Skip to content
Nithyanandapedia
A photograph of a small group seated on blue floor mats on a white tiled floor in a room with gold-yellow walls and a gold curtain. Several women wear sarees: a woman in the centre wears a magenta and gold saree with a beaded necklace, and others wear yellow, gold and pink sarees. A man in a cream shirt sits behind them. Brass plates, bowls, a small brass oil lamp and a red-and-gold sri yantra on a red cloth lie on the floor in front of them, with kumkum in dishes and a paper towel roll nearby.

More like this

Open the gallery
A photograph of a seated group of devotees performing a puja in a room with gold-painted walls, a gold curtain and a gold door. A woman in a pink and cream saree sits centre front on a blue mat, surrounded by brass plates, bowls, small brass lamps and a brass tray holding a red sri yantra-style sacred diagram. Other women in gold and cream sarees and a man in a cream kurta sit on mats along the wall, one woman in a purple saree with glasses at right. Brass vessels with flowers and kumkum sit on maroon cloths on the white marble floor. No a person candidate is visible.2024-02-25A photograph of a group of devotees seated on the floor of a room with gold-painted walls and a white marble floor, performing a puja. Six people sit on mats and cloths around brass and silver plates holding offerings, small bowls, a red kumkum-covered yantra-like plate, and oil lamps. The women wear silk sarees in gold, pink, and purple, and a man in a beige kurta sits among them. A hanging brass bell hangs from the ceiling at the right, and a small deity murti sits on a shrine in the back corner. A blurred hand is in the right foreground. No figure is clearly identifiable as a person.2024-02-25A photograph of a small puja gathering on a white marble floor in a room with mustard-yellow walls and a gold curtain. Five women sit on blue mats in sarees: one in a gold and pink saree at left, one in a gold and pink saree kneeling at a red cloth, a woman in a pink-and-gold saree at centre with a phone, a woman in a cream saree at right, and a woman in lavender at far right. A man in a tan shirt sits cross-legged behind them. On a dark red cloth in front lie brass plates, steel containers, a brass lamp, a red-cloth-covered metal yantra and small offering bowls with kumkum. No a person is visible in the scene.2024-02-25Three women in saris sit on the floor before a low maroon-draped table laden with brass puja vessels, small brass lamps, steel containers, a brass kalasha-style bowl, red kumkum and flower petals, and a golden sri yantra-style metal piece on a red cloth in the foreground. The woman at right in a pink and cream sari holds a phone, the woman in the centre wears a yellow and pink sari with a dark beaded necklace, and the woman at the back wears a maroon sari. Behind them stands a tall golden statue of a standing figure, a wall-mounted TV screen and a tripod. No a person candidate is visible in person; the only figure resembling a deity is a golden statue.2024-02-25 +1 copiesA photograph inside a hall with wooden floor and red-cushioned chairs where a puja is being performed seated on woven mats. In the foreground a bare-chested man in orange-saffron dhoti wears a long rudraksha mala and sits with hands folded near brass plates of flowers, a conch shell and offerings. Three women in saris sit beside him: one in orange and cream, one in red with a white forehead mark and beaded necklace, and one in blue with a pink blouse and glasses. Brass lamps, kalasha-style vessels, fruit, betel leaves and flower garlands lie on the floor. At the back, a seated figure in orange with rudraksha and garlands sits on a decorated throne with offerings before gold curtains and red triangular emblems, with bookshelves at left. Four women and one man are visible.2022-01-10Jan 8 2022 sripuram2022-01-10KAILASA HOUSTON, USA on 7/6/20192019-07-06 +1 copiesPhoto 99192732022-05-20 +1 copiesPhoto 99178052022-10-01 +3 copiesWomen seated on the floor in a temple hall performing a Varalakshmi Vratam puja. Several women in saris sit in a row behind brass-and-wood low tables holding decorated kalasha pots topped with yellow flowers and red cloth, with fruit, bananas and brass lamps. A woman in a white sari with a red border and rudraksha mala, and a woman in a yellow sari with orange shawl, perform hand gestures. A phone on a tripod records the scene. A deity murti draped with yellow flower garlands stands at left and a dark wooden shrine above, indicating kumkum archana puja.2019-08-09Indoor photo of a Lakshmi puja set up on white cloth spread over a green patterned carpet in a yellow-walled room with a red curtain. Five women sit on the floor: a woman in a white sari with red border at right rings a handbell and holds a small lamp beside a decorated deity murti on a pink and red cloth, while four women in colourful salwar kameez and face masks sit with palms joined in namaste or holding brass plates of red flower petals, a brass thali, and small oil lamps. At right a long red-covered table is laden with rows of small bowls of food, sweets and fruit.2020-11-13Feb 5 2022 sripuram2022-02-05