on the left in white dhotis and shawls; the central priest wears a yellow shawl, holds a ladle over the fire, and a bare-chested man on the right tends a basket of herbs. Behind them a golden deity murti and a golden throne with a seated figure in saffron-coloured robes sit beneath a garland. Yellow and green curtains and flower garlands frame the scene.2016-12-15July 19 20132013-07-19A dim temple interior during a homa fire ritual beside a silver-decorated deity murti garlanded with yellow and red flower strands. In the foreground a fire burns in a brass vessel holding halved coconuts and fruit. Behind it, a bare-chested priest in white dhoti and sacred thread stands at the deity's side, and another priest in white attends nearby. A seated figure in a dark garment with a tilaka on the forehead watches the fire. An orange-robed person sits at the lower left edge, partly visible. A tube light and a lamp light the scene.2011-11-29December 07 20162016-12-07December 07 20162016-12-07Night-time ritual inside a temple pavilion with a tiered wooden homa platform holding a visible fire, surrounded by striped woven mats in green, red and blue. Several priests sit cross-legged: two bare-chested men in white dhotis pour offerings near the flames, and a man in an orange shawl and white dhoti sits to the right. Brass kalasha pots, banana-leaf plates with fruit and sweets, marigold garlands and a brass lamp stand in front. Behind the fire, a figure seated on an ornate gold-and-red throne in saffron-coloured clothing with a rudraksha-style necklace is visible, flanked by a dark-clothed attendant in white; a decorated deity murti shrine with garlands and hanging ornaments stands in the background. Overhead, strings of beads and lamps hang from a corrugated roof.2016-12-12December 15 20162016-12-15December 07 20162016-12-07March 15 20202020-03-15 +1 copies