A photograph of a man in profile at night, seated and eating from a leaf plate of rice and yellow dal with his right hand. He has long, dark, wavy hair and wears a full-length saffron-orange robe. Behind him, a woman in white with a red bindi on her forehead looks down at her own plate. The background is dark with a metal railing at upper left. - Nithyanandapedia

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A photograph of a long-haired man in an orange sleeveless garment with dark bead trim sitting at a table covered with an orange cloth. He is pressing a pale yellow paste from a terracotta plate with his right hand. Behind him a person in orange robes and a rudraksha mala holds a small jar with a patterned label near his forehead, and another orange-clad figure stands at the left edge. The scene looks like an anointing or ritual preparation.

Annadhan in 2010

2010-01-01 +1 copies

November 12 2010

A photograph of a man seated at a low table covered with an orange cloth, mixing food in a shallow clay bowl with his right hand. He has long, swept-back black hair, a red bindi on his forehead, and wears an orange sleeveless top under an orange shawl, with a long rudraksha mala hanging across his chest. A woman in orange stands behind him, wearing a pendant on a cord, and a woman in white with a rudraksha mala sits at the left edge. Other people in white and orange are partly visible in the background against a white wall.

A man with long, dark, swept-back hair and a red bindi sits cross-legged on a wooden chair, laughing with his eyes closed and one hand pressed to his chest. He wears an orange saffron wrap over a red undergarment and a long rudraksha mala. His other hand reaches toward a silver bowl, and in front of him a green banana leaf holds a small heap of food, with a steel tumbler and small white bowls on a white lace cloth. A potted plant and a wicker basket stand behind him. Swamiji (probable) is identified by the long hair, saffron clothing and rudraksha mala, seated as a sannyasi in an ashram setting.

A photograph of a long-haired man seated on a carved wooden chair, wearing an orange sleeveless robe over a red undershirt, with a long rudraksha mala draped across his chest and a red bindi on his forehead. He holds a handful of grains over a banana leaf heaped with yellow grain offerings on a white lace cloth, beside a silver bowl and a small steel cup. Behind him, a woman in a yellow sari with a rudraksha mala stands with palms pressed together in namaste, and other women in saris are visible in the background near steel serving trays and a table draped in blue, with a yellow satin cloth and flower arrangements near the top right. Probable Swamiji cues: long swept-back hair, orange robe and rudraksha mala.

July 03 2008

September 02 2010

2010-09-02 +1 copies

A photograph of a seated man in saffron-orange robes with long, swept-back dark hair and a rudraksha mala draped over his chest, eyes lowered and sitting cross-legged on a white cloth. He stirs a steel bowl of cooked yellow rice with his right hand, with a green silk brocade cushion behind him. A microphone on a stand is beside him, and steel vessels, a steel jug and a banana leaf sit on the floor and a counter behind. The setting is a plain whitewashed hall with a steel counter. Appearance-based label: a person, shown in an offering or food-preparation ritual with a rudraksha mala and saffron robes.

Photograph of a man in an orange sleeveless top with dark rudraksha beads, seated at a red table covered with an orange towel. With his right hand he presses food in a shallow terracotta bowl containing yellow and green mixture. A red tilak mark is on his forehead. Behind him, another person in orange robes sits, and a figure in yellow stands at the left edge. A coconut shell bowl and terracotta dish are visible at the edges.

November 13 2008

A photograph of a seated man in an orange saffron robe with a garland of red and white flowers and green leaves, eating or serving from a large steel plate of rice and fried food. Before him on the floor sits a banana leaf laid with rice, fried snacks, sweets and a steel tumbler, with more banana-leaf plates and a plate of orange marigold garlands and flowers beside them. Behind him a woman in an orange shawl sits on a mat with white garments and a plastic bag nearby, and a bamboo mat rests against a concrete wall. The setting appears to be a bare concrete hall with a tiled floor. This looks like a food offering or feast setting, with a ritual meal arranged on banana leaves.

2006-10-12 +1 copies