Skip to content
Nithyanandapedia
A photograph of a ceremonial gathering on a red carpet before a large blue starfield backdrop. In the foreground at left, a woman in a pink sari with gold earrings and bangles speaks into a microphone while holding a white paper. Seated in rows are many people: monastic men in saffron/orange robes, a bare-chested young man wearing a rudraksha mala and white dhoti holding papers, and women in teal and green saris. Behind them on a raised golden throne-like seat a figure wears orange with a crown-like headpiece, and a golden staff or chair ornament stands nearby. A dark deity murti draped with marigold garlands sits on a raised platform at upper left. Partially visible printed copyright text sits at right.

More like this

Open the gallery
A ceremonial satsang on a red-carpeted stage under a starry blue backdrop. Seated on the left, several men wear saffron-orange robes, one with a grey beard and another with a white beard. In the foreground, a bare-chested young man in white dhoti with gold border sits with a rudraksha mala and hands clasped. Beside him, a woman in an orange sari and rudraksha mala and several men in white and orange clothing hold papers. A large golden throne with a deity murti and garlands stands behind a tall golden peetha at the back, where a figure in orange and red sits. Women in blue and green saris sit at right beside more devotees in white and orange, and a row of standing attendants lines the back wall.2016-12-21December 21 20162016-12-21A stage event with a red draped backdrop and a large projected starry-sky screen showing a glowing nebula, with a trident and a deity murti visible at the right edge. A woman in a pink silk sari holds a microphone and stands at the left facing the seated group. Several participants wear blindfolds, sitting in white and cream clothes and blue or teal kurtas with rudraksha malas. Saffron-robed sannyasis sit on ornate gilded thrones with red cushions. On the right edge, a figure in a brown-and-orange robe and red-and-gold turban with a long rudraksha and gold necklace sits on a large throne, with a seated saffron-robed figure beside him. Roughly ten to twelve people are visible.2016-12-21Stage event photo with a row of seated participants on the left, several in yellow, pink, blue and white clothing with rudraksha malas, one holding a microphone. To the right, saffron-robed sannyasis sit on gold-framed thrones before a blue starry galaxy backdrop. A trident stands beside the thrones and a large ornate deity murti is partly visible at the upper right. Red drapery frames the stage and several people stand in the background.2016-12-21December 21 20162016-12-21December 21 20162016-12-21December 21 20162016-12-21A photograph of a stage event with a large golden throne at centre-right, draped in red cushions and topped by a cobra-hooded canopy, and a tall brass trident leaning beside it. A man on the throne wears a red-and-saffron head wrap, a red shawl over orange robes and a beaded necklace. Around him, many men and women in saffron and orange robes sit on a red carpet, some holding papers, with a red-and-white patterned rug and a small side table in front. On the right, a seated man wearing a bright red-orange head wrap and orange robes sits near another man in a white head covering. Behind the stage, a large screen shows a deep-blue cosmic nebula with a deity murti garlanded with flowers. In the foreground, two young people wearing dark blindfolds sit cross-legged in yellow kurtas, one holding a phone, with a group of women in colourful saris seated at the far left.2016-12-21December 21 20162016-12-21December 21 20162016-12-21A photo of a stage with a red carpet and a blue starry backdrop. Seated on gilded thrones along the stage are several people: on the far left a bearded man in orange saffron robes, next to a man with glasses in a white dhoti with gold border and rudraksha mala, an older man in orange, a woman in a teal sari, a woman in a red and gold sari holding a microphone, a person in a pink checked shirt and white dhoti, a bare-chested young man wearing gold ornaments and a rudraksha mala, and a young man in a white shawl and dhoti with a rudraksha mala. A deity murti with garlands stands at the upper left edge. Seven people are visible.2016-12-21A photograph of a stage event with a large golden throne at centre, on which a man wearing an orange-red turban, a white-and-gold shawl and layered gold necklaces sits, with a black statue of a deity with a raised hooded cobra canopy behind him, decorated with garlands of orange and white flowers. Blue galaxy imagery fills the backdrop screen. Seated around the stage in front, a row of devotees in orange, white, yellow, teal and pink saris and kurtas sits with hands joined in namaskar; one man in white dhoti holds a paper, and an orange-robed sannyasi with a long beard stands at left. Rudraksha malas are visible on several people. A deity murti and a golden-framed throne are visible at the sides.2016-12-21