Skip to content
Nithyanandapedia
A photograph of a utility washing area at an ashram kitchen. Four white plastic tap spouts are mounted in a row on a weathered concrete wall stained with rust-coloured streaks. Below them is a concrete ledge holding a green scouring pad on a small metal dish and a grey steel scrubber pad in a metal tray. A blue-handled valve pipe runs along the left. Stacks of stainless steel plates and bowls sit on a shelf above the taps. No people are visible.

More like this

Open the gallery
A photograph of an outdoor concrete wash station beside a white-painted building. Several taps are fixed along a rusty-stained wall above a long basin, and stacks of stainless steel plates, bowls and tumblers sit on a shelf above. Green scrubbing pads, a steel scouring pad and a small metal tray rest on the basin edge. Stacked red gas cylinders stand at the left beside a green shrub. No people are visible.January 16 20102010-01-16 +1 copiesOctober 07 20062006-10-07January 16 20102010-01-16 +1 copiesA photograph of an outdoor washing area at a building with barred windows and a white-tiled wall-mounted row of taps. Four men in plain white ritual-style clothing stand at the taps washing metal plates or vessels, one in a full-length white kurta, another with grey hair in white shirt and white dhoti, and two younger men in white. Stacks of steel plates and dishes sit on a rack to the right, and a Tamil-script sign on the left reads a nithyananda vidhi style label. No one in the scene shows the distinctive presentation cues needed to identify a person, so the people are described by role only.2006-12-17October 07 20062006-10-07Year 1982-1986 Sri Kanniga Parameshwari SchoolA covered outdoor laundry area with a corrugated metal roof on rusty posts. Clothes hang on lines strung overhead, including orange and saffron cloths, white garments, grey and striped fabrics, and a pink cloth with printed designs. Concrete washing tanks stand in rows, with a tap on the front tank and yellow and white buckets nearby. A pink bucket sits on the floor, and a scooter is parked beyond the open side among green trees and palms. No people are visible.November 27 20122012-11-27An empty washroom with a row of white ceramic wall-mounted sinks along a tiled wall, each with a chrome tap and exposed pipe, above them a line of rectangular mirrors with white frames. Wall-mounted soap or dispenser units sit between the sinks, and the white tiled floor has floor drains. Natural light enters from a high window on the right. No people are visible.2009-12-09Outdoor lunch service at an ashram where several women in white clothing queue beside a tall stack of stainless steel plates and a row of steel cups on a metal counter. A woman in the foreground with a long braid and a dark beaded necklace holds a steel plate, and others reach toward the stack. Men in white shirts stand in the background, with red-brown earth and greenery behind. The scene reads as a meal distribution during a healing training gathering.2006-10-07A photograph of men queuing outdoors beside a white building to receive food from a serving counter. Stacks of stainless steel plates and steel tumblers line the counter on the right. In the foreground a man in a pink shirt with a checked cloth over his shoulder stands at the counter, and an older man in a white dhoti and white shawl holds a steel plate. Behind them others wait, including a young man in white and a man with a blue towel. Green waste bins and a white wall sit at left, with trees and bare earth behind.2006-10-06