Skip to content
Nithyanandapedia
A photograph of a seated man with long dreadlocks, wearing a rust-red shawl over his shoulder and gold armlets, reaching forward to touch the forehead of a bare-chested young man who bows his head before him. The bowing man wears a rudraksha mala and cream dhoti. A woman in a white sari with a gold border stands behind them, and a woman in orange and a man in saffron-orange attire stand at the edges. A leopard-print cushion and a gold-wrapped object sit in the foreground. Red curtains and framed pictures hang on the walls of the hall.

More like this

Open the gallery
A photograph of a Shiva Deeksha initiation. A seated man in a leopard-print headwrap, rudraksha-style gold beaded necklaces, ornate gold armlets and a rust-red robe sits on a red cushioned seat in front of a gold shell-patterned backdrop, with a tilak on his forehead. He touches the head of a bare-chested male devotee wearing a white cloth, who bows before him. Two attendants stand to the left: one with long matted hair and white tilak, and a woman with a red-orange shawl and beaded necklaces.2017-08-21July 25 20172017-07-25 +1 copiesA photograph of a ritual blessing inside an ornate gold-toned shrine hall. A long-haired man in a leopard-print sleeveless garment and many rudraksha malas, with a white tripundra mark on his forehead, touches the forehead of a kneeling devotee in a white dhoti with a gold border. The devotee has a gold bangle and a red thread on his wrist and holds his palm up. Behind them, a second man in white dhoti with gold border stands, and a golden deity murti sits on the lower left. The background has gold carved panels and pink and maroon lattice patterns.2017-07-25July 25 20172017-07-25 +1 copiesFebruary 24 20172017-02-24July 28 20172017-07-28A photograph of a ritual initiation during a darshan session. A man with long dreadlocks and a rust-orange sannyasi wrap raises his right arm to touch the head of a smiling young man in white clothing with a rudraksha mala. The young man presses his palms together in greeting. Behind them, a woman in white and other participants in white and orange stand, and a brass vessel with an oil lamp sits in the foreground. A person in the lower right holds rudraksha beads and a brass bowl. Four to five people are visible in the frame.2017-08-03A seated figure with long swept-back dark hair, wearing a rust-orange sannyasi garment with a gold border, rudraksha mala and ornate gold necklace and bangles, places one hand on the head of a man kneeling on red carpet. The kneeling man wears a white shirt with palms pressed together in reverence. Standing behind are women in orange and saffron saris with rudraksha malas, one in a white sari and one in a pink-and-gold sari, with a gold-colored object and gold kalasha-like vessel in the foreground on a red zebra-print cushioned seat. Setting is a hall with red curtains, wall framed photographs and a doorway. Swamiji (probable): the seated figure with long hair, saffron-orange garment, gold necklace and bangles, Swamiji (probable) in the role of the blessing giver, seated on the throne-like seat.2014-08-20 +1 copiesApril 22 20142014-04-22July 28 20172017-07-28 +1 copiesA ritual scene in an indoor hall with maroon drapes and a silver-coloured pillar. A bearded man with long matted locks and a green and pink floral garland, wearing a rust-orange cloth, stretches his arm to press his palm to the forehead of a smiling man in a white shirt and grey trousers, who holds up an orange fruit. Behind them stand a woman in a red-brown sari with a rudraksha-style necklace and a woman in a green sari, both watching. On the right, a bearded man in a white and gold-bordered dhoti with rudraksha beads on his arm and neck stands near a man in orange cloth. a person appears as the central figure in orange clothing with a garland and long locks, and this is a photo.2017-02-02August 15 20172017-08-15