Skip to content
Nithyanandapedia
Top-down photograph of several people in saffron-orange robes seated on a floor around a white cloth, assembling small gold-coloured metal items. A brass pot with bands sits at the left, and hands in orange robes and rudraksha or beaded bracelets handle heaps of tiny gold and copper pieces and thread. A white-gloved hand works at the right, and a terracotta bowl with red powder and loose beads sits nearby. Activity appears to be preparation of small ritual items; no a person candidate is clearly visible.

More like this

Open the gallery
November 07 20162016-11-07November 07 20162016-11-07January 12 20172017-01-12A photograph of a young shaven-headed monk in saffron-orange robes sitting cross-legged on the floor during a puja, with a white tripundra mark on his forehead and a beaded bracelet on his wrist. He is working with his hands over a small brass tray and a silver-toned table holding brass lamps, a trident, kumkum-coloured offerings, a cup and a green-leaf plate. Several other monks in orange robes sit beside him, and a clear plastic container and a patterned bag lie nearby.2014-10-06A photograph of a ritual food preparation at an ashram event. Four women and one young man are seated on a colourful striped mat around a large silver bowl of yellow rice mixed with herbs. A man with bare upper body and a wide orange shawl sits in front, mixing the rice with both hands, while a woman in an orange-red sari with gold-bordered sleeves and rudraksha mala reaches into the bowl. A woman in a cream-and-gold Kerala-style sari, white hairnet and red-brown beaded necklace watches, and a young woman in orange robes with white forehead markings stands at right. Orange-robed devotees stand in the background.2019-01-01January 11 20172017-01-11January 01 20192019-01-01May 24 20152015-05-24January 01 20192019-01-01A row of seated priests in orange saffron robes and rudraksha malas performs paduka puja in a hall. Their foreheads and arms bear white sacred ash markings. Each holds a small brass bell or ritual implement and works at a silver-covered low platform holding brass plates with pink flower petals, small brass cups and a bird-shaped figurine. Behind them, younger boys and attendees in red shawls sit along the floor, and rows of seated audience members in red and white are visible in the background. No individual is identified as a person.2013-10-22Close photo of a person in orange robes seated on the floor, holding a rudraksha mala in their right hand over a puja arrangement on a red cloth. Brass puja items sit on the cloth, including a brass oil lamp, a bell, a brass plate with white cloth and flowers, a small brass vessel and a triangular metal piece. Only hands and forearms with white ash marks are visible, and the setting is a tiled floor. The scene suggests japa or puja with a mala.2017-01-22January 04 20172017-01-04