Skip to content
Nithyanandapedia
A photograph inside a temple shrine showing a devotee in orange sannyasi-style cloth draped over the shoulder, wearing a white face mask, lifting a small lamp toward golden deity statues. Behind him a seated golden deity murti with a crown and sacred thread sits on a lotus base beside a standing golden figure in orange cloth, with a black lingam on a dark stone pedestal in front. Red curtains hang behind, and a golden arched frame surrounds the shrine. Small golden figures and a golden pyramid-shaped object sit on the base. The scene appears to be a puja or aarti at the shrine.

More like this

Open the gallery
A temple sanctum photograph showing a priest in orange ritual cloth with a white face mask, standing with his back to the camera and pouring or offering from a brass vessel over a black lingam set in a black stone yoni pedestal. Behind the lingam sit gold-coloured murtis of a seated deity and a standing consort, both crowned, with an arched gold frame and red curtains behind. A gold standing figure with a beard and raised hand stands at right. Small gold figures and a gold shrine model sit on the pedestal base. The scene is a ritual abhishekam or puja in progress.2020-12-21KAILASA LOS ANGELES, USA on 12/10/20202020-12-10A temple shrine scene with a priest in saffron-orange dhoti and shawl bending over a black stone abhishekam lingam on a dark pedestal, applying something with his hand. He wears a face mask and has white sacred marks on his arms and torso and a rudraksha bracelet. Behind him stand gilded statues of deities decorated with silver jewellery, rudraksha-style necklaces and marigold garlands: a statue on the left in purple and gold with a turban, a Shiva-form murti holding a trident in the centre, a consort-form murti in yellow silk, and a bearded sage statue in a red turban and ornate beaded necklaces on the right. Red drapes and a small brass kalasha and oil lamp sit in front.2020-12-17A photograph inside a temple shrine. In the foreground, a shaved-headed priest with long dreadlocks wears an orange dhoti and shawl, white sacred markings on his arms and body, and a rudraksha mala, raising a lit aarti lamp with one hand toward the altar. On the altar stands a central dark murti draped in a red and purple cloth with a crown, garlanded with yellow and orange marigolds, flanked by golden-robed and crowned deity figures and a bearded figure in red headwear with rudraksha necklaces. A red curtain and gold arch frame the scene. The priest is a physical person; the altar figures are statues.2020-12-04KAILASA LOS ANGELES, USA on 12/11/00202020-12-11A photograph of an abhishekam at a temple shrine. A devotee in an orange saffron garment and white face mask stands barefoot, pouring liquid from a golden vessel onto a dark black shivalinga on a blue-draped pedestal. Behind it stand gold-coloured deity murti: a crowned Shiva with a trident and a consort in a pink sari, both garlanded with marigold and multicoloured flower garlands, flanked by a yellow-clad figure on the left and a bearded figure in maroon on the right, all against red curtains and an ornate gold arch. Small golden figures and a golden shrine piece sit at the base. The devotee is a physical person; the deities are statues.2021-01-04KAILASA LOS ANGELES, USA on 12/23/20202020-12-23 +1 copiesKAILASA LOS ANGELES, USA on 1/1/20212021-01-01KAILASA LOS ANGELES, USA on 1/2/20212021-01-02KAILASA LOS ANGELES, USA on 12/23/20202020-12-23 +1 copiesKAILASA LOS ANGELES, USA on 1/30/20212021-01-30A standing priest in an orange saffron dhoti and shawl, wearing a black head wrap and a white face mask, performs an abhishekam-style offering over a black stone shivalingam on a stepped black peetha. Behind it stands a golden deity murti of Shiva with a trident and a seated goddess murti in a yellow sari, both garlanded with ornate jewelry and a yellow-and-white flower garland. A bearded saint statue in a red-brown robe and rudraksha-style beads stands at right, also garlanded. Small golden figures and a golden kalasha-like object sit at the lower edge. A red curtain backdrops the altar.2020-12-09