Skip to content
Nithyanandapedia
Three young women sit cross-legged on the ground in a temple courtyard, all wearing white jasmine garlands with red flowers. The woman on the left wears a teal and blue skirt with gold jewellery and a gold-edged blouse. The woman in the centre wears an orange sari with a dark rudraksha mala and gold necklace, hands folded. The woman on the right wears an orange sari with gold border and a nose ring. Yellow and orange marigold petals are scattered before them. Behind them a small fire burns in a pit, and an ornate deity shrine with lion carvings and lit oil lamps stands in the background.

More like this

Open the gallery
October 21 20152015-10-21 +1 copiesFive young girls in festive Indian dress sit in a row on a raised platform at night, garlanded with white jasmine and red and yellow flower strings. The girl on the left wears a royal blue silk outfit with gold trim, the centre girl a striped multicolour skirt and orange blouse, and the others green, magenta and pink garments. Behind them a small fire burns beside a brass lamp and metal vessels, with decorated deity murti and floral-draped shrines, including an elephant-headed figure, glowing in the background. One seated person on the far right holds a stringed instrument.2016-10-10A row of young women in colourful saris sits beside a bright fire at night, holding pink lotus flowers and wearing garlands of yellow and red flowers with white jasmine. Their clothes include green, blue, red and gold tones, and they wear earrings and bangles. Behind them stands a trident and a glowing shrine decoration. No figure matching the presentation of the a person is visible, so the a person field is none.2016-10-10October 10 20162016-10-10September 21 20172017-09-21 +1 copiesOctober 03 20142014-10-03Six young women in traditional Indian dress sit in a row in front of a decorated altar, holding pink lotus flowers wrapped with stems. Their garments include a blue blouse with a lavender skirt on the left, a green and gold blouse with a green skirt, a magenta blouse with a green skirt, and a gold-and-maroon outfit at right. Each wears white and yellow marigold garlands with red flowers and silver ornaments. The woman second from left wears gold jhumka earrings and a maang tikka, and the central figure wears a gold necklace and bangles. Behind them, a golden and green decorated shrine holds a small figure, with a silver trident and kalasha-like finials at the edges and smoke or incense haze in the air. A small figure in the upper background may be a deity murti or a seated person, but the picture is too small to confirm it.2016-10-10Several young girls sit cross-legged in a row on a raised platform during an evening puja. The foreground girl in a green blouse and red skirt holds a flower and looks down, with a child in orange beside her. A teenage girl in an orange top and purple skirt holds a flower near a brass oil lamp, and another girl in red sits further back. Brass lamps with flames stand behind them, along with woven baskets, a brass bowl, scattered petals, and an orange cloth with deity murti behind them.2011-10-05Night outdoor ritual photograph. A bare-chested priest with an orange turban and orange-and-gold dhoti stands at left, facing three young women seated on a white cloth. The women wear orange, teal and blue silk saris with white jasmine garlands and red flowers; the central woman in orange holds a small brass vessel and a plate of brass bowls on a green leaf, while the woman at right in orange holds a garland and flowers. Yellow marigold petals are scattered on the cloth in front of them, and dark foliage surrounds the scene.2016-10-29October 10 20162016-10-10October 10 20162016-10-10Night outdoor puja at a temple-like open pavilion. A priest in an orange-red turban and orange-red dhoti, with a rudraksha mala, stands at left holding a ritual implement over a small flame and lamps. Six young women sit in a row on a raised platform wearing white jasmine garlands and saris in orange, teal, green, red and gold; several have tilak on their foreheads. Scattered yellow and pink petals and a rangoli-style floor design surround them. Behind them is an ornate deity murti with a decorated arch and oil lamps, and a banner with a painted image hangs overhead. Drummers in orange cloth are partly visible at the edges.2016-10-29