Skip to content
Nithyanandapedia
Close-up photograph of an ornate silver ceremonial staff lying on a bright red cloth. The staff has a bulbous top section with repoussé leaf and bead bands, a small figural finial at the very top, and a spiral-fluted shaft with twisted beaded grooves. No people are visible.

More like this

Open the gallery
A close photograph of an ornate silver ceremonial staff or rod lying on a red cloth. The top has a small carved figure. The shaft below is spirally fluted with twisted ridges and a band of stylized foliage near the top. No people are visible.Close-up photograph of a silver ceremonial staff lying on a red cloth. The top finial is a seated bull. The shaft below is twisted in a spiral with a repeating ornamental collar. No people are visible.Close photograph of an ornate silver ceremonial staff or rod lying on a red cloth. The top finial is a small sculpted animal. The shaft below is spirally fluted with twisted grooves and has a carved floral band near the top. No people are visible.Close-up photograph of an ornate silver-toned ceremonial staff against a dark, blurred red background. The staff's top is shaped as a seated bull figure, possibly Nandi, with a carved face and a raised arm. Below it, the shaft is decorated with ringed bands, a hanging ornament and a carved panel showing a deity figure, plus a round coin-like medallion. No people are visible in the frame.2020-06-09A photograph of a long silver ceremonial staff or rod laid diagonally across a pale white cloth. The shaft is twisted in a spiral rope pattern with bead-like rings at the joints and engraved leaf motifs between them. The lower end shows a darker wooden section banded with silver. No people are visible. The image is a close view of the object alone against the fabric.Close-up photograph of two ornate silver ceremonial staffs or finials, one with a spiral-fluted shaft and stacked bulbous knobs topped by a carved crown-like head, the other with a diamond-patterned shaft and a pot-shaped finial with a small figure at its crown. Soft purple-pink lighting falls on the metal, and a blurred dark background with a grey-clad figure at the right edge. No person is clearly visible. Ritual silverwork.2018-04-16A photograph of a single long silver ceremonial staff lying diagonally on a plain yellow silk cloth. The staff has a spiral-fluted body with twisted ridges and rows of small dotted beading, a metal band near the top and a dark tip at the bottom. No people are visible.Close-up photograph of an ornate silver staff or mace with a finely hatched and twisted silver shaft and a bulbous top crowned with a cluster of gold-and-jade floral ornaments set with small red and green stones. The shaft is set against a dark, softly lit backdrop of warm, blurred foliage and a draped cloth at the left edge. No people are visible.2020-05-14A photograph of a long silver ceremonial staff with a twisted spiral shaft and a bulbous finial at the top, lying diagonally across a folded fabric with a red upper half and yellow lower half, edged with a gold-patterned red border. A white cloth lies beneath it on a grey stone surface. No people are visible, only a partial hand at the right edge.September 17 20122012-09-17September 14 20132013-09-14A photograph of a ceremonial silver arati implement set against a plain light grey cloth backdrop. The object has a long slender handle topped by a round medallion with a raised relief figure and a pointed teardrop-shaped finial above it. No people are visible, and no ritual action is shown in the frame.2007-08-26