Skip to content
Nithyanandapedia
Outdoor photo beside a whitewashed temple pillar with palm trees behind. A bare-chested man on the left holds a silver ceremonial staff over one shoulder and a red towel over his arm, wearing rudraksha malas, a gold necklace and a sacred thread, with a red forehead mark. Beside him, a man with long swept-back hair and a beard, wearing a rudraksha mala and a rust-coloured wrap, is garlanded with yellow and red flowers and white blooms, his hands pressed together. Behind them, men in white shirts and a devotee with a sandalwood forehead mark stand close, one holding a phone. Ritual welcome at a temple visit.

More like this

Open the gallery
April 29 20182018-04-29 +1 copiesApril 29 20182018-04-29 +1 copiesA photograph of a procession outside a temple area with a blue pillar and a small white shrine dome behind. A bearded man in the centre wears a brown ochre robe, a garland of yellow marigolds and red flowers, and holds his palms together in namaste. To his right, a bare-chested man in a yellow shawl and pink dhoti walks beside him. On the left, a man with long matted hair and rudraksha beads carries a silver staff with a finial. Several other men in white dhotis, orange and white clothing follow behind, with palm trees in the background.2018-04-29Outdoor temple procession on a dirt path in front of a temple gateway with a pillared entrance and painted deity figures on its tower. A central bare-footed man in a rust-brown dhoti-shawl wears a long garland of yellow, white, pink and red flowers and many rudraksha malas. Around him walk devotees in orange-saffron cloths with rudraksha malas and tilak, plus a man in white dhoti with gold border and a man in a lime-green shirt. Several figures have long hair and bare upper bodies. The central man has a distinctive, prominent presence and is walking at the head of the group, which the page associates with a person, but the appearance is not clear enough to confirm.2018-01-16A bearded man with long swept-back dark hair and a white-and-red forehead mark stands outdoors with palms pressed together in anjali mudra, smiling. He wears a rust-red dhoti-style cloth, a heavy ornate gold pendant on a dark beaded cord, a long rudraksha-style necklace of wooden beads, flower garlands of red and white blossoms with yellow marigolds, and gold and red armbands and bangles. Behind him, several men in saffron and orange robes and white dhotis stand in a procession-like group, one holding a tall wooden staff, another holding a microphone at the left edge. Green trees blur in the background. Swamiji (probable) is the central figure, identified by long swept-back hair, ornate gold adornments and rudraksha-style beads, with the flower garlands and gold pendant marking him as the honoured person.2016-08-27April 29 20182018-04-29May 08 20182018-05-08May 08 20182018-05-08A photograph of a temple-entrance greeting. A central figure with long dark hair in a loose braid, wearing a red-brown ochre cloth and a garland of yellow marigolds and red flowers, stands with palms pressed together in namaste, head bowed. Around him, men in white dhotis with gold borders and bare-chested devotees wearing rudraksha malas and saffron-orange cloths stand close by. A man in a yellow-gold shawl on the right holds his hands together in greeting, and a man in a white shirt on the left carries a red and white cloth bag printed with a logo. Grey walls form the background.2018-04-29 +2 copiesA photograph of a procession outside a temple with red and white painted walls. In the centre, a man with a beard and long dark hair wears a dark maroon robe, a red and white flower garland, and a rudraksha-style mala, holding a tall golden staff with a star-shaped finial and a rope tied to it. On the left, a bearded sadhu with matted hair piled on top wears an orange cloth and a long rudraksha mala. A young man in a grey polo shirt looks at a phone. To the right, bare-chested men in white dhotis with coloured borders walk alongside, and a man in a yellow shirt stands behind. Several more people are visible in the background.2018-03-17April 17 20172017-04-17Outdoor photograph at a temple courtyard in Kerala with a red brick wall and tiled roof behind. In the foreground, a man in the centre wears a black turban, a red-orange robe, a large garland of white and yellow flowers with a red flower cluster, and gold bangles, with hands clasped at chest level. Beside him a bearded man in a black turban and a brown-and-grey beaded garment wears rudraksha-style beaded malas and a gold pendant. Further right, a man in a black turban holds a green and white offering. Bare-chested men with beaded malas and a bearded man with a shaved head stand at the edges. Behind them, onlookers and women in white stand in the background among the temple buildings.2018-05-08