Skip to content
Nithyanandapedia
A photograph of a ceremony held in a large circular auditorium with tiered balconies and stage lighting. On a dark round stage in the foreground, a woman in a white sari with red border stands beside a seated man in white ritual clothing and a kneeling figure in white and orange-red garments. Participants wear white clothes and red-and-white garlands. Fruit, flowers and brass dishes sit on a blue-patterned cloth in front. Seated audience members in white fill the floor and balconies. At the right edge, a figure in a pink headwrap and a patterned orange-and-yellow garment sits in the foreground.

More like this

Open the gallery
December 20 20122012-12-20December 20 20122012-12-20Photograph of an indoor ceremony on a circular stage in a cruise-ship theatre with tiered balconies, red seating and a pale draped valance over a backdrop of glowing warm lights and green foliage. Several figures in white ritual clothing and saffron or orange saris stand around a central raised area with a golden canopy and offerings. A dense crowd of devotees in white fills the floor and aisles, many with cameras and phones held up, and a few people in orange carry items toward the stage.2012-12-21December 20 20122012-12-20December 11 20122012-12-11Indoor atrium of a cruise ship with a large crowd of devotees seated on the floor and on balconies above, most in white clothes with orange-red shawls. In the foreground a man with long dark hair, wearing a gold-patterned yellow and black tiger-striped garment and a heavy gold necklace, sits on a cushioned seat beside a silver-framed altar and performs a puja over a brass kalasha and a yellow-cloth table laden with fruit, sweets and bowls of food. A screen on the right shows a image of a deity. Seated devotees with folded hands face the altar.2012-12-26May 21 20162016-05-21A photograph of a padapuja ceremony on a stage inside a large indoor venue with a balcony and draped curtains. In the left foreground, a seated woman in a tiger-striped and orange draped outfit with a peach head covering sits on a red cushioned chair. A decorated golden throne holds a deity murti garlanded with marigolds. On the floor, a priest in white dhoti sits on a patterned mat before offerings of fruit and a brass vessel, while a group of devotees in white and red saris and white kurtas kneel and stand nearby, some holding flowers and offerings. A small child in orange sits among them.2012-12-20Indoor stage event in a large hall with an audience of many seated people in white and red clothing, many holding phones or cameras. On the right, a seated figure in an orange and gold patterned garment with an orange turban-style headwrap and a gold throne sits on a raised platform. In the centre, a woman in a maroon sari with gold border and a garland kneels before the seated figure, offering something, while a man in white dhoti with a saffron shawl kneels beside her. A man in white with a garland stands behind them. A small book in orange sits on the stage floor. Upper balconies are filled with more spectators. Interpretation of the seated figure's identity is uncertain from appearance alone.2012-12-20December 16 20122012-12-16 +1 copiesIndoor puja in a tall atrium with a balcony and a large central pillar, in front of a crowd of seated devotees in white and saffron-orange sashes. A central figure with long dark hair, orange-saffron garments, gold necklaces and a rudraksha mala sits on an orange-draped low seat and holds his hands together, with a silver ritual tray of pooja items and offerings of fruit and sweets on a patterned mat in front. A younger man in white with an orange sash sits beside him with folded hands. A screen and a deity murti shrine with decorative backdrop stand at the right, with a small girl in light blue and children in white seated at the left foreground. Mixed-age devotees fill the floor and balcony.2012-12-26A large orange-canopied tent with a green mat floor hosts a seated satsang gathering. In the foreground a woman in an orange sari with a vertical tilak and beaded necklace sits upright, flanked by women in red and white saris and a man in an orange head wrap and white dhoti. Behind them rows of devotees sit on mats, many in white and red garments. Standing attendants in white dhotis tend white flags and a ladder, and a camera operator films. Speakers and cables sit at left. No clearly identifiable a person is visible in this scene.2013-02-07