Skip to content
A bearded man with long dark hair stands in front of a large painted deity image of Shiva with blue throat and crescent. He holds a golden trident raised in his right hand and wears a dark red-brown robe, a thick golden bead mala and a garland of pink and white flowers. Rudraksha bands are on his arms and a white tilak with a red bindi marks his forehead. Gold foliage and a carved stone pillar fill the background. Swamiji (probable): long swept-back hair, rudraksha bands, ceremonial gold mala and trident identify a presiding Nithyananda figure giving darshan, though the appearance is taken from the scene alone.