Skip to content
Nithyanandapedia
Outdoor photo of a devotional ceremony beneath a large shady tree. A man in orange saffron robes with a matching orange head wrap sits on a low red cushion at left, facing a stone platform. A bearded man in a white kurta stands on a rough stone base, garlanding a dark stone deity murti draped in red cloth and white flower garlands. Seated devotees in white and coloured saris and white dhotis fill the foreground and background. A grey-haired man in white kurta and glasses stands at right. Plates of flowers and offerings rest on the ground.

More like this

Open the gallery
2003 - Sacred collection UncategorizedOutdoor ritual photo beneath a large banyan tree. A man in an orange-saffron cloth sits cross-legged at the lower left, tending a flame and offering in a metal vessel, with a brass lamp and flowers nearby. Behind a low mound of stones stands a dark stone deity murti of a seated teacher figure with a crescent-shaped headdress. Several men in white dhotis and shirts stand around the mound, one holding a long ritual implement. Women in saris and a girl in white watch from the background amid trees and onlookers.2003-04-02Outdoor photograph beneath a large banyan tree at a rock-and-stone platform holding a dark stone murti, a seated figure with a serpent-like hood carved above. In the foreground a seated man in saffron-orange robe and orange head cloth tends a small fire, with offering vessels, a brass lamp, flowers and a plate of fruit nearby. Standing beside him, a man in white dhoti and shirt holds his hands together in prayer, while another man in white dhoti stands holding a long rod. Behind them, a crowd of devotees in white and coloured saris and shirts watch, with trees and a few onlookers in the background.April 02 20032003-04-02Outdoor photo of a ritual at a stone-rubble mound topped by a dark stone Shiva lingam or murti wrapped in a red cloth and garlanded with white and yellow flowers. A bearded man in white clothes stands on the mound, reaching toward the murti, with a cloth or hand gesture. Around them, devotees in white dhotis and saris sit and stand under large shady trees. In the foreground, a seated saffron-robed man with a saffron head wrap sits cross-legged before a brass plate with flowers. Women in colourful saris and children sit on the right, and a basket of yellow flowers lies in the lower right corner.2003 - Sacred collection UncategorizedOutdoor photo beneath a large banyan tree with dangling aerial roots, showing a consecration ritual at a stone-lined base. A seated figure in saffron-orange robes with a rudraksha mala and a long orange head wrap holds a ritual implement and faces the altar, with a small brass bell nearby. Several people in white clothes stand and kneel around the rite, including a bent figure in white and a standing man in white with palms joined. Women wear sarees in red, pink and green, and a row of seated devotees watches from the background. A dark black stone deity murti with a raised hooded form stands on a granite pedestal at right, with brass vessels and offerings on the ground.2003-04-02Outdoor ritual photograph under large banyan trees. A figure in saffron-orange robes and an orange head wrap sits on a low red cushioned stool with palms joined, facing a black stone linga draped in red cloth and white flower garlands, set on a rough stone platform. Around him, a large seated crowd of women in white, pink, blue and green saris, with some men in white dhotis and a young girl in white and yellow, sits on the bare earth. Brass plates hold offerings of flowers, rice and a small brass vessel. A woman in white stands at right beside the linga, and another woman in blue is seated nearby. The setting suggests a puja at a shrine.Outdoor photograph beneath a large banyan tree with dense aerial roots. A black stone Dakshinamurti-style murti sits atop a rounded rubble-stone platform, draped in red cloth and wreathed with white flower garlands. Around the base, a group of women and girls sit and stand; one woman in an orange-saffron head wrap and orange sari is seated near a brass plate, and a person in white robes bends forward at the left edge. A woman in white sari and another in pink-and-white sari stand behind the seated group. A man in a brown-orange robe stands at the far right beside the shrine, and another man in a dark shirt stands in the background. The scene appears to be a ritual gathering at the shrine. Dirt ground and green foliage fill the background.Outdoor ritual photograph under a tree canopy at an ashram. A man with long dark hair, wearing a saffron-orange cloth draped over his body, stands on a raised platform and pours liquid from a small vessel over a black stone deity murti of a seated figure, while holding a small bell in his other hand. A kalasha-style decorative canopy with red and colourful fringe hangs above. On the left, a young man in a white shirt and white dhoti stands with his back to the camera. Around the platform, roughly thirty seated devotees in white and cream clothing, several women in saris and men in white kurtas, watch quietly, some with hands folded. A photographer in orange is visible among them. Brass pots and offerings sit on the ground at the lower right.2004-07-022004 - sacred collections uncategorisedJuly 13 20032003-07-13