Skip to content
Nithyanandapedia
May 07 2012

More like this

Open the gallery
A photograph of a seated group in a hall during a puja or satsang. In the foreground, a man in an orange robe with a rudraksha mala and sacred body markings sits cross-legged before brass puja plates and lamps. Beside him, a bald man in a white dhoti with a gold border sits with hands folded in prayer. Behind them, thirty or more boys and young men in mixed casual shirts sit on the floor, and a young child in red sits at left. Red-cushioned chairs line the back, and a gold ornamental canopy and a gold cobra-hooded image stand at the rear. A translucent green container and a small black bag rest in front.2012-05-10April AF 2012 +1 copiesA seated audience fills a hall with folded blue-and-red striped mats and stacked bedding in the background, with pink curtains at the top left. Many young boys and men sit cross-legged on the floor, most in plain shirts, white dhotis and white kurtas. Several wear rudraksha malas, and some boys have sacred ash or kumkum marks on their foreheads. Some look down, some hold phones, and a bearded man in an orange-brown jacket sits near the centre. A figure in white sits at the far left. No single speaker or deity is clearly visible; the scene reads as a satsang-style gathering.2011-12-16A photograph of a large seated satsang gathering in a hall with cream tiled floor. Foreground rows hold children and young adults in saffron-orange and white dhotis and shawls with rudraksha malas; several boys wear orange with gold borders. Behind them, a dense crowd of devotees in white and orange sits on mats and red cushions, many with vibhuti or tilak on their foreheads. A woman in white with gold-bordered sari sits at right. Wall paintings and framed images of deities decorate the back wall.2016-08-13A photograph of a seated group at a pada puja in an indoor hall with pale tiled floor. In the foreground a shaved-headed sannyasi in saffron-orange robes and a rudraksha mala sits cross-legged with eyes lowered, beside a man in white dhoti and shirt with a yellow-bordered cloth. Several boys in casual shirts sit with hands folded, and a few men in white ritual dhotis sit behind. Small trays of yellow flowers and fruit sit on the floor, and a rolled cloth lies near the front. No one here shows distinctive a person cues such as long hair or a crown, so no identification is made.2011-12-14April 29 20122012-04-29A seated group of devotees in a temple hall performs a ritual with brass puja vessels and oil lamps on mats in front of them. Two men in front wear white dhoti-style garments with gold borders and rudraksha malas, one with grey hair and glasses, the other with eyes closed and hands folded. Behind them many boys and young men sit in rows, some in white and others in colourful shirts, all attentive. A small orange bag rests at the lower right. No candidate for a person is clearly identifiable from appearance, so no identity is assigned.2012-04-09July 26 20132013-07-26A large hall filled with rows of seated boys and young men performing a worship ceremony on mats. Each small place has brass plates with oil lamps, a small brass bowl, flowers and offerings, and incense sticks. In the foreground, a boy in a red shirt and light blue trousers sits with hands joined, while a boy in a blue striped shirt and blue shorts sits beside a brass plate. At the far right, an orange-shirted boy sits cross-legged. Near the back, a woman in white sits before a low table at the front of the room, with a white cloth on the floor and red curtains and chairs along the wall.2012-05-08July 23 20112011-07-23January 01 20132013-01-01A seated group listens attentively in a hall with a glossy pale floor reflecting the room. A bald man with glasses, wearing a bare-chested white dhoti with a golden border and a rudraksha mala, sits front and centre on a red-and-white striped mat, hands resting together. Around him men in shirts and young boys in t-shirts sit cross-legged on similar mats, some looking forward, others turning their heads. Red curtains hang in the windows behind them.2012-04-03