October 21 2006 - Nithyanandapedia

Nithyanandapedia

October 21 2006

More like this

Open the gallery

Outdoor photograph beneath a large banyan tree with many aerial roots and a red-and-white garland tied at its trunk. Two priests in white dhoti and shawl stand at the tree base, one holding a bell-like ritual object near a small blue tray. In the foreground, a person in saffron-orange robe with a gold-bordered shawl and long dark hair stands facing the tree with hands folded. The ground is dark polished stone and a paved path, with white pillars and greenery behind. Three people are visible.

A photograph of people walking barefoot along a dirt path beneath a large spreading banyan tree with thick aerial roots and a low stone-edged planting bed. A shaved-headed man in a saffron-orange robe walks at centre, gesturing with his right hand, holding a small object in his left. Beside him, a bearded man in a white kurta wears a dark head covering and a brown-and-gold patterned shawl draped over his shoulders. Behind them, two men in white clothing follow, one holding a camera. A hose coils along the stone border on the right. The scene is outdoors in daylight.

December 31 2009

February 01 2018

April 24 2019

A photograph outdoors at a large banyan tree with thick, twisting aerial roots and a tree trunk covered in hanging roots. A figure with long, swept-back dark hair, wearing an orange saffron wrap over a bare upper body and holding a wooden walking staff, bends forward toward the trunk. Behind him, several women in orange saffron robes stand holding small brass vessels and tall staffs with orange cloth streamers. On the left, men in white clothes sit on mats on the reddish earth. A mat with a striped pattern lies on the ground at right. a person cues: long swept-back hair, saffron wrap and staff.

2006-10-08 +1 copies

December 27 2009

A photograph of a group of people in an outdoor grove beside a large banyan tree with dense aerial roots hanging from its trunk. In the foreground a woman in a bright yellow sari with long dark hair walks toward the tree, her back to the camera. To the right, several men in saffron-orange robes and shawls stand in a line, some wearing rudraksha malas and holding small objects in their hands, one with a grey-streaked beard and orange turban. A bare-chested man in a white dhoti with a striped border stands among them, holding a small white object. Other figures in orange and white stand further back under the trees, and a metal pot sits at the right edge.

July 02 2004

Outdoor photo beneath a large banyan tree with aerial roots. A bearded man with long hair, wearing a red-brown saffron-toned shawl and a beaded necklace with a gold pendant, walks across rough rocks. Beside him a young man in white dhoti and shawl carries a rudraksha mala and an umbrella-like canopy with colourful fringed decorations, while people in orange and white robes follow behind a railing. A small lamp hangs from a pole. The setting is a sacred grove with a stone-paved platform.

Outdoors under a large banyan tree with dense aerial roots, a group of devotees stands on a sandy path. In the foreground, a man in an orange robe with a rudraksha mala points upward toward the tree while others around him look up. Beside them, a man in a dark shirt and grey trousers and another in a white dhoti and shirt stand barefoot. Further back, several people in white clothing stand with hands folded in reverence near a stone structure at the tree base. A shrine with a deity murti is partly visible at left.

Outdoor photo beneath a large banyan tree with many hanging aerial roots and a dark polished stone platform in the foreground reflecting the trees. A bare-backed figure with long dark hair wears an orange saffron wrap and stands barefoot near the trunk. To the right, an older man in white clothing with an orange shawl walks along the path, with another person partly visible at the edge of the frame. The figure's appearance includes long swept-back hair and saffron clothing, but the frame shows only the back and the identity is uncertain.