Skip to content
Nithyanandapedia
A photograph inside a dim stone temple passage at Kanjanoor, with a crowd of devotees and officials. In the foreground a woman in a yellow blouse and white sari, with a vibhuti mark on her forehead, kneels with palms pressed together in prayer. Beside her a man in white shirt and dhoti bends over a black Shiva lingam with a white cloth draped on it, while a tall gold kalasha-style lamp stands nearby. Standing at right, a man in a white shirt and white dhoti wears a rudraksha mala, and another man in a white shirt, glasses and a rudraksha mala looks on; a uniformed police officer stands behind. Other devotees with folded hands fill the background near a bright shrine opening.

More like this

Open the gallery
Devotees stand with palms pressed together in anjali mudra inside a dim, pillared temple corridor with pale tiled floor and carved stone columns. In the foreground a woman with a red bindi and bangles, a young boy in a brown shirt, and men in white shirts and white veshti stand facing the camera. Several men wear rudraksha or beaded malas and a man on the right has a tilak on his forehead. Behind them uniformed officials and onlookers stand near an archway leading to a dark inner shrine.2012-05-21 +1 copiesSeptember 18 20152015-09-18May 18 20122012-05-18A dense crowd of men, women and children pushes through a narrow, dimly lit street with old stone buildings and a bright light glowing in the background. In the centre, a man in a white shirt with a rudraksha mala around his neck leans forward through the press of people, his face turned down and to the side. Many onlookers wear white shirts, others wear yellow striped or red clothing, and some hold up phones and raised hands. Blurred motion suggests people moving quickly through the crowd.2012-05-18Night-time crowd at a temple event, with devotees in white dhotis and white saris standing close together. A woman in a yellow and multicoloured floral sari carries a metal pot on her head at the upper right. A man in a white shirt and white dhoti wears a lanyard and a ribbon badge, and a woman in an orange blouse and white sari holds a small brass vessel. Men in orange saffron shawls appear at left, and a bald older man in white stands at right. Lower foreground shows a woman in white with a gold-bordered sari holding a purple cloth, and a man at left holding white cloth. Lights glow in the background.2007-02-16Devotees crowd around a brass-railed shrine inside a dim stone temple at the sanctum of a lingam, with a brass kalasha-like pot hanging over the ritual area. A man in white dhoti and shawl leans over the rail with folded hands, a woman in a red-gold sari and gold jewellery stands with palms joined, and a man in an orange robe with rudraksha beads sits on the floor. Nearby, a man in a white dhoti holds a long silver staff, and a man in a yellow-and-orange checked kurta and sandalwood tilak stands at the rail holding a brass vessel. Other devotees in white and saffron fill the background under a wall clock. Ritual abhishekam setting at a temple visit.2016-06-03A dim, crowded stone temple interior with weathered carved stone pillars and a low ceiling. Devotees press forward toward a shrine opening at center-left, some with raised hands and folded palms. A shaven-headed man in a saffron-orange garment with a gold necklace stands near the front, and a bare-chested man in an orange cloth wears beaded necklaces at left. A white-clad elderly man with glasses and a rudraksha-style mala is in the lower left foreground. Women in saris, including one in orange with a flower garland, stand in the crowd. A garland of white, pink and blue flowers hangs on a pillar. Scattered visible people number roughly twenty or more.2012-05-18A photograph inside a stone temple hall with carved pillars and dim lighting, where a group stands with hands pressed in anjali. In the centre, a man in orange robes and an orange shawl with a gold necklace stands with palms joined. Beside him, a bare-chested priest with white sacred markings on his torso holds a lamp area in a white dhoti. On the right, a person in orange robes and a gold necklace presses palms together, and another in orange with a rudraksha mala and a headscarf stands nearby. A woman in a green and gold sari with gold bangles folds her hands on the left, and several men in white dhotis and a uniformed officer in khaki stand in the background.2009-01-14A dense crowd fills a whitewashed hall with stone pillars and a bright doorway behind. In the foreground a man in a white shirt wears a dark rudraksha-style mala and holds pens in his pocket; beside him a uniformed officer in khaki with a name badge and a blue pen stands centrally, flanked by a man in white with a moustache. A woman with a flower garland and a red forehead mark is partly visible at lower right. Behind them, two painted calendar-style deity pictures hang on the wall, one showing a figure with a golden crown and another with a blue-sky backdrop, and a raised camera is visible above the crowd.2012-05-18Photograph of a seated audience inside a stone-pillared hall with a polished wooden floor during a satsang. In the foreground a woman in a cream sari with a red and orange border and gold jewellery looks upward, beside a woman in a white sari with a gold necklace and bangles. Men sit cross-legged in white shirts and dhotis or a striped shirt, some with hands in anjali, one with a tilak on his forehead. A man in a white kurta stands at the back, holding what appears to be a mala, with a row of standing people behind. No clearly identifiable a person is visible; the standing figure in white is a devotee or attendant.2012-05-12A dense crowd of devotees presses into a narrow stone temple passage lit by warm overhead lamps. Men in white shirts, a woman in a red blouse with a flower-decked braid, and young people with folded hands crowd forward. A uniformed police officer in khaki stands at the upper right behind the crowd. Carved stone lintels and a white pipe line the ceiling.2012-05-18June 05 20122012-06-05