Skip to content
Nithyanandapedia
Outdoor procession scene on a dirt path beside palm trees. A decorated elephant with a red and gold headdress extends its trunk toward a person in a saffron-orange garment with a pink and white flower garland, who reaches out to touch it. A red, yellow and blue ceremonial umbrella is held overhead. Around them, several men in saffron-orange robes and white dhotis stand close, one holding a flower-decorated silver tray, and a handler in a green shirt holds a long stick beside the elephant.

More like this

Open the gallery
January 12 20092009-01-12Outdoor procession scene in a sandy village lane beside palms. A decorated temple elephant with a red and gold headdress and a trunk raised in greeting dominates the right side, while a man in a green shirt and checked lungi touches its head with a long stick. Behind them a woman in an orange sari with a pink and purple garland stands with her palms joined, flanked by people in saffron robes and white dhotis. A bare-chested man in a white dhoti carries a tray of flowers on the left, and a red and yellow ceremonial umbrella with a trident emblem is held overhead. Several onlookers crowd the background and a man in a blue cloth bends in the foreground.2009-01-12January 12 20092009-01-12January 12 20092009-01-12A temple elephant with a raised trunk reaches toward a saffron-robed figure with long dark hair who wears a gold ornamental necklace and a rudraksha-style mala, smiling as they offer a folded banknote into the trunk. Around them, men in white shirts and white dhotis stand near a stone temple gateway, a bare-chested man in a dhoti stands at left, and a crowd of onlookers watches from the background. Garlands and a flower-strewn floor surround the elephant's feet. a person appears in the saffron robes and gold necklace, in the centre of the scene, receiving the elephant.2009-08-06January 12 20092009-01-12January 29 20102010-01-29August 02 20082008-08-02A temple corridor with painted stone pillars and carved guardian figures. A decorated temple elephant, draped in a garland-trimmed gold and colourful cloth caparison, extends its trunk toward a saffron-robed young man with hair tied up, a rudraksha-style neck mala, and bare upper body, whose palms are pressed together in greeting. Behind him stand a man in white dhoti and shirt with a tilak, a man in a light blue shirt, and other men in white dhotis, with a woman in a purple sari at the left edge. A mahout in a yellow shirt holds the elephant's rope on the right.2009-01-14August 02 20082008-08-02A photograph outside a temple entrance where a large grey elephant reaches its trunk toward a long-haired man in saffron-orange robes wearing a garland of red, yellow and green flowers with a gold necklace. He has a white tilak on his forehead and is smiling. Around him, many men in saffron and white dhotis and shirts press close, some holding phones or cameras. A white-robed older man with glasses stands at left. Carved grey stone pillars and a yellow notice board are visible behind. The man in the garland has long swept-back hair, saffron clothing and ornate gold adornment, a combination consistent with the appearance of a person as the page indicates, but the identification is uncertain from appearance alone.2008-08-02August 02 20082008-08-02