Skip to content
Nithyanandapedia
Outdoor temple-style ritual in a leafy garden setting at a shrine with brick stacks and a gold-trimmed stone platform. A central figure with long dark swept-back hair, a white garland, and an orange robe stands with palms together receiving an aarti plate with a lit flame held by a bare-chested priest wearing a rudraksha mala, sacred ash and an orange dhoti. Around them, several men and young men in saffron and orange robes stand with folded hands, and an elderly man in an orange shirt on the left joins his palms. Behind them, a few people in white and orange watch, and a camera is raised. Rows of brass oil lamps line a ledge on the right. Yellow banners with the letters SIVA stand at the left edge.

More like this

Open the gallery
August 03 20082008-08-03August 03 20082008-08-03A photograph of a devotional gathering at a temple-like shrine with a golden railing and a pillar. A priest on the right, shaved-headed and wearing glasses, bare-chested with a saffron dhoti and sacred ash markings, raises a lamp toward the shrine. In the centre, a person with long dark hair in saffron robes and a white flower garland stands with hands joined in namaskar. Beside them, a man in an orange shirt and light orange dhoti with white hair and glasses presses his palms together. Around them, devotees in white dhotis and mundus with orange shawls stand in a row. Green foliage and a carved gold railing with Sanskrit lettering appear in the background.2008-08-03A photograph of an outdoor ritual with several orange-clad participants. In the foreground a long-haired man in a saffron wrap and a necklace of gold bead ornaments extends his hand toward a silver aarti lamp with a lit flame, held by a bald, bespectacled man in orange robes with a gold necklace and sandalwood marks on his forehead. Behind them a man in orange holds a brass plate of flowers, and a man in yellow at the left edge rests a hand on his chest beside a video camera. Several onlookers in white and orange stand under trees in the background.2009-10-17January 01 20092009-01-01April 05 20122012-04-05A photograph of a temple shrine scene with devotees in orange and white. In the foreground, an elderly man in an orange shirt and light dhoti stands with palms pressed together in prayer. Beside him, a younger person in orange robes with a white flower garland and long hair holds hands folded. Further right, a bare-chested priest in an orange-brown dhoti holds up a lit ritual lamp or aarti, with white sacred ash markings on his arm. Behind them, a crowd of devotees in white and orange shawls stands on white marble flooring near a gilded pillar and a golden railing. Green trees and shrine walls with golden lettering behind. Ritual aarti in progress.2008-08-03Photograph inside a temple hall with tall stone pillars and carved walls, crowded with devotees. A bald priest in an orange shawl and rudraksha mala, wearing glasses and a tilak, holds a brass lamp with a lit flame toward the camera. Beside him, a long-haired man in orange robes with a heavy gold necklace and a gold pendant stands with hands folded, and several men in orange garments with gold chains line the scene. A bare-chested man in a white dhoti with a rudraksha mala stands nearby, and a man at the lower right has a yellow shawl. A banana leaf decoration hangs from above, and devotees photograph the ritual with phones.2012-04-05April 05 20122012-04-05A photograph of an outdoor temple-style ritual beside a golden-pillared shrine, with a bare-chested priest in an orange-and-peach dhoti holding a lit oil lamp aloft toward the shrine's flame, a brass pillar behind him. Beside him, several devotees in saffron and orange robes stand with palms pressed together in prayer, one with long dark hair and a white garland. A man in a white shirt and a woman in white stand in the crowd, and a person in white takes photos. Tiered yellow-and-white steps hold small clay lamps, and green trees and yellow lettering reading SIVA are visible in the background. Count of physical people is approximately 20 visible.2008-08-03A photograph at a shrine with a gold-trimmed pillar and small lamps on a tiled platform. A man in a peach dhoti and shawl holds a lit oil lamp aloft, with a flower garland on his chest. Beside him, a bearded man with white-streaked hair wears a saffron shirt and dhoti and stands with palms pressed together. Further left, an older man in orange clothes with hands joined and a clean-shaven man in saffron stand near a woman in white. Behind them, a crowd of people in orange and white clothes gathers under trees. Yellow-and-black lettering reading Om Namasivaya and Saravanabhava appears on a wall at left.2008-08-03A photograph of a ritual at an outdoor shrine beneath green trees. A man in a saffron-orange dhoti holding a lit lamp or aarti plate stands on the right beside a golden pillar and a tiered offering stand with small lamps. Nearby, a long-haired young man in an orange robe with a white flower garland and folded hands stands with other saffron-robed devotees. On the left, an older bespectacled man in an orange shirt and dhoti stands with palms pressed together. Behind them, devotees in white dhotis and orange shawls gather, and a stone sculpture of a bull is visible behind a wall with gold lettering. A man in a saffron-robed sannyasi-style outfit performs the aarti as others watch in devotion.2008-08-03