Skip to content
Nithyanandapedia
A night procession photographed in motion and slightly blurred, with a dense crowd of men lining both sides of a lit path. In the foreground a man in white dhoti and shirt wears a rudraksha mala and a saffron-and-gold shawl. Next to him a man in a white shirt holds a tall gold-coloured staff with a ceremonial top, and another man in white with glasses carries a similar gold staff and wears a pendant on a cord. Behind them more devotees in white and saffron shawls, some with hands folded. Strings of multicoloured lights and bulbs decorate the trees and poles overhead, and a small light glows at the top of a staff. The scene resembles a temple or ashram procession, with no visible central figure identifiable as a person.

More like this

Open the gallery
February 19 20152015-02-19A night procession photographed from the front on a dirt road lined with string lights in green, pink and blue. Several men in white dhotis and white shirts carry tall golden tridents, one held upright at the front and others raised beside them. A bare-chested man in a white dhoti with a gold border and a dark rudraksha-style mala stands in the foreground, and a drummer in white is visible at the left. A large crowd of people stands behind them in the dark, with more string lights and decorative poles in the background. Men wearing red shawls walk among the marchers.2015-02-17January 13 20152015-01-13February 19 20152015-02-19 +1 copiesSeptember 13 20152015-09-13 +1 copiesJanuary 02 20162016-01-02September 13 20152015-09-13 +1 copiesNight procession on an open dirt ground lit by strings of coloured lights. Many men walk in a line carrying tall silver and gold staffs, one with a trident-like top, and a spear-like staff. Most wear white dhotis and white shirts with gold borders; several in front wear saffron-orange and maroon robes with gold borders, rudraksha malas, and white sacred ash on their foreheads. Some raise arms in celebration. Devotees fill the background, and a glowing orange sign with Kannada-style lettering is visible.2016-01-02January 13 20152015-01-13Night procession on a sandy ground at an outdoor event. In the foreground, two women in matching saffron-orange saris and rudraksha malas carry tall silver staffs with golden trident finials, one leading a line. A man in a white dhoti with gold border and bare upper body walks ahead with a saffron shawl over his shoulder. Behind them, men in white shirts and white dhotis, some with yellow and orange cloths, play drums and hold ceremonial staffs. String lights and a canopy frame the background.2015-01-13February 19 20152015-02-19 +1 copiesNight procession on a dirt ground with many men in white dhotis and shirts carrying ceremonial staffs topped with tridents and ornate gold finials. A decorated palanquin or ratha with a deity murti garlanded in red and flowers sits under a multicoloured fringed canopy at top right. A woman in white with a brown shawl walks among the procession. Onlookers including children in orange, green and yellow stand at left in the darkness.2010-11-11