Skip to content
Nithyanandapedia
January 14 2008

More like this

Open the gallery
January 14 20082008-01-14August 12 20082008-08-12A photograph inside an open-sided pavilion with a bamboo-matting roof, showing devotees in white kurtas with orange shawls performing a food-offering ritual. In the foreground a young man in white and an orange shawl, with a red tilak on his forehead and a mobile phone hanging from his neck, extends his right hand holding a small handful of cooked rice or sweet. To the left a man in an orange shawl and gold bangle holds a similar offering. On the right a bearded man with a tilak and long hair pulled back, wearing an orange shawl and gold bangle, holds rice in his palm. Other devotees in white and orange stand behind, with greenery and rocks visible through the open sides.2006-10-21A photo of a serving line under a covered open-sided shelter. Several men in white kurtas with orange shawls and orange garlands stand behind steel pots and buckets, serving rice and curry onto steel plates held by the foreground man. The man at right wears an orange shawl over white clothes, a red tilak on his forehead and an ID badge, smiling as he receives a plate. Other servers in white and orange ladle food from large pots, with a man in white at centre wearing a gold-trimmed shawl. Stainless steel vessels and a serving counter fill the scene.2007-02-15August 12 20082008-08-12January 14 20082008-01-14August 09 20072007-08-09August 12 20082008-08-12Indoor scene in a hall with a banner reading Nithyananda Anna Mandir Food Temple. Seated devotees in white dhotis and orange shawls sit on red-and-black striped mats along a row of banana leaves set with brass kalashas, steel cups and food offerings. A tall man in white dhoti and orange shawl stands at right, smiling and looking down the row. Behind him a bearded man in orange robes stands near a framed picture, and a person in white with an orange shawl carries a brass vessel. Bamboo poles with orange cloth stand over the row. A woman bends at lower right serving from a steel bucket. The scene suggests an annadan food offering.2008-01-12August 12 20082008-08-12A candid photograph inside a covered open-sided hall with a corrugated roof and fluorescent light. Several men in white ritual clothes with orange shawls stand around a metal table. In the foreground a man with a white vertical tilak on his forehead, a rudraksha mala and a gold bangle holds a small piece of food in his hands. A bald man with a white moustache in white clothes presses his palms together in namaste. Further left another man in white and orange turns toward the group, and a few others stand in the background. Plastic chairs and glasses sit on the table.2007-02-13March 22 20082008-03-22