Skip to content
Nithyanandapedia
A photograph of a dusty construction site where many men in white shirts and white dhotis are carrying and stacking large pale stone blocks on bare red-brown earth. A man in a blue-and-green checked shirt and dark trousers stands near the center of the work, and a man in a white shirt and grey trousers in the foreground wears a gold bracelet. Several men in white dhotis and shirts stand along a line of stones. Trees, a water tower and low white buildings sit in the background under a pale sky.

More like this

Open the gallery
June 20 20082008-06-20A photograph of a large outdoor gathering on a reddish-brown dug earth site with piled grey stones in the foreground. Many men in white ceremonial dhotis and white shirts stand and walk across the site, several holding small stones or objects in their hands. Behind them, a line of women in white and saffron-orange saris and dresses moves across the upper ground, with a tree and a fenced field beyond. The scene suggests a communal work or offering activity at an ashram campus, though no specific ritual is legible. No clearly identifiable a person figure is evident among the people visible.2008-06-20Outdoor photo of a large group of men and women in white ritual clothing working on a dusty, excavated site with rough-hewn grey stones piled in the foreground. Many men wear white dhotis and white shirts, some with white towels over their shoulders, while several women in white saris and a few in orange or saffron saris stand in a line along the ridge in the background. Some men in the middle distance carry or pass small objects and tools, and a few wear grey trousers or light shirts. Bare saplings, a tree on the left and a row of distant structures with greenery frame the scene.2008-06-20June 20 20082008-06-20June 20 20082008-06-20June 20 20082008-06-20June 20 20082008-06-20June 20 20082008-06-20Outdoor photograph of a construction site at AadiKailaasa in Bengaluru, India, with large piles of cut grey granite blocks and gravel in the foreground on bare red-brown earth. Behind them a crowd of people dressed in white clothing, mostly white dhotis and white shirts or saris, stands and walks along a raised bank and dirt slope. Several trees, a utility pole with wires and a water tank stand in the background under a hazy sky. No identifiable a person figure is clearly visible, so no appearance-based claim is made.2008-06-20Outdoor scene on a dug-out earth site with a sloped embankment, where a large crowd of devotees in white dhotis and white kurtas, with some women in white saris and others in orange, pink and patterned clothing, stands along the edge handing and sprinkling items from cloth bundles. In the foreground, a man in a checked shirt and white dhoti, a man in a pink kurta, and a grey-haired man in a patterned shirt stand at the edge of the pit. Behind them is a fenced field with scrub trees, low stone markers and a distant sky. The activity appears to be a ritual at an excavated pit, with offerings being passed among participants.2008-06-20June 20 20082008-06-20A large outdoor work scene on a dusty construction site at AadiKailaasa, Bengaluru. Dozens of devotees in white clothing, men in white shirts and dhotis and women in white saris, stand in long lines passing stones hand to hand along a dug trench. Heaps of cut grey stones lie on the ground, and a small concrete structure with a flat roof sits beside a pool of water on the left. A few people in mixed clothing, including one in a checked shirt and another in a green top, work among the group. Trees and a clear sky frame the site, with a tractor visible in the background.2008-06-20