Skip to content
Nithyanandapedia
A photograph inside a temple corridor with painted green and multicoloured ceilings and carved green pillars. A large grey elephant with tusks and a decorated headcloth stands facing the camera, with bells hanging on its chain. In front of it stands a man in white shirt and white dhoti with a red mark on his forehead, holding two wooden sticks. A small red sign reading 100 sits on a wooden table to the right. Two or three other people are visible in the distance along the corridor.

More like this

Open the gallery
June 05 20122012-06-05A large grey elephant stands in a temple hall with green-painted carved pillars and a metal railing behind it. The elephant has painted white markings on its forehead and trunk, a bell-hung chain around its neck, and its trunk curls upward. Two men in white shirts stand near it; the man on the right wears a white dhoti and holds a long wooden stick. A stainless steel container stands at right and a small wooden table with a white cloth sits at left.2012-06-05A large grey temple elephant stands in a covered temple corridor with painted green and teal carved pillars behind it. Its ears and face are dotted with pale patches, and a chain of bells hangs from its neck as it raises its trunk. A man in a white shirt and white dhoti stands beside it holding a long stick. Behind them a woman in a white sari with a red border and an older man in a pale blue shirt stand near a brass pot on a stand, and a uniformed officer in khaki is at the right edge.2012-06-05June 05 20122012-06-05June 05 20122012-06-05June 05 20122012-06-05A photo inside a stone temple hall at Arunachaleswara temple, Tiruvannamalai, with carved granite pillars and a painted ceiling. A temple elephant with a bell on its neck and a striped green-yellow cloth draped over its back raises its trunk toward the crowd. A man in a white shirt and white dhoti stands in the foreground, gesturing with an outstretched hand, while a bare-chested man in an olive shirt and white dhoti stands beside the elephant and a man in a striped shirt and red dhoti reaches toward its side. Other men in white shirts and trousers and a woman in a yellow sari with a blue bag watch from the right. A drummer in white stands behind them on a floor decorated with colourful kolam patterns.2009-08-06A decorated temple elephant with a painted forehead mark stands in a stone temple corridor, its trunk raised and a bell hanging near its face. A mahout in a pink shirt guides it with a long stick while a crowd of men in white and blue shirts, and a woman in a red sari, gather close. A colourful painted ceiling and a gopuram tower with lights are visible behind.2010-01-08A grey elephant stands in a stone temple colonnade with carved pillars, its trunk raised toward a man in a checked red and white shirt who holds a stick and reaches up to the elephant's head. A bell hangs from the elephant's trunk tip. Devotees in white dhotis and shirts, one woman in a blue top and white sari, walk along the dark stone floor between the columns. A tilaka mark is visible on the elephant's forehead. A Tamil shop signboard appears in the background.2007-01-12July 13 20092009-07-13An elephant in a temple hall touches the raised trunk of a devotee with its trunk. The elephant, with a pink-spotted ear and white forehead markings, stands beside its mahout, a man in a white shirt and teal lungi holding a long stick. The devotee on the right wears a garland of white and multicolored flowers and an orange-red robe, with long dark hair, and bows his head. Behind them, a row of people in white shirts, orange robes and saffron garments watch, and a painted framed picture hangs on the wall beside stone pillars. +1 copiesA photograph of a decorated temple elephant on a stone-paved passage beside a dark blue temple wall. The elephant has white and orange painted patterns on its forehead and trunk, and a chain of hanging bells around its neck. Its handler holds a long stick near its trunk. On the left, the bare arm of a person holding a string of yellow flowers is visible. A man in a brown shirt and light trousers walks in the background through a doorway.2005-11-18