Skip to content
Nithyanandapedia
August 02 2008

More like this

Open the gallery
Night photograph of an outdoor shrine beneath a large tree. A small stone shrine with a white and blue domed roof and gold finial holds a dark deity murti garlanded with white flowers. A woman in a long orange sari with her hair loose stands at the shrine, holding a flower near her face. Men in orange and white clothes kneel and sit before the shrine; a kneeling man in white with an orange shawl leans forward, and a bald man in orange sits near a lamp. Onlookers in white and orange gather behind a red railing, and a microphone stand is visible at the left edge.2008-08-02August 02 20082008-08-02August 02 20082008-08-02A figure in an orange saffron garment with long dark hair stands at left holding a brass oil lamp with a visible flame, offering aarti before a shrine. The shrine is a small stone structure with a blue-and-white capped top under a large tree, holding a black stone deity murti or linga-like form decorated with white and red flower garlands and a white cloth. Seated devotees, including a child with shaved head in the foreground, watch at right and lower edge, with a brass oil lamp and pink flowers visible. Night setting with dark foliage behind.2008-08-02Night photograph outdoors under dark trees of a devotee in an orange and red robe bowing with palms pressed together before a stone shivalinga-style base decorated with red-dotted stones and a flower garland. Beside it stands a large dark stone deity murti draped in orange cloth with a rudraksha-style bead necklace. Behind them a group of men in white dhotis and kurtas stand with hands folded in prayer, one holding a mala, while a woman in white with an orange shawl stands at left. The scene suggests a devotional puja or pada yatra offering at a shrine.2008-09-28Night photo at an outdoor shrine beneath a large tree. A man with long dark hair, a white forehead mark, a yellow bead garland and saffron-orange robes stands at left with his hand extended toward a small stone shrine. Inside the shrine sit dark stone deity murti adorned with green leaves, white flowers and red blossoms. At lower right, a shaven-headed man in orange robes kneels at the shrine, holding a small offering vessel, with a brass bell on the ground nearby. Behind a low railing, several people in white and orange clothing watch, and a photographer is visible. A blue-and-white pot-shaped finial sits atop the shrine structure.2008-08-02A homa ritual under an orange and green decorated canopy at night. A standing man in orange robes with a hood and a beaded necklace presses his palms together at the right of a square fire pit (homa kund) with smoke rising, flower garlands and marigold petals around its edge. Seated devotees in orange and red garments surround the pit, some with brass bowls and offerings. Behind them, a framed portrait labelled 'Paramahamsa Nithyananda' is garlanded with flowers. Men in white with yellow shawls stand at the right and lower right, and banana plants and leaf festoons decorate the tent. A brass vessel with flowers sits in the lower left.2009-09-25February 16 20072007-02-16Night-time outdoor ritual at a row of black Shiva lingams on a red-and-white striped plinth. A figure in orange ochre robes with gold border, a green garland over the shoulders, and bare back faces away from the camera, raising a hand in worship toward a blue-clad deity murti decorated with flowers. A man in white dhoti with a red-bordered cloth and a shaved head holds a brass tray of yellow flowers, and a woman in white stands at the right edge. Brass oil lamp and a kalasha-style vessel sit on the platform.2011-09-30Night outdoor ritual beneath a large banyan tree with hanging aerial roots. A saffron-robed figure with an orange head wrap holds a lit oil lamp (aarti) toward a dark stone deity murti of a seated figure with a cobra hood, decorated with a red and white flower garland and marigold offerings on the ground. Two bald saffron-robed monastics stand at left with palms pressed together in namaste. Behind them, several people in white dhotis and white kurtas, and a woman in a green sari, stand with hands folded. A yellow marigold garland hangs across the tree area and a bell and tray sit on a white cloth.2006-01-01December 30 20082008-12-30August 02 20082008-08-02