Skip to content
Nithyanandapedia
Photograph of a dining tent at night set up for a communal meal. A red carpet covers the floor and a red and white canopy with marigold garlands hangs overhead. Seated devotees in orange and saffron robes sit on low gold-trimmed wooden stools or yellow-covered platforms before brass plates, bowls and cups. A man in an orange dhoti and shawl, carrying a small bag, walks through the centre. A woman in a green sari serves food, and several women in saffron saris and others in green and white attend the line. A person in an orange turban sits at the right edge with a plate. No identifiable a person figure is visible.

More like this

Open the gallery
May 06 20162016-05-06Evening meal service in a red-and-white tent at a Shuddhadvaitam camp. Many people in orange and saffron robes sit on a red carpet and yellow floor mats before low brass-trimmed tables holding steel plates, bowls and cups. A woman in an orange sari carries food between rows while others in pink, green and white saris and orange clothing stand or bend nearby. Red tent poles, diamond-shaped yellow decorations and hanging garlands frame the scene. Some sadhus wear orange turbans. The meal appears to be part of an annadan or communal dining gathering.2016-05-06May 10th 20162016-05-10A photo of a long communal meal inside a red and white tented pavilion with marigold garlands along the poles. Seated monks and devotees in orange and saffron robes sit on the floor at low gold-trimmed brass trays on yellow cloths, eating from metal plates and bowls. Several seated men wear orange robes and beards; one at the left wears orange with a rudraksha-style bead necklace and glasses. A woman in a pink sari walks between the rows serving food, and standing attendees in white and orange line the red carpeted aisle. No identifiable a person is confirmed, so the seated figures are described by role only.2016-05-06Photograph inside a large red-and-white tent at a Shuddhadvaitam camp in Ujjain, showing a communal meal. Saffron-robed sannyasis and devotees sit cross-legged on a long line of low yellow-draped tables and red carpet, eating from gold-rimmed brass thalis and bowls. A woman in a pink sari and another in a magenta sari serve food along the aisle, and a man in a white shirt sits at the right foreground. Marigold garlands hang along the tent poles and yellow diamond motifs decorate the red walls. One saffron-robed elder with a white beard sits near the front, and one figure in an orange turban is among the seated group.2016-05-06A seated meal in a red-and-white tent decorated with marigold garlands. Several bearded sadhus in orange and saffron robes sit cross-legged behind low gold-trimmed tables set with silver plates, bowls of fruit, cups and water bottles. The man on the far left wears orange robes, glasses and a vibhuti mark on his forehead. A man in a saffron turban and saffron shawl eats from a plate, and a woman in a pink sari stands at the right end of the row, holding papers near the table.2016-05-06May 06 20162016-05-06May 11 20162016-05-11A seated meal scene in a tent with red and white draped walls decorated with marigold strings and round colourful rosettes. A woman in a peach and orange sari with a white floral garland stands at left, serving food from a steel bowl onto a gold-coloured tray. Several people in orange and saffron robes sit cross-legged on white cushions along a yellow cloth. A bearded man in orange robes eats with his right hand. Closest at right, a woman in an orange head covering and rudraksha mala eats from a silver thali of small bowls, and a man in a rust-brown turban and robe sits near the centre with a brass tumbler. Brass and steel vessels, a water bottle and food-filled bowls fill the foreground.2016-05-06May 06 20162016-05-06May 06 20162016-05-06May 06 20162016-05-06