Skip to content
Nithyanandapedia
Night ceremony photographed indoors, with a flame visible at upper centre from a torch or lamp held by a man in orange robes. In the foreground a bare-backed man with dark curly hair wears an orange wrap, facing away from the camera. Beside him a man in an orange wrap stands with his hands raised, and two men in white dhoti and shirt-style garments stand close together, one holding the arm of the other. Red-tinted floor with scattered petals and a brass vessel are visible at lower left. Several seated people in orange robes sit along a wooden bench at right, and a bald figure is seen at the lower edge.

More like this

Open the gallery
A photograph of a monastic initiation ceremony in an indoor hall. In the centre, a man in a white shirt and an orange-saffron robe stands while a shaved-headed monk in orange robes and a beaded necklace leans in close to him. At right, several seated monks in orange robes, some shaven-headed, sit before a brass vessel and a ceremonial setup with scattered red petals. Other seated figures in orange and white are in the background, and portrait photographs hang on the wall above. The floor is covered with petals.2006-08-22August 22 20062006-08-22Evening ritual photograph in a bare concrete hall. A bare-backed young man in saffron-orange cloth with long curly hair scatters offerings with his right hand while another man in orange holds a flaming lamp in each hand at right. A bald man in orange sits at lower left beside a brass pot, and a man in a white shirt kneels at lower centre. Flower petals or grains drift through the air, lit by the flames.2006-08-22July 11 20062006-07-11A photograph inside a dim stone shrine lit by warm lamps. At center, a priest in orange robes bends over a deity murti draped in red, gold and white cloth, with a bright flame burning before it. Three circular lamps glow on the wall behind. Around the shrine stand several men: a shaved-headed man in orange with a rudraksha mala at left, another in orange wrapping, a man in white dhoti with bare upper body, and a figure in orange at right; one holds a small orange cloth. Offerings sit on a plate at the base of the murti. No identifiable a person figure is clearly visible.2012-05-18A night ritual inside a stone-walled sunken sanctum pit. A man in a long saffron-orange robe with long, swept-back dark hair holds a brass lamp with a large open flame in one hand and a small brass vessel in the other, performing an aarti-style offering. Around him, several men in white dhotis and shirts with orange shawls stand with palms pressed together in anjali, some with clasped hands. Two men on the right wear white kurtas, one with a curly-haired head and beard. Along the top ledge, women in orange and white saris kneel and sit with hands folded, watching. A brass plate and small silver bowl rest on a wooden tray on the ledge, and a cameraman's camera is visible at the lower edge.2006-12-11Photograph taken from above of a group of devotees in white dhotis and white kurtas, several wearing saffron-orange shawls draped over their shoulders, standing around a dark square pit in a stone-floored sanctum. A single small flame burns at the centre of the pit, which appears to hold dark liquid. On the right, a figure with long, swept-back dark hair wears a plain orange-saffron robe and bows his head toward the pit with hands at his sides. Other white-clad devotees stand with hands folded in prayer on the left, and an elderly man kneels in the lower left corner with palms pressed together. Bare feet are visible on the stone floor.2006-12-11August 17 20062006-08-17A photograph of a ritual gathering in a whitewashed hall with a shrine and deity murti at upper left, draped in orange cloth and garlanded. A standing man in an orange robe with a shaved head and tilak, holding a small bell or hand instrument, is flanked by a man in white dhoti and shawl with arm extended and a man in white with an orange shawl holding a ritual object. Seated devotees in orange and yellow shawls line the floor, with brass lamps and ritual vessels in the foreground.2009-02-16A photograph of a night fire ritual under a corrugated metal roof. A bright fire burns in a low stone-rimmed pit in the foreground, with smoke rising. Several men stand around it with palms pressed together in namaste. The man second from left wears a white dhoti with gold borders and a white upper cloth, with rudraksha beads around his neck. Beside him a man in a saffron-orange upper cloth and a bare-chested man stand with hands folded. At left edge a woman in an orange sari also folds her hands. Several men in brown and rust-coloured robes with gold-bordered cloths stand in the background. On the right, a bare-chested man in a golden-bordered orange dhoti stands near a man in a white shirt and checked lungi. A purple logo appears at top left.2013-09-04 +2 copiesAugust 22 20062006-08-22December 23 20162016-12-23