Skip to content
Nithyanandapedia
A dense crowd of devotees, mostly women in cotton saris and some men in white dhotis and shirts, carries brass and steel pots on their heads during a night procession. Many hold the pots steady with raised arms, and some pots are covered with yellow cloth, with white and yellow flowers placed on top. An orange and red umbrella with tassels and a printed bird motif shows in the upper left, and a woman in an orange sari stands at right. Behind them are brick walls and construction materials.

More like this

Open the gallery
December 31 20062006-12-31December 31 20062006-12-31December 31 20062006-12-31A dense crowd of devotees carries brass pots on their heads during a night procession, many pots topped with yellow cloth, the pots appearing to hold palakodam milk for abhishekam. Women and men wear white and cream clothes with coloured borders, some with saffron and red shawls, and several women wear bangles and bindis. A woman in front has a green shawl and a white outfit. A colourful canopy edged with tassels and reading Dhyanapeetam hangs at the upper left, and one devotee holds a yellow marigold garland. No clearly identifiable a person figure is visible in this crowd, so the candidate status is uncertain.2006-12-31December 31 20062006-12-31December 31 20062006-12-31December 31 20062006-12-31December 31 20062006-12-31Night photograph of a crowd of devotees, mostly women in white and cream saris and some men in white, each balancing a silver or brass pot on their head covered with yellow cloth, as for a palakodam milk-pot offering. Several devotees raise their hands to steady the pots. Above them, large colourful umbrellas (chatras) with blue, orange and red panels, decorated with dove motifs and tassels, carry the word DHYANAPEETAM. A man in the foreground wears a red tilak mark. Dark background with hanging orange and red bunting.2006-12-31A dense crowd of devotees, mostly dressed in white with some in red, saffron-trimmed or coloured garments, carry metal pots balanced on their heads, each topped with a yellow cloth or lid. Many have their hands raised to steady the vessels. Orange and yellow ceremonial banners with blue and white emblems hang at the left and right edges, and the scene is lit darkly. Several men wear white shirts and holy marks on their foreheads, and some women wear beaded malas.2006-12-31December 31 20062006-12-31December 31 20062006-12-31