Skip to content
Nithyanandapedia
A woman in a white sari with gold border stands with palms joined in prayer in a tiled hall, a brass plate of offerings and banana leaf with food placed on the floor beside her. Before her on a plastic stool is a framed portrait labelled "PARAMAHAMSA NITHYANANDA" showing a figure with long dark hair, orange robe and rudraksha mala seated before a tree, with a brass bell and lamp nearby and a smaller framed deity print beside it. Two men in white clothes and another man stand behind her, also with hands joined, while a man at left in white with joined palms is visible in the foreground.

More like this

Open the gallery
February 13 20092009-02-13A photograph of devotees performing a puja in a tiled room with a banner overhead. A woman in front holds a brass oil lamp with a bowl-shaped top and a bell, wearing a white sari with gold border and a red-beaded mala. Beside her, a woman in a white sari holds a brass bell, and several others stand with hands joined in namaskar in white traditional clothes. A man in a white shirt and white trousers also stands with joined palms. On a small plastic stool at right sits a leaf plate with offerings, a brass bell, and a framed portrait of a figure in orange robes on the wall. Steel vessels are visible in the background.2009-02-13A photo of a devotional aarti being performed in a small whitewashed room with a blue doorframe. A man in white dhoti and shirt with an orange-saffron shawl over his shoulders holds a brass aarti lamp with a lit flame toward a large framed portrait garlanded with red and pink flower strands and yellow marigolds. Offerings of fruit, flowers and a copper vessel sit on a blue table draped in white cloth. Behind him, a man in white and another in white dhoti stand with palms pressed together in prayer, and a woman in a brown sari with a mala stands at left. Small framed deity images and shelves are at the upper right, and a kolam is drawn on the floor.A photograph of devotees standing outdoors in prayer with palms pressed together at the chest and eyes closed. Most wear white clothing: women in white sarees with gold borders, men in white dhotis and shirts, many with rudraksha malas around their necks. A woman in the foreground has a white vibhuti mark and red kumkum on her forehead and holds her hands in anjali. Behind them are laundry lines with coloured cloth and a white building wall. The scene suggests a devotional gathering during pada-puja or annadhan, though no a person is visible.2009-02-13Indoor devotional scene before a framed portrait of a seated figure on a gold throne, with a red-brown draped backdrop, red and white flower garlands around the frame, and a gold-and-white garment visible on the portrait. In the foreground, a woman in white with a long braid stands with her back to the camera, holding a lit oil lamp toward the portrait. To the right, four devotees in white clothing stand with palms pressed together in prayer; one woman holds a silver-wrapped vessel with a lit flame, and a man on the far right wears glasses and a rudraksha-style beaded necklace. A gold-decorated brass vessel and flower offerings sit on a red table below the portrait. A colorful painted pillar appears at the upper right.2009-11-01A photo inside a long, plain hall with a corrugated roof and cream walls. A bearded man in a saffron-orange robe with long swept-back hair stands with palms joined, facing a framed portrait decorated with white and red flower garlands on an orange-and-green cloth draped over a low table. A tall brass oil lamp with lit flames stands before the portrait, with a brass vessel and flower offerings on a tray nearby. Beside him, a woman in a white dress with a yellow shawl and a man in white with a yellow garment also stand with hands folded. Several devotees in white sarees and white clothes stand in the foreground with their backs to the camera, and an older woman in a white sari with glasses joins her palms at the right edge.2010-02-12A photograph of a devotional aarti in a dimly lit room with a dark red backdrop. A woman seen from behind, with a long black braid and white garment, holds a lit oil lamp toward a framed portrait garlanded with pink and white flowers. Its gilded arched frame surrounds a figure in an ochre-saffron garment and beaded necklace, though the figure's identity is not stated in any visible caption. Beside her, a woman in white with folded hands stands near the altar, and further right a woman and a man in white garments hold silver-wrapped lit torches and fold their palms in prayer. A small brass kalasha with flowers sits on a red-draped table below the portrait.2009-11-01A small room with a plain concrete wall hung with posters, a wall clock and a framed certificate. Three people sit on a mat in white clothes with hands pressed together in prayer: a man in a white shirt and dhoti at left, a woman in white at centre, and a woman with a long braid in white with an orange border at right. In front of them lie brass plates with flowers, a brass oil lamp, a silver dish, bananas, incense sticks and a silver vessel. On a wooden table at right stands a framed image of a seated figure in a golden throne wearing white and gold, beside an orange cloth, red apples and flower garlands. A framed portrait of a smiling man in orange cloth hangs on the wall at upper left, and a poster is labelled with the date 2006.November 12 20082008-11-12November 12 20082008-11-12October 09 20082008-10-09October 10 20062006-10-10