January 21 2009 - Nithyanandapedia

Nithyanandapedia

January 21 2009

More like this

Open the gallery

A photograph of an indoor room with pale green walls, framed portrait prints and a white ceiling fan. A central figure in an orange robe with a white and red flower garland, long dark hair and a smiling expression stands on a striped red and green mat, one hand raised in greeting. A man in a white shirt and grey trousers bends low, touching the floor before the robed figure. Nearby, women in cream and gold-bordered saris and a man in a beige shirt watch and smile. On the right, a man with long hair wears a white kurta, a red shawl and a rudraksha mala. Printed portraits on the wall show a figure in orange with beads and a figure in white. Bare feet and a plastic chair are visible.

January 21 2009

February 04 2009

Indoor photo in a pale green room with framed posters on the walls. A long-haired man in saffron-orange robe and a white flower garland stands centre, smiling, with a red bindi, and a red dot on the forehead. Around him, devotees in white shirts and white dhotis, some wearing rudraksha malas, bend forward or hold out hands; a woman in a white sari with a flower in her hair and a girl in a yellow-and-white dress stand nearby. A boy in white holds small red items on a tray. A framed poster behind shows a saffron-robed seated figure with raised hand, and another portrait shows a figure in orange. A ceiling fan and speaker are visible.

Indoor photograph in a plain white-walled room with a tiled floor. A young man in an orange saffron turban, orange robe and layered rudraksha and white-flower garlands stands centre-left, smiling as a woman in an orange sari with gold border touches his shoulder. Behind him a younger man in orange and two women in orange saris hold brass trays of flowers and rose petals. A man in white shirt and white dhoti holds a tray with an offering. An oil lamp burns on the floor at lower right. The garlanded figure's appearance is not distinctive enough to confirm identity, so he is described by role only.

January 11 2010

2010-01-11 +1 copies

A photograph inside a bare, newly finished room with white walls and tiled floor. A central figure in an orange saffron robe with a white jasmine garland and a long rudraksha mala walks forward smiling, with a red tilak on the forehead and long dark hair swept back. Around them, several men in white dhoti and shirt stand with hands folded in anjali, and a woman in a cream sari carries flowers and a plate. On the right, a white-clad elderly man stands beside a white-draped table holding a brass lamp, a bell, a plate and a flame. Marigold and rose garlands hang along the doorway and the window. A kalasha-style offering and a lit oil lamp sit on the table. Swamiji (probable) appears as the orange-robed central figure with long swept-back hair, garland and rudraksha mala, consistent with a visiting dignitary being welcomed at an office opening.

January 18 2009

A photograph inside a plain whitewashed room with wall charts of birds and national symbols. A woman in an orange sari stands centre holding a brass plate of offerings and flowers, while a woman in a white sari with gold border beside her and a man in white dhoti and shirt in the background stand in a ritual welcome. A man in a white shirt bends forward offering a long pink flower garland. A kneeling woman in a blue patterned sari bows with her head down, and several women in blue patterned saris and a young person in orange stand to the right, with pink flower petals scattered on the floor. Visible people number about ten.

Indoor photograph of a doorway in a whitewashed hall with green-framed metal grille doors. A figure in saffron-orange robes with long dark hair stands at the threshold holding a long red-and-white garland, facing a man in a white shirt and white dhoti. Behind them, green leafy decorations hang across the doorway. A crowd of women in saris, including one in a white sari with a brass plate of flowers and a woman in a blue sari, press in from both sides and raise their hands in greeting. Garlands and loose white flowers are visible. A notice board hangs on the right wall.

A photograph inside a small room decorated with an orange and green peacock-patterned hanging and paper streamers overhead. In the centre, a man in a saffron-orange robe wears a long white flower garland with red flower strands and a yellow flower at the hip, with long swept-back hair, and walks forward smiling. To his left, a woman in a white sari with a gold border and a young woman in a blue patterned top stand with palms pressed together in greeting. A man in a white shirt and white trousers with a pendant necklace stands at right beside a red-draped platform. Brass pots, a lit oil lamp and flower offerings sit on the floor at lower right, and a rug covers the floor.

June 22 2009