Skip to content
Nithyanandapedia
A bare-chested priest in a golden-yellow dhoti holds a brass aarti plate with a lit flame toward a deity murti decorated with marigold garlands and red flower petals. The murti sits within an ornate gold arched frame, with yellow marigold garlands arranged at its base and green leaves scattered around. Scaffolding and strings of small colourful lights are visible in the background, and smoke rises from the lamp. The priest wears a yellow sacred thread and a gold bangle and his hands are raised over the flame in an aarti offering.

More like this

Open the gallery
March 02 20182018-03-02A bald man seen from behind, wearing a golden-yellow and white shawl over his shoulders and a beaded mala around his neck, performs an aarti with a multi-flame brass oil lamp. Five flames rise from the lamp as he holds it over a bed of red flower petals and green leaves. Behind him a large gilded deity murti with ornate carved detailing and garlands stands in a dim hall lit by red lights. Smoke drifts upward from the lamp. The scene appears to be an evening puja. The man's appearance is not clearly identifiable from this angle, so the role is given as priest performing aarti.2018-03-02March 02 20182018-03-02March 02 20182018-03-02A temple puja in progress. A shaved-headed priest in a white dhoti with an orange-saffron sash and a yellow shawl bends forward and holds a lit oil lamp (aarti) over a deity murti decorated with red and yellow flower garlands. Behind the deity stands a gold-framed ornate backdrop and a gold throne-like shrine arch hung with green leaf garlands. Two bare-chested assistant priests stand nearby; one holds a silver plate, the other wears a blue shawl and red cloth. Flames and smoke rise from the lamp and offerings. Several people are visible, including partially seen figures at the left edge.2018-03-02A temple puja in progress before a deity murti dressed in white silk and draped with red and yellow flower garlands, with red flower arrangements and a gold prabhavali behind it. A bald priest bent forward in a white dhoti with a yellow-and-orange shawl and a rudraksha mala holds a lit camphor flame on a plate toward the deity. Another priest stands behind him on the right in a white dhoti and red garment, and a third priest with a bare torso holds a tray at the left edge. Brass lamps, a bell and flower-strewn offerings sit on the altar in the foreground.2018-03-02October 10 20162016-10-10A photograph of a priest performing aarti before a deity murti decorated with marigold and red flower garlands. The priest, bare-chested and wearing a white dhoti with a gold-bordered shawl over his shoulder, leans forward holding a brass lamp with several burning flames toward the figure. He wears a rudraksha mala and bangles and has a shaved head. The murti is framed by an ornate gold arch with floral motifs, set against a red cloth draped over a platform heaped with flowers. Small brass lamps and a flower-covered altar fill the foreground, and smoke rises from the flames.2018-03-02March 02 20182018-03-02March 02 20182018-03-02March 02 20182018-03-02March 02 20182018-03-02