Skip to content
Nithyanandapedia
A large open workshop hall with a corrugated metal roof and red steel beams, where bronze deity murtis and ceremonial items are stored. On the left, a dark bronze multi-headed deity murti stands beside concrete blocks. A man in a rust-red dhoti with yellow borders bends over a small wooden table set with brass puja vessels, lamps and orange cloth. On the right, two seated men in orange robes sit in orange armchairs on a striped rug, hands joined in prayer; one wears a white head cloth and has a white beard. Golden framed arches and brass items line the wall behind them.

More like this

Open the gallery
September 28 20152015-09-28A photograph of two seated men in maroon and orange-red robes with gold trim, sitting in orange upholstered chairs with hands joined in namaskar. The man on the left has long dark hair swept back and a rudraksha mala with a gold pendant, and his head is bowed. The man on the right is bald with a white beard, wears a red-brown rudraksha mala, and is bare-chested with a maroon wrap. Behind them stand shelves of brass and gilded deity murtis, gold-framed mirrors and metal ritual objects. A man in a white vest and red cloth stands at right with folded arms.2015-09-28April 28 20152015-04-28November 21 20142014-11-21November 21 20142014-11-21A workshop interior where temple deity sculptures and woodwork are being made. A seated figure in saffron-orange robes sits on a carved wooden bench with lion-footed legs, while two men in white dhotis and white shirts stand nearby, one holding a mobile phone. Around them are gilded and painted deity murti statues on wheeled wooden bases, a carved wooden chariot-like frame, a red wooden platform, brass ornaments, beaded garlands and boxed jewellery on the floor, and a wooden door and carvings in the foreground. Fluorescent lights hang from a metal-roofed ceiling.2014-08-06A photograph in a large warehouse-style workshop with a corrugated metal roof and fluorescent lights. A bare-chested man with long dark hair, wearing an orange-red cloth and a rudraksha mala, stands at a red-draped platform, bending forward to offer a brass bowl of red petals beside brass deity murti and an oil lamp. Around him, several men in white dhotis with orange-red shawls and garlands stand with hands folded in namaskar, and one man on the right holds an orange-red shawl over his shoulder. Wooden and brass ritual furniture and bronze idols are scattered around the hall. The main figure looks like a person by his long swept hair, adornments and orange-red clothing, performing a puja-style offering to the deity murti.2014-08-06A workshop storeroom filled with temple metalwork, carved wooden furniture and brass items. A man with long hair, wearing an orange-saffron dhoti and shawl with a gold border, sits on a carved wooden bench holding an open red velvet box. Facing him, a shaved-headed man in orange clothing and a rudraksha mala kneels on the floor beside more red boxes and brass lamps. Behind them stand a gilded deity murti and a green wooden cart. Another carved bench and sacks are visible at right.2014-08-06October 12 20142014-10-12A photograph inside a workshop hall with a whitewashed wall and wire-mesh windows, where bronze and metal deity murti sculptures are displayed on wooden stands. Two people stand at right: one with a shaved head and bare back wearing an orange shawl and holding a long staff with a red flower, and another with long dark hair wearing a maroon and orange-striped cloth. Behind them are more metal sculptures, tools, a metal arch and wooden tables, with a dark patch of metal scrap in the foreground. The shaved-head figure and the figure with long hair are presented as a priest and a sannyasi; no identifiable appearance cues confirm a person.2014-10-12April 28 20152015-04-28October 12 20142014-10-12