Skip to content
Nithyanandapedia
A festival procession moves through a crowd of devotees. A man with long dark hair and an orange garment with white garland sits on an ornate gold and red throne atop a decorated chariot, smiling. Marigold and yellow flower garlands drape the canopy and throne. Saffron-orange flags with a blue emblem are held aloft by people in white and orange clothing. Smoke or incense haze drifts through the scene, and the crowd presses close around the ratha.

More like this

Open the gallery
December 29 20092009-12-29A festival procession moves along a street, with a large ornate ratha chariot at centre. The chariot canopy is orange and multicoloured with garlands of white and yellow flowers hanging from its top and sides. Seated on a raised throne within the chariot is a figure with long dark hair, wearing a saffron garment and a garland, with a deity murti visible beside him. Orange flags and decorative ceremonial fans surround the chariot. A dense crowd of devotees in white and grey shirts, saris and kurtas walks alongside, several raising hands or phones. Palm trees line the background. The seated figure has distinctive long hair and saffron clothing; the appearance-based identification is probable.2009-12-29A festival procession on a dusty open ground. A richly decorated ratha chariot with a colourful striped canopy in red, yellow, blue and white, hung with marigold garlands, carries a seated figure on a gilded throne. The figure wears an orange robe, has long dark hair, and holds a ceremonial staff and a rudraksha mala with a flower garland. Behind him is a deity murti with a crown. Orange flags are carried by people walking alongside, and a crowd in white, orange and colourful saris and kurtas follows, many raising their hands. The seated figure's appearance matches the page's claimed identity with several cues: long swept-back hair, orange clothing, a mala and ornate throne, so this is a probable Swamiji in a procession.2009-12-29December 29 20092009-12-29A photograph of a decorated procession chariot, ratha, carrying a seated figure on a gilded throne-like seat. The man wears orange robes and a red-and-white flower garland, with long dark hair, and holds a white fly-whisk or chamara. The chariot's side panels are painted in bright red, yellow, blue and green with white dove motifs, and it is hung with marigold and white flower garlands, orange-yellow umbrella canopies and orange ceremonial flags. Around the chariot, people in white clothes walk in the crowd, including women in saris and men in white shirts, with a red tractor visible in the background. Attributed to the figure on the throne by appearance: the seated man has long hair and saffron-orange clothing with a garland, so the description's probable identity cue is saffron robes and long hair.2009-12-29December 29 20092009-12-29A dense street procession in daytime. Many men in white shirts and dhotis press around a decorated palanquin in the centre, with a figure seated on a white-draped platform beneath a striped canopy with fringe and small balloons. Orange and saffron flags with a blue emblem fly on tall poles, and ornate orange and gold umbrellas with embroidered panels line the route. Several men in orange turbans or caps stand at left, and bamboo-handled umbrellas appear at right. The scene is a festival procession with devotees carrying the ratha-style palanquin through a village road.2008-12-29A festival procession moves through an open dusty ground with many devotees in white clothes and gold-bordered cream saris and dhotis. Many carry tall orange and saffron flags on poles, and large golden ceremonial fans with ornate embossed discs. Behind them a richly decorated ornamental palanquin with a multicoloured roof, garlands and a red-and-gold canopy carries a seated figure draped in garlands; the figure's appearance is not clear enough to identify. Several people wear blue and purple lanyards and name badges. Smoke or incense haze drifts over the crowd on a bright day.2009-12-29December 29 20092009-12-29July 15 20112011-07-15December 29 20092009-12-29December 23 20072007-12-23