Skip to content
Nithyanandapedia
A temple shrine room with gold-finished arched niches and carved pillars. A woman with long dark hair in a maroon top and white dhoti-style skirt stands at left, holding a small brass lamp or offering toward the shrines. At centre is a black Shiva lingam on a black yoni-pitha base. Behind it stands a dark-faced deity murti in orange and red garments with a flower garland, and a second figure in orange beside it. At left is an orange-clad elephant-headed deity murti. In the foreground is a black stone bull statue with flower garlands. Brass vessels and small oil lamps sit on the black platforms.

More like this

Open the gallery
A woman in a red long-sleeved top and white dhoti-style cloth with a striped border pours liquid from a brass vessel over a tall black lingam on a black stone base, in a temple sanctum with gold-leaf carved walls. Behind her stand black deity murtis with gold crowns and orange-and-gold garments, adorned with garlands and ornaments, and a gold-framed niche. A small exit sign is visible on the wall.2022-01-16A young woman in a white dhoti-style garment with a maroon blouse pours liquid from a brass vessel over a black shivalingam set on a black stone yoni pedestal inside a temple shrine. Behind her stands a dark-complexioned deity murti dressed in orange and yellow silk with red and gold garlands, flanked by ornate gold-leaf carvings, a gilded arch and a gilt-framed panel with a small rectangular red exit sign on the wall.2022-01-16A young woman in a white dhoti-style garment with a gold border and a maroon blouse pours liquid from a small vessel over a black Shivalinga on a black stone base inside a temple shrine. Behind the linga stand two dark deity murti in ornate gold-and-orange draped garments, adorned with garlands and jewelry, framed by gold-leaf temple carvings. Small brass lamps and offerings sit nearby. The scene is a temple puja with a single devotee.2022-01-16A woman in a leopard-print top and white garment stands at the left, holding a lit oil lamp toward a shrine inside a temple room. Black deity murtis wear orange and saffron cloth, and a dark murti at the front is draped in a magenta and green cloth with a garland. Golden arches, carved pillars and a golden lion-like figure frame the shrine, with brass pooja vessels, lamps and small offerings on a black stone altar in the foreground. A small phone is propped near the woman's hand. Her devotional act is aarti or deepa puja before the murtis. No a person is visible.2022-01-16KAILASA TORONTO, CANADA on 3/27/20222022-03-27April 19 20222022-04-19Inside a temple shrine, a bare-chested priest in white dhoti stands at left holding a lit oil lamp toward the deities. A dark-stone deity murti with a crown and garlands stands at right beside a smaller figure in green and red silk, with a red-draped shivalinga with tripundra marks in the foreground on a black platform. A golden carved sculpture of a lion-faced figure stands in the centre, with a garlanded dark murti in an arched niche at left, brass oil lamps and kalasha-style brass vessels on black tiled ledges, and an exit sign on the wall.2022-03-27KAILASA TORONTO, CANADA on 1/30/20212021-01-30A woman in a red blouse and teal saree stands at the left with palms pressed together in namaste before a shrine. Dark-stone deity murtis are dressed in colourful silks and garlanded with marigolds and orange flowers, including a black Ganesha figure at the left. At the centre, a black Shiva linga wrapped in a maroon cloth with a green and gold cloth beneath sits on a raised black-tiled platform, flanked by brass figurines. Brass pots, cups, oil lamps and a plate of offerings sit on a silver tray in front. Gold-toned carved pillars and garlands of red and yellow flowers frame the altar.2022-03-03Two women in a temple shrine room perform worship before a black stone deity murti dressed in orange cloth on a gold-framed altar, with a Shivalinga on a blue cloth and gold base in front. The woman on the left, in a green and multicoloured sari, joins her hands in namaskar. The woman on the right, in a white sari with a red-and-white shawl over her head, holds a lit lamp toward the altar. Gold lion-like guardian sculptures flank the shrine, a green figure with a gold crown sits to the left, and rudraksha malas and red-and-orange offerings lie on plates at the bottom of the frame.2022-05-01 +1 copiesKAILASA TORONTO, CANADA on 3/1/20222022-03-01April 19 20222022-04-19