Skip to content
Nithyanandapedia
A priest in white dhoti with gold-bordered yellow shawl and green silk lower garment pours grain or flower petals from a round brass plate held overhead, creating a cascading stream through smoky haze. A brass bowl and floral offerings with red and yellow flowers sit on the altar edge in the foreground. A red and white thread is tied at his wrist and beaded necklaces are visible at his chest. The setting suggests a ritual offering during a temple ceremony.

More like this

Open the gallery
A priest in white dhoti and a gold-bordered shawl over a green garment stands at a temple ritual, arms raised high as he pours a stream of white grain or rice from a metal plate onto the altar below. Dense white smoke or incense haze fills the air around him. Pale yellow and white marigold garlands and red and yellow flowers decorate the altar platform, and a brass bowl sits at his left. A rudraksha or bead necklace and a bangle are visible on his wrist. Other people in white ritual clothes are partly visible in the background. The scene reads as a temple abhishekam or grain offering.2016-12-15December 15 20162016-12-15A priest in a white dhoti with a yellow and gold shawl and a green sash stands at a fire pit, raising a brass vessel high overhead and pouring a dark powder into the flames. Smoke and bright orange fire rise from the pit, which is bordered by yellow and red flower garlands. A second attendant in white holds a silver bowl beside him. Strands of rudraksha beads hang on his chest. A flower-garlanded deity murti stands at the right edge. The setting is a homa or yagna in a temple hall.2016-12-15December 15 20162016-12-15December 15 20162016-12-15December 15 20162016-12-15December 15 20162016-12-15December 15 20162016-12-15 +1 copiesA bearded man stands barefoot at a ceremonial ritual space, eyes closed, with both hands raised together above his head in prayer. He wears a yellow and white silk shawl over a white dhoti with a green silk waist cloth, bare-chested, with a crystal and rudraksha mala around his neck and gold bracelets on his wrists. A red tilak marks his forehead. To the left a man in a white dhoti with a red border speaks into a microphone. A bronze bowl with a ladle, brass vessels, flower garlands and a smoky fire pit sit in the foreground, with a seated priest in white beyond and a striped mat underfoot. Hung floral decorations and a ceiling fan are visible overhead.2016-12-15A priest in white dhoti and a yellow-and-blue sash stands at a stone or brass bowl on a flower-decorated altar, pouring from a tall brass or copper pot. He wears a magenta-and-purple turban and a thin necklace, and his bare upper torso is visible. Fine mist or sprayed water catches the light in the air above him, and marigold-orange and yellow flowers and white offerings lie on the altar. Hanging brass lamps and a tented pavilion frame the scene.2016-12-02Photograph of a night ritual at a temple stage, with the image rotated sideways. A bare-chested man in a white dhoti with a yellow shawl and a green-and-white cloth at the waist stands with palms joined in namaskar, wearing rudraksha and bead necklaces and bracelets. Behind him a standing priest in white dhoti with a maroon-bordered cloth holds a microphone. Smoke or incense haze fills the air, and at left are brass ritual vessels, a large gong or drum, colourful draped fabric and flower garlands. a person: the bare-chested man with rudraksha and bead necklaces is a devotee-priest figure in ceremonial dress, and appearance cues are not conclusive.2016-12-15A photograph of a homa or yagna at a person Sangha satsang. In the foreground a bare-chested man in an orange sash holds a silver tray of white flowers while a cameraman films nearby. At the centre, a priest in white dhoti with gold border and a pink-and-gold headcloth pours an offering from a silver vessel over a fire pit, with smoke rising. Behind him stand a deity murti on the right with lion figures, a decorated kalasha with red and white garlands, and a multicoloured cloth banner bearing a small emblem. Brass oil lamps stand at the left edge, and a coconut sits among flowers on the ground. Several people are visible, including the kneeling figure at lower left; no one shown is clearly identifiable as the a person.2015-07-18 +1 copies