Skip to content
Nithyanandapedia
October 02 2012

More like this

Open the gallery
A small rough-walled alcove or shrine niche viewed from the front, with a white safety gate with grey mesh panels across its opening. Inside stands a brass finial or small deity murti draped in a dark striped cloth with orange and red borders. A copper kalasha-style pot hangs from a cord on the right wall, and a small brass lamp or bell-shaped item hangs from the ceiling on the left. Dim light and bare concrete surfaces. No people are visible.2012-10-02Photograph of a dim, narrow stone-walled inner shrine with a grey concrete floor and a low-hanging lamp. At the centre sits a golden deity murti in a tiered canopy, decorated with a garland of white and red flowers and green leaves. Brass pots and lamps sit on the floor and a stone ledge to the right. No people are visible. A metal grille door stands at the left edge.2018-03-01March 01 20182018-03-01March 01 20182018-03-01September 18 20062006-09-18A photograph of a shrine niche with a dark stone deity murti standing within an ornate gold arch, draped in a white dhoti-style cloth with a red and gold shawl and topped with a pink flower garland. A brass oil lamp burns to the right, with small brass vessels and scattered pink petals on the marble pedestal below. The marble-patterned wall and wooden door frame the niche. No people are visible.2012-05-14 +1 copiesAugust 03 20082008-08-03Interior view through a doorway into a small shrine niche lined with brown marble and framed by a white arched surround with an orange-lit inner arch. Inside sits a golden ornamental throne-like canopy with silver pillars holding a deity murti, with pink flower garlands, a brass lamp and offerings on a tray beneath. A brass kalasha vessel stands at right, with silver and brass offering bowls and a small gold dish with a figurine on the lower left. No people are visible.2012-05-13A photograph inside a dark stone temple chamber viewed through a gold-ornamented doorway. In the centre, a Shiva lingam sits on a white-draped circular platform, decorated with a red cloth, a garland of marigolds and red flowers, and a circular halo-like ornament behind it. Brass oil lamps stand along the right edge of the frame and a hanging lamp is suspended above. In the foreground at left, two people stand with their backs to the camera: one wears a white garment with orange shoulder cloth and long dark hair, the other wears orange robes and raises an arm toward the shrine.2006-09-18February 06 20172017-02-06A dim, weathered stone room with peeling pale blue-grey plaster walls and a worn concrete floor. In the corner stands a carved golden wooden shrine canopy with a thin kalasha-like top, draped with garlands of white jasmine and red roses and green leaves. Beside it is a small raised stone platform with a brass shrine figure or small murti, and a brass tray holding small brass lamps, a kumkum-like powder container, flowers and a brass bowl. A small oil lamp hangs from the upper left wall on a chain. No people are visible.2018-03-01May 20 1989