Night procession with devotees walking under colourful fringed parasols (umbrellas) with orange, blue, pink and yellow tassels. Other devotees wear white, a woman wears a red blouse and a pink sari, and a man in a red-and-white checked shirt with tilak walks in front. A decorated palanquin or ratha with garlands is visible behind the parasols. - Nithyanandapedia

Nithyanandapedia

Night procession with devotees walking under colourful fringed parasols (umbrellas) with orange, blue, pink and yellow tassels. Other devotees wear white, a woman wears a red blouse and a pink sari, and a man in a red-and-white checked shirt with tilak walks in front. A decorated palanquin or ratha with garlands is visible behind the parasols.

More like this

Open the gallery

December 23 2006

Night procession with a large multicolored canopy umbrella decorated with lotus motifs, a white dove emblem and the word Dhyanapeetam, its fringed edge in pink, green, yellow and blue. Beneath it a deity murti or ornate figure sits on a decorated carriage. Devotees in white clothes walk around; a bearded man in white holds a lit oil lamp with a flame. A young man in saffron-orange robes wearing a long rudraksha mala stands at right, with other saffron-clad devotees nearby. Some raise arms and white wooden crosses are visible in the crowd.

Night procession at an Indian temple or ashram. Around him, men in white shirts and white dhotis wear orange shawls, rudraksha malas and vibhuti. A woman in a white sari with an orange shawl carries a flower-decorated basket. Above them, large colourful umbrellas with tassels and a trident-topped staff are carried in the procession.

Night procession with a large crowd of devotees, many in white clothes, moving past colourful decorated umbrellas with tassels in blue, orange and red, and a tall ornate palanquin with a rainbow-coloured arch and lit lamps carrying deity murti adorned with garlands. A man in an orange robe with a rudraksha mala stands at centre-right, smiling, and a man in an orange cloth with a long beard walks in the lower-left foreground holding a brass lamp. Blurred palm fronds are visible against the dark sky.

Night procession on a tree-lined path strung with small lights and blue-and-white bunting. Ornate umbrellas with multicoloured tassels, orange, green and blue panels, are held aloft over the group. A man at centre-right wears an orange-gold garment, a white flower garland with red blooms, a gold necklace, a red forehead mark and long swept-back hair, and walks in front of devotees. Other men wear white dhotis and orange shawls, one holds a silver trident. A woman in white with an orange shawl carries a brass tray with a flower-filled basket and banana leaves. Several men in white and orange shawls walk behind. The crowd is visible in the dark.

A night procession moves along a dark road with a crowd of devotees dressed in white and orange. Several large decorated umbrellas in red, blue and green with the printed name Nithyananda Peetam shade the group, and their tassels hang with multicolored fringe. At the centre, a person with long dark hair wears a white and red flower garland, a gold chain and an orange shawl, and holds a bundle of leaves. Other people in orange shawls and white dhotis walk around them, and one woman wears a red-and-white forehead mark. Strings of paper flags stretch across the left side of the frame.

Night procession on a dirt path lined with bunting and two large multicoloured canopy umbrellas on long poles. In the foreground a woman in a white sari with an orange and blue border carries a long wooden pole, and a man in a black shirt walks beside her. Behind them a line of devotees in white dhotis and saris follows. At centre a woman in a white sari carries a brass plate. On the right a man in saffron robes with a garland of pink and white flowers, rudraksha beads and a trident-tipped staff walks; he appears to be a person candidate by these cues, though this is an appearance-based label only. A woman in white with an orange shawl and a brass lamp walks at the far right. Many other people are visible in the dim background.

A procession under a striped shade tent with a large multicoloured umbrella, its panels in orange, green and red with a white bird emblem and tassels in pink, teal and yellow. At centre, a man in an orange robe and a multi-strand purple and white flower garland, with a rudraksha mala and a golden trident-topped staff, walks barefoot; his long dark hair is swept back and he wears a red forehead mark. Beside him, a woman in a white sari with a gold border carries a silver plate of offerings with a red cloth. Further left, a man in a black shirt and trousers with a white forehead mark holds a small object, and an older woman in a white sari smiles. Other devotees in white follow along, with a flag and umbrellas behind, and a white kolam floor design is visible in the foreground.

December 23 2007

July 29 2007

Night procession on a dirt road lit by a glowing illuminated ratha or chariot shrine with a red and multicoloured canopy and striped fabric decorations. In the centre, a woman in an orange sari with a leopard-print shawl and rudraksha mala carries a brass pot and walks ahead. Around her, devotees in orange and saffron robes and white dhotis, a woman in a pink salwar and a woman in a yellow shawl hold a pot and brass ritual items. Ceremonial staffs topped with trident and sword-like finials are carried in the procession, and a man in white with a red shawl walks nearby. Many onlookers line the path. Visible devotees number about a dozen.