Skip to content
Nithyanandapedia
Photograph of a shrine room set up for ritual worship, with orange draped fabric on the walls and marigold garlands strung along the top. Centre front, a large printed portrait of a bearded man wearing a red and gold crown, with a red cloth and layered garlands, rests on a red-draped seat. Beside it stands a white sign reading KAILASA WELLINGTON NEW ZEALAND. To the right, a tall poster shows a figure holding a trident and wearing a red-orange garland. Smaller framed pictures, a Bhagavad Gita book, brass oil lamps, a brass kalasha-style vessel and steel plates of offerings sit on draped side tables; pink and gold cloths cover the tables. Two dark stone footwear-shaped objects with a yellow flower garland lie at the front base. No people are visible.

More like this

Open the gallery
Home puja shrine set against a white wall. Central life-size cutout of a smiling man in a red turban and saffron-red robe, wearing layered pearl and rudraksha malas, a ceremonial gold necklace, and holding a trident-shaped staff with a flower garland; the cutout is a depiction, not a physical person. To the left, a framed deity picture and a brass figure, with brass lamps and a lit oil lamp on a red brocade cloth. Right of centre, a framed photograph of a figure in orange robes and a rudraksha mala, and a table with flower offerings, small paper houses and decorated trays. No physical people are present.2022-01-04KAILASA India Delhi Delhi 110007 on 1/2/20222022-01-02 +1 copiesA home shrine set up for a daily pooja. On the left, a large life-size cutout figure wearing a red turban, red-and-saffron robes, a white pearl-and-bead garland and a trident in one hand, raising the other hand in blessing; a framed portrait of a deity and a small figurine stand nearby, with a pair of wooden paduka sandals placed on a tray over a red-gold cloth, a small oil lamp, a bell and stone blocks in front. On the right, a framed photo of a man in saffron robes with a rudraksha mala, seated and raising a hand, sits above a table of colourful offerings, paper houses and flower garlands on a white lace cloth. No physical people are present.2021-12-31 +1 copiesA devotee in an orange-red turban, orange sari-like wrap and multiple marigold garlands stands smiling behind a small home altar. The altar holds brass deity figures, a brass multi-branched lamp, a brass kalasha-style vessel, lotus flowers, fresh flower garlands, oil lamps and framed photographs. A large framed painting above shows a seated saint in a golden throne with a rudraksha mala, and a poster at left shows a figure holding a trident. A framed photo at right shows a smiling young man in orange with a white garland and rudraksha beads. The person's face is partially visible and no identity is asserted from appearance; the altar is a daily padukas puja setup.2021-01-30 +1 copiesIndia Delhi Delhi on 1/1/20222022-01-01 +2 copiesKAILASA DHUMBARAI, NEPAL on 6/29/20212021-06-29KAILASA DHUMBARAI, NEPAL on 5/18/20212021-05-18Home shrine photographed as a photo, with a large printed portrait on a dark panel of a smiling man bare-chested with a white forehead marking, wearing rudraksha beads across the chest and a red-orange dhoti, holding a silver trident with a tall pole. Beside it, a life-size printed image of a smiling man in a red turban with a tilak and a rudraksha mala draped with orange and yellow flower garlands, positioned on a glass table. The table holds white and yellow flower garlands, a small brass kalasha, a purple lotus, offering bowls, oil lamps, framed photographs of a smiling woman, and a framed image labelled Living Enlightenment. A framed gilded painting of a seated figure in red hangs above. The printed trident figure and the turbaned figure are depictions, not in-person presences.2021-06-28 +1 copiesKAILASA DHUMBARAI, NEPAL on 6/21/20212021-06-21 +1 copiesKAILASA SAN FERNANDO, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO on 3/15/20212021-03-15 +1 copiesKAILASA DHUMBARAI, NEPAL on 6/26/20212021-06-26A photograph of a worship altar set up before a large printed portrait of a man with a rust-red turban, rudraksha-style gold and beaded necklaces with pink and white garlands, and an orange-brown robe, hand raised in blessing. The portrait is set against gold satin drapery and a sign reads KAILASA TRINIDAD & TOBAGO. In front, an orange embroidered cloth covers the altar, holding three small decorated platforms: yellow marigold-type flowers on the left, a green-garlanded deity murti in the center with a red flower garland, and a seated deity murti with a green base and flower garland on the right. A small oil lamp sits at the bottom edge. No physical people are visible.2024-06-28