Skip to content
Nithyanandapedia
Outdoor photo of a crowd of male devotees in saffron-orange dhotis, many bare-chested, gathered on stone steps beside a tall ochre wall with a small brass lamp stand at left. In the centre, a man with a shaved head and white paste smeared across his face and upper body wears a rudraksha mala and a sacred thread over his shoulder, holding his hands together near his chest. Others behind him stand or sit on the steps, some with towels and clothes draped on the railings. Clear blue sky above.

More like this

Open the gallery
December 22 20182018-12-22 +1 copiesOutdoor scene on stone steps beside a tall plastered wall under a clear blue sky. Many shirtless men wearing orange dhoti-style wraps stand and sit on the steps, some with white paste or ash smeared on their bodies and faces. In the centre, an older man with grey-streaked hair, white paste on his face and chest, and a rudraksha mala around his neck raises one hand and looks toward the camera. A younger shirtless man in an orange wrap stands at right, and a crowd of similarly dressed participants is visible behind them. Gold-topped finial and a small shrine structure appear at the left edge.2018-12-22Outdoor photo on a sandy riverbank at dusk, with a pink-lavender sky and calm water behind the group. Several men stand close together, mostly bare-chested and wearing white dhotis or wraps, with several faces and bodies whitened by ash or clay. The man in the centre wears an orange and yellow checked wrap and has a fully whitened head and face, and he and others wear rudraksha beads on their chests. On the left a man in a white shirt and white trousers smiles beside them. Visible lettering across the lower right reads a copyright notice and archive source credit. Some people are mid-speech or singing with open mouths. Several devotees appear in a riverside ritual setting, with more people and cloth-spread areas faintly visible in the background.2015-10-11Outdoor photograph of a large group of shirtless men in saffron-orange dhotis on wide stone steps with red-painted risers, the stepped bank of a ghat-like structure under a clear sky. In the foreground a bare-chested young man with a rudraksha-style mala and white-streaked face raises both hands and shouts, while another man beside him stands with arms raised. Behind them many participants stand on the steps, some pouring or changing clothes, some wearing malas and white-marked foreheads. The men on the steps appear to be devotees in ritual attire; no clearly identifiable a person figure is evident among them.2018-12-22October 11 20152015-10-11Outdoor photo at a riverside ghat steps beside a murky river with floating petals and flowers. Dozens of sannyasis in saffron-orange robes with rudraksha malas and tridents sit and stand on stone steps. A woman in the center wears an orange sari with a long white-beaded mala and garland, seated among orange-clad women. A shaved-headed man in orange at right holds a trident and faces a robed speaker at the far right holding a microphone. A man in white dhoti with a red waist cloth stands at left holding a camera. Fresh flowers and yellow cloth bags sit on the steps; a bell-shaped stone carved seat is visible behind.2013-02-13January 12 20172017-01-12January 12 20172017-01-12A smiling shirtless man stands at the edge of water with his palms pressed together in anjali mudra, a namaste greeting. He has white markings on his forehead and face and wears a thin cord with a rudraksha bead and a small pendant around his neck, plus a gold bracelet on one wrist and an orange cloth wrapped at his waist. Behind him, a second person in orange robes stands on a concrete step beside a metal grate and a flowing water surface.2018-12-22January 12 20172017-01-12October 11 20152015-10-11Outdoor photo of several men walking along a grey stone wall. The man at centre wears an orange saffron robe with a gold border and a gold-bead necklace, and has a small white tilak on his forehead. To his right, a man in an orange robe and a long rudraksha mala holds a folded green-and-gold cloth. At far right, a man in orange wears a gold necklace and red wrist threads. At left, a bare-chested man in a patterned dhoti raises one arm and points upward, and white-clad men in dhotis and white shirts walk behind. No one in the frame is clearly shown as a specific identified person; the setting appears to be a temple-visit procession.2012-02-08