Skip to content
Nithyanandapedia
A photograph of a shrine room during a puja. On the right, a man in white dhoti and white shawl, with a rudraksha mala around his neck and a face mask, stands holding a ritual implement over the altar. Several deity murti dressed in red garments and floral garlands sit on maroon-draped tables along the wall. Oil lamps and a lit lamp arrangement with flower offerings glow in the foreground on a striped cloth, and framed pictures hang on the wall above.

More like this

Open the gallery
A priest in white dhoti and shawl stands at right, holding a ceremonial bell in one hand and a small lamp or incense item in the other, performing puja before a shrine. On a maroon draped table stand several deity murtis dressed in red garments with gold ornaments and garlands, flanked by ornate gold frames and a framed painting. Brass lamps and flower offerings sit on the lower table, with lit oil lamps glowing in the foreground. Walls display framed printed notices above.2020-10-24KAILASA SINGAPORE on 10/24/20202020-10-24KAILASA SINGAPORE on 10/24/20202020-10-24KAILASA SINGAPORE on 10/24/20202020-10-24Photo 82858002022-09-29 +1 copiesSeptember 18 20232023-09-18A shirtless male priest in a white dhoti with gold-bordered cloth stands barefoot in a temple shrine, holding a brass lamp or vessel with both hands and performing ritual worship. Behind him are richly decorated deity figures draped with marigold and white flower garlands, and a gold arched frame with a dark-faced deity figure in red and green garments. Brass vessels, a bell, flower-filled pots, a tray of sweets or offerings, gold lamps and folded silk cloths in pink and red sit on orange and green cloths in front of the shrine. Strands of rudraksha-like beads rest on his chest. A framed portrait hangs high on the maroon wall. Deity murti, puja.2022-09-28 +1 copiesKAILASA SAN JOSE, USA on 10/4/20222022-10-04 +1 copiesKAILASA SINGAPORE on 5/15/20222022-05-15 +1 copiesKAILASA LOS ANGELES, USA on 6/30/20202020-06-30A photograph inside a temple shrine where a bare-chested man in a white dhoti with a gold-bordered cloth, barefoot and bending forward, waves a lit lamp (aarti) before a black-stone deity figure in a red and gold sari, decorated with white and orange marigold garlands, a silver crown and a silver necklace, seated on an orange cloth-covered platform. Behind the central figure stand two dark deity murti in gold-framed arches with red drapes, with a decorated pillar with yellow and blue patterns at left. Rows of small gold oil lamps, yellow flower petals, and red and yellow flower vases surround the platform, and a brass pot sits on a tray at lower left. A laptop is visible at the bottom left edge.2022-09-29 +1 copiesA photograph of a temple shrine room where a priest in white dhoti and white shawl with orange-gold borders stands at left, bare-chested, with white sacred ash stripes on his upper arms and rudraksha beads around his neck. He reaches toward a shrine of gold-coloured deity murti and figures, including a large golden idol with a crown and a red garment, a golden bust in an orange shawl at lower right, and a small oil lamp burning on a red cloth at the bottom. Golden trident and kalasha-like objects stand behind, and a barred window with a small shrine is visible at upper left. The scene suggests a puja in progress.2025-07-02