Skip to content
Nithyanandapedia
A photograph of an indoor blessing moment. A person with hair in a bun and rudraksha mala beads, wearing a red-maroon wrap with gold trim, reaches to place one hand on the bald head of a man in a white shirt whose eyes are closed. The giver holds a folded white card in the other hand. Behind them are a brass lamp and dark curtains. The giver's appearance is consistent with a sannyasi role, but the face and presentation are not distinctive enough to confirm identity, so the a person field is unsure.

More like this

Open the gallery
A seated man in a red dhoti and red shawl with a gold border, wearing a rudraksha mala and a white tilak on his forehead, leans forward and presses his right palm to the forehead of a shaven-headed man in a white t-shirt and red cord. The seated man holds a golden vessel in his left hand. A brass oil lamp with a lit flame stands behind them against a dark blue curtain. A probable Swamiji figure is present, identified by long swept-back hair, a rudraksha mala, ornate red-and-gold shawl, and tilak, performing the touch on the bald devotee.2011-07-17October 13 20122012-10-13Indoor satsang or diksha scene. A bald man in a white kurta with a lanyard stands bowed, his head touched by the raised right palm of a seated figure in a rust-orange sari-style garment with a gold border and a long rudraksha-style mala of brown beads. The seated figure holds a printed sheet of paper in the left hand. Gold ornate decorations and a gold-coloured shrine or throne are visible in the foreground, with a warm wall and a blurred screen behind. Two people are visible, the seated figure and the standing devotee, with a partially visible third person at the right edge.2013-12-10July 18 20112011-07-18 +1 copiesOctober 13 20122012-10-13October 11 20122012-10-11March 03 20152015-03-03A seated man in an orange-saffron robe draped over one shoulder, wearing a gold-and-bead necklace and a white sandalwood mark on his forehead, reaches forward to press his palm onto the forehead of a younger man in a white shirt with a red-orange shawl and a rudraksha-style bead mala at his waist. The younger man stands with eyes closed and palms pressed together in reverence. The seated man holds a folded white paper in his other hand. Behind them is a plain pale wall with a power outlet and a small golden shrine or deity murti at the left edge.2012-10-13January 02 20142014-01-02August 31 20152015-08-31 +1 copiesA photograph of a ritual blessing in an indoor room. A man in a saffron-orange dhoti-style wrap with a rudraksha bead mala and a white sacred ash mark on his forehead presses his right palm to the forehead of a young man in a white kurta with an orange cord around his neck. The blessed man holds his left palm up in front of him with eyes closed. The seated officiant holds a folded white paper or cloth in his left hand. A bald man in orange sits in the background, and a partly visible man in a green shirt stands at the right beside a red curtain.2012-10-11Photo of a seated man with long dark hair tied in a bun, wearing a red shawl with gold border and a rudraksha mala, with white and red tilak on his forehead, placing his raised right hand on the head of a shaven-headed man in a white t-shirt with a red cord around his neck. The seated man holds a wooden staff or stick in his left hand while the bald man sits with eyes closed and his palm raised toward him. The setting has a purple curtain and gold ornamental draping behind them. Swamiji (probable) is identified by the long swept-back hair, rudraksha mala and saffron-red shawl with gold border, seated in the role of the giver of blessing.2011-07-17