Skip to content
Nithyanandapedia
Outdoor ritual scene in a temple courtyard with palm trees and tiled-roof buildings behind. A bald priest in white dhoti with a maroon border holds a brass plate of offerings and a gold-coloured garland-style necklace. Beside him, a figure with long swept-back dark hair, a red tilak, a saffron-orange robe and a gold bead necklace raises one hand in blessing. Two attendants in white kurtas stand to the right. A small square pit with yellow and red borders lies in front, with a flower garland and a trident on the right edge. Stone sculptures line the courtyard. The figure with long hair and saffron robe matches appearance cues for Swamiji (probable), shown performing a blessing during the ritual.

More like this

Open the gallery
December 15 20112011-12-15Outdoor photograph of a procession on a sandy path with palm trees and a small temple behind. At center, a long-haired man in a saffron-orange robe and a gold pendant necklace walks barefoot, his hands together. Beside him, a bare-chested man in a yellow dhoti carries a silver tray with flower petals and offerings. Other men in white shirts and white dhotis, some wearing rudraksha-style beaded necklaces, and a man in orange robes walk around them. A purple logo appears at the upper left. Several people are visible, some partially at the frame edges.October 10 20102010-10-10 +1 copiesOutdoor ritual scene on bare sandy ground beside a white-painted shrine and palm trees. In the centre, a man with long swept-back dark hair wears an orange-saffron robe and gestures with his hands toward a shallow pit filled with yellow liquid. Around him, six men stand in white dhotis and shirts with orange shawls: one holds a silver-framed deity murti, one holds a trident (trishul) at the front, one carries a silver kalasha-style vessel on a tray, and one holds a tall ornate staff. A copper kalasha crowns the shrine behind them. The setting suggests a preparatory fire-pit ritual.2007-02-14Outdoor ritual scene under large banyan-type trees on a dark stone platform. A central figure with long swept-back hair, a red bindi, a thick gold-and-rudraksha necklace, a red-and-yellow flower garland and orange-saffron cloth raises one hand in blessing. Probable Swamiji (long swept-back hair, ornate gold necklaces, saffron garments, central blessing gesture). Flanking him, two men in saffron robes hold silver aarti plates with lit oil lamps and flowers. Behind them, devotees in white dhotis and a woman in red sari stand with hands folded in anjali. A small pedestal with a black stone object sits at left, and a stone-rimmed tree base in the foreground.2013-01-01February 14 20072007-02-14Outdoor temple courtyard with a stone Nandi bull draped in marigold garlands on a raised plinth, a grey stone deity sculpture at left, and an orange-brick shrine behind. A long-haired man in a saffron-orange shawl and dark rudraksha mala walks barefoot across a mat, with long hair swept back and no crown or turban visible. Behind him, two men in white dhoti and shawls walk barefoot on a sand path past small fire pits, and at right a shaved-headed man in white dhoti with a sacred thread and a rod walks barefoot. Palm trees fill the background.2010-09-15Outdoor temple courtyard photograph. A figure in a saffron-orange robe with a long rudraksha mala walks across a sandy path, with long dark hair swept back; the robe and mala are visible but the appearance is not clearly distinctive enough to confirm identity, so the figure is described by role as a sannyasi. Beside him, a bald priest in white dhoti and shawl with red border walks carrying a staff, and another man in white sits on a mat at right. Behind them are orange-tiered platforms, a garlanded stone pedestal, grey stone deity statues including a multi-armed figure at upper left, and palm trees. A brass oil lamp rests on a mat with an orange cloth at left.2010-09-15A photograph of an outdoor ashram procession on a sandy courtyard with palm and coconut trees behind. In the centre, a barefoot figure with long dark hair and a red bindi wears a saffron-orange shawl and dhoti with a dark rudraksha mala, walking up steps. Beside and behind them, men in white dhotis and white kurtas with saffron/orange shawls follow, and a man in orange robes walks at the left edge. Several white-clad devotees and onlookers stand on the right, and a white table with items sits near the left. The scene resembles a ritual procession toward a building entrance.2010-07-01Outdoor ritual scene with palm trees behind. In the centre, a young man in a saffron-orange robe with a long rudraksha mala and a red-orange tilak walks past a small fire pit with smoke and a clay pot and brass bowl on the ground. Behind him, several men in white dhotis and kurtas, some with yellow sashes and orange shawls, stand with palms pressed together in prayer or with hands folded. To the left, a black Nandi bull statue garlanded with white and red flowers sits on a white plinth. The ground is bare earth with scattered ash piles.2010-06-13Outdoor temple courtyard with palm trees and green foliage. In the centre, a barefoot man with long swept-back dark hair wears an orange saffron wrap over his shoulders and a dark rudraksha mala around his neck, walking across a tiled area beside a red-and-white painted border. Behind him, men in white dhoti and shawls walk among small rows of ash-covered fire pits on the sand. Garlanded stone deity murtis and a Nandi-like bull stand in the background near an orange shrine structure with a tall kalasha, and a bald attendant in white dhoti stands at right. Photo image of ritual activity at an ashram.2010-09-15Outdoor ritual scene at a dirt courtyard beside a pit filled with yellow liquid. A central figure in long dark, shoulder-length hair wears a saffron/orange robe and shawl; Swamiji (probable) by appearance cues of long hair and saffron clothing, while an attendant beside him in white dhoti and orange shawl holds an ornate metal vessel. Other men in white dhotis and orange shawls stand or sit nearby, one holding a metal pot, and seated devotees in white garments sit on a blue tarp. Palm trees, a small white structure and a parked silver vehicle appear behind.2007-02-14