Skip to content
Nithyanandapedia
Photograph of a padapuja-style ritual in a multi-storey atrium with a curved staircase and potted tree. In the foreground, a bespectacled woman in a white top and an older man in white with a white head wrap watch and join their hands. A young priest in white dhoti and an orange-red shawl with a gold chain holds a tray or plate at a decorated altar. The altar has gold lamps, a tiger-striped cloth, brass and figurine deities, and garlands of pink and orange flowers. Behind, more people in white and orange shawls ascend the stairs, and a tall painted column with a colourful geometric pattern stands beside a painted temple backdrop. No a person candidate is clearly identifiable.

More like this

Open the gallery
December 20 20122012-12-20A photograph of a puja at an indoor hall with a marble wall and blue-grey curtains. A man with a white tilak on his forehead wears a saffron-orange wrap, a leopard-print lower cloth, and a gold necklace. He holds a small open book or tray while standing at a table before silver deity murtis, brass bells, a silver kalasha-style lamp and brass vessels, with garlands of orange and white flowers. Beside him a woman in an orange-and-maroon sari with dark-rimmed glasses and a rudraksha mala holds a small pink fan-like item over an offering tray. Behind them, devotees in saffron shawls and white clothes stand in a crowd. The table is draped in tiger-striped and purple cloths.2012-12-11December 20 20122012-12-20January 02 20102010-01-02 +2 copiesA seated man in saffron and orange robes and a saffron turban sits on an ornate wooden throne at the right, wearing a long red and pink flower garland and gold-toned jewellery. Beside a golden lion-shaped armrest, several devotees in white clothes with orange shawls kneel on a leopard-print cloth, passing brass plates, bowls and small lamps. A woman in a white sari with orange border leans forward to offer items, and a bald man in white sits in the foreground. Behind them are deity murti and a yellow-and-white backdrop, with a screen showing a green image at left.2012-12-24October 18 20152015-10-18December 11 20122012-12-11December 22 20162016-12-22 +1 copiesFebruary 02 20162016-02-02Indoor photograph of a puja on a cruise-ship lounge, with a seated audience behind and a staircase and glass railings in the background. In the foreground, a man in white dhoti and orange shawl holds a silver bowl near a small golden deity murti on a wooden stand, while a man in a striped orange-and-black garment with long dark hair, gold necklaces and rudraksha mala performs the ritual at the gold-framed altar; this is an appearance-based probable Swamiji candidate. Devotees in white and orange sit on the floor and chairs, and a man in a white dhoti with folded hands stands at the right. Several people are visible seated on cushions and chairs, and a projector sits on a side table.2012-12-16A photograph of a ritual in a large atrium with a balcony and a projection screen at the right. A person with long dark hair, a tiger-striped yellow and black garment, a beaded necklace and a crown-like headpiece stands at a brass altar holding a tall silver vessel, next to a brass deity murti and a tray of fruit and flowers. Seated devotees in white dhotis and red-orange shawls with rudraksha malas surround the altar on the floor, and more people in similar white and red attire sit on the balcony above. Fruits, a melon and a yellow flower arrangement lie on a cloth at the front left, and an orange cloth drapes the table. This appears to be a pada puja or abhishekam-style offering with a kalasha-like vessel.2012-12-25A photograph inside an orange-draped tent with a green carpet during a ritual. In the centre, a man in orange dhoti and shawl, with a tilak, a rudraksha-style mala and heavy gold necklaces, stands with palms pressed together in namaste beside a gold-framed stone platform holding a small silver-coloured figure garlanded with white and pink flowers. Other people in white dhotis and orange or red garments stand and sit nearby; a woman in white and a man in white at right hold flowers and offerings. Brass bells, a kalasha-style brass vessel and offering plates lie on the table. Banners with printed text hang on the tent walls and a tassel decoration hangs overhead.2013-02-08