Skip to content
Nithyanandapedia
August 31 2015

More like this

Open the gallery
A photograph of a temple shrine with a gilded arched niche and grey stone pillars. A priest with long dark hair, wearing a white dhoti with a yellow border and a bare upper back, raises a brass lamp with a flame toward the central deity murti. The murti shows a seated figure with a crescent-moon crown and ornate gold jewellery, draped in marigold garlands. Flanking figures stand in green-curtained niches, one wearing a white and gold garment and the other a tiger-skin style garment with a garland. Brass lamps stand on the stone platform in front, and a few small offerings sit nearby.2015-08-31A devotee seen from behind, with long dark hair and a white dhoti bordered in gold, sits before a shrine in a grey stone temple. Inside the gilded arched niche, a deity murti seated on a throne is adorned with garlands of orange and yellow marigolds, a green backdrop, and jewelled necklaces. Flanking figures in the niches are also garlanded, and brass oil lamps stand on the ledge in front.2015-08-31October 31 20142014-10-31A photograph of an open-sided stone shrine where a person seen from behind holds a lit lamp toward a deity murti. The worshipper has short dark hair, a red rudraksha mala, a white top with a yellow-edged cloth, and a wristwatch, and is performing aarti. Inside the gilded arch, a central deity figure in red and orange with a red crown is flanked by two attendant figures wearing layered necklaces. Marigold garlands drape the central image, and brass lamps and offerings stand on the plinth. Carved grey stone pillars frame the scene.2014-10-29A temple shrine interior with a dark stone shrine wall and gold-framed niches holding three deity murtis: a central pair seated on a raised platform with a shivalinga, flanked by standing figures wrapped in garlands of yellow and white flowers. A priest in white dhoti and orange-saffron upper cloth, with a rudraksha mala, stands at left near a tray of flower petals. A bare-chested priest with long dark hair, a white flower garland and gold armlets stands at right with his hands near the altar, performing puja. Brass lamps flicker on the altar and red curtains hang behind the niches.2017-10-18Ritual scene in a temple shrine at night. A woman in a brown and gold-bordered sari stands at right holding a lit lamp (aarti) before a large black Shiva linga and a white-and-gold stone deity murti of Shiva and Parvati seated on a red cloth, both adorned with gold crowns, jewellery and marigold garlands. Standing at left are several men in orange and ochre robes, one holding a brass plate of offerings, another in an orange turban. A garlanded figure stands at far right. Flowers in yellow, purple and white decorate the arch behind the deities. Ornate golden arch overhead.2016-03-07A photograph of a temple shrine with a golden arched frame in front of a deity murti pair draped in layered garlands of yellow, orange, red and white flowers. A bare-backed man with long, wavy dark hair and a saffron/orange cloth around his waist stands in the foreground, holding up a lit oil lamp toward the deities. In front of the altar are a silver vessel, a tray of fruit and scattered flower petals. On the right, a row of devotees in white clothes stand with hands folded in prayer. The pillars are grey stone with carved relief work.2006-12-23A photograph of a temple shrine with a priest in the lower left corner, bald and wearing glasses, with a white cloth over his shoulder and a gold-bordered yellow cloth, his right arm extended toward the altar with a small vessel. The central altar holds a seated deity murti draped in white and gold with a gold crown, flanked by standing deity figures in pink and blue garments garlanded with white and red flower strands. Brass oil lamps stand on either side, and a brass vessel of offerings sits at the front. Carved stone pillars and a gilded arch frame the shrine. The priest appears to be performing puja or abhishekam. He is the only physical person visible, so no a person candidate is present in the frame.2016-04-03April 03 20162016-04-03September 19 20112011-09-19A temple shrine with a priest in white dhoti and shawl with gold border standing at left, holding a lit oil lamp aarti tray toward a golden canopied peetha on which deity murtis are decorated with fresh white and yellow garlands and red flowers, one central figure wearing an orange-saffron cloth. Two figures in red and green silk sit on the throne, and behind them in a red-curtained niche stand two larger deity figures in red and gold garments adorned with garlands. Stone columns with carved pillars frame the scene, with lamps on golden stands in the foreground. A priest performing puja to deities in a temple shrine.2011-11-01September 19 20152015-09-19