Skip to content
Nithyanandapedia
A photograph of a hillside garden with a large rounded brown boulder in the foreground, partly covered with scattered petals of pink, orange and white flowers. A woman in a white long-sleeved top and grey trousers kneels and leans forward with her hands and head resting on the rock. Behind her a second woman in white bends over at the rock's far side, and a man in a light blue shirt stands on a dirt path further back. Green palm-like fan plants, shrubs and small white flowers surround the rock. In the background, a tall gopuram temple tower and a town of low buildings sit below a rocky hill. The people are visible at the frame's edges, and the scene looks like a devotional visit to a sacred rock.

More like this

Open the gallery
Outdoor photo of a large group of devotees in white clothes with orange shawls gathered on a dusty hillside among green plants and palm fronds. In the foreground a woman in a green blouse and white sari bends low and touches her forehead to a large flat boulder strewn with white flowers and garlands. A man in white with an orange shawl stands beside her, and a woman in a white sari with an orange shawl and a handbag stands at left. Behind them, many seated and standing devotees face the rock, and a tall gopuram temple tower rises in the background among hills.2008-08-02Outdoor photo on a hilltop at a sacred site, with a large rough rock covered in pink lotus flowers, white and orange garlands and scattered petals. A woman in white clothes with a rudraksha mala, hands pressed to her face in prayer, kneels beside the rock. Behind her a large crowd of devotees in white and saffron/orange shawls stands among green trees, with a tall gopuram temple tower visible in the distance and a hill on the right.2008-08-02August 02 20082008-08-02June 03 20122012-06-03August 02 20082008-08-02Outdoor photo of a large weathered rock outcrop on a hillside, covered with pink lotus flowers, white jasmine garlands and orange-yellow marigold petals. A young man in a white shirt stands at right with his hands together in prayer, while a crowd of devotees in white and orange-saffron shawls stands behind and beside the rock under trees. A tall gopuram temple tower rises in the background among hills. Several devotees appear to be gathered for a ritual offering or puja at the sacred stone.2008-08-02August 02 20082008-08-02Outdoor photograph of a large rounded granite boulder in the foreground, covered with pink lotus flowers in bundles, scattered white jasmine petals and orange marigold petals. Behind it a crowd of devotees stands on a hillside, many in white dhotis and white kurtas, some women in orange saris or orange shawls. A young man in white with an orange shawl bends forward with hands pressed together in prayer over the flowers. In the background a tall gopuram temple tower rises among trees, with distant hills under an overcast sky. The scene suggests a pilgrimage offering at a hilltop shrine.2008-08-02A man stands in profile on a hillside among green trees with his palms joined in anjali mudra at his chest and his eyes closed in prayer. He wears a plain white t-shirt with a printed blue and yellow graphic, white dhoti, a rudraksha mala around his neck and a white tilak on his forehead. In front of him a large flat rock is decorated with a garland of white and orange flowers and a pile of pink and white blossoms, with green leaves laid beside it. Houses are visible in the background across the hills. A partially visible person stands at the right edge of the frame.2012-06-03Outdoor photo on a hilltop of a large rough granite boulder covered with pink lotus flowers, white jasmine garlands and scattered petals. A man in a white shirt and orange shawl stands with palms pressed together in namaskar at the rock's edge, a rudraksha-style bead necklace visible at his neck. Behind him a crowd of devotees in white and orange clothing gathers on the slope, and a gopuram temple tower rises in the distance above the town, with hills beyond. A woman in white with a bead necklace stands at the right edge. The scene suggests a puja offering at a sacred rock site.2008-08-02June 03 20122012-06-03A photograph taken from a rocky hilltop overlooking a dense city, with two tall gopuram towers of a temple rising in the background under a hazy sky. Below, on a reddish-earth clearing among green trees and shrubs, many devotees dressed in white clothes sit or stand in small groups, some seated on the ground and others on a stone ledge, some with folded hands in prayer. One person in white sits cross-legged on the earth near the bottom right, and another stands at the edge of the clearing. A bare tree stands at the centre of the clearing. A small pale-yellow building with signage sits at the left edge of the hill. No one is identifiable as a specific individual.2010-01-09