Skip to content
Nithyanandapedia
A wide photograph of a calm, greyish lake or lagoon under an overcast sky. A narrow wooden boat with a reddish-orange hull carries two people, one standing at the stern with a long pole and another seated or crouched near the middle. Reed beds line the foreground and bank, and a row of bamboo stakes stands in the water on the horizon, possibly fishing enclosures. No swami or deity imagery is visible.

More like this

Open the gallery
A photograph of a wide, grey coastal sea under an overcast sky, with a low hazy shoreline on the horizon. Rows of blue netting are held upright by thin wooden stakes across the water in the middle distance and foreground. Two or three small wooden boats with figures sit on the water, one near centre-left with an orange hull. No temple, ritual or person is clearly featured in the foreground.2008-06-09A photograph of a calm, greyish sea under an overcast sky, shot from a moving vehicle. A thin line of bamboo stakes with blue netting runs across the water, and a small wooden boat with a yellow-brown hull sits beside it. A distant shoreline of low land lies on the horizon, and a second boat appears far to the right. No people are visible.2008-06-09A blurred photograph taken from a moving train window of a wide, calm lake or river under a pale overcast sky. On the left a thatched-roof hut with a sloped roof stands near green shrubs and small trees. Two wooden country boats rest on the water, one near the shore and one further out with a person seated in it. A low green tree line stretches across the distant bank. A dirt path runs along the foreground, and a dark blurred branch crosses the right side.2008-06-09A blurred photograph taken through a moving train window shows a grey, overcast sea or lagoon stretching to a flat horizon. In the middle distance a small wooden boat floats near a line of bamboo stakes and netting marking fish enclosures. Two blurred vertical poles or pillars. No people are visible.2008-06-09A wide photograph of a shallow lagoon or lake under an overcast grey sky. Rows of thin wooden stakes and long blue netting stretch across the water. A small wooden boat sits near the shore on the right, beside a utility pole and green shrubs on reddish earth in the foreground. No people are visible. The image appears taken from a moving vehicle, judging by the blurred foreground vegetation.2008-06-09A hazy, grey-toned photograph of calm shallow water stretching across the frame toward a distant low shoreline of trees. Two rows of thin bamboo stakes stand in the water, with a dark netting or line strung between them. The sky above is pale and overcast, and a small dark boat sits far to the left on the water. No people are visible.2008-06-09A photograph of a grey, overcast beach at dusk with waves breaking on sand. In the foreground a wooden fishing boat lies on its side, painted with a dark decorative band. Two men stand beside it: one seated on the boat's edge in a white shirt and white trousers, the other standing in a dark red shirt and dark trousers. A bundle of white cloth and driftwood sits near the boat. Several thin bamboo poles with small red flags stand in the sand to the left, and a third person is faintly visible far off at the left edge. No identifiable a person appearance is visible.2008-06-09May 01 20142014-05-01A man in a red-orange shawl and grey trousers stands on the wooden bow of a small boat on the Ganga river at dawn, leaning forward to scoop water with a long bamboo pole and a netted basket. Hazy blue light, distant city lights along the far bank, and a wooden mooring post at right frame the scene. No a person candidate is visible.2013-02-13A photograph taken from a moving train window of a wide, calm lake under a hazy grey sky. A low tree-lined spit of land runs across the middle distance, with hills on the far right. In the foreground a thatched-roof mud hut stands beside a dirt path, and a wooden boat loaded with bundles sits near the shore with two people in it. Another small boat floats further out, and bamboo stakes and fishing nets line the water's edge. Green grass and low shrubs fill the lower left.2008-06-09Wide hazy view of the Ganga river in Varanasi with a dark wooden rowing boat in the foreground carrying a boatman at the oar and two seated passengers in dark clothing. Many other boats are scattered across the broad, calm water in the distance, and a hazy line of trees and buildings lies on the far bank. Nothing in the frame shows a person's presence.2015-10-02A wooden rowboat sits low on a hazy river, with a single rower in a striped long-sleeved shirt pulling an oar at the front. Across the water, a long cable-stayed bridge and a lower steel truss bridge fade into smoggy grey sky. Several round white buoys float on the river, and another rower in a small boat appears at the far right edge. The scene looks like an ordinary river crossing rather than a ritual event.