Skip to content
Nithyanandapedia
A seated man in a golden ornate throne with lion-shaped armrests and leopard-print cushions, wearing a maroon-red dhoti and a rust-red turban with a long pink-and-white flower garland, holds a silver staff and rests a bare foot on a brass tray of flower petals. Before him on a wooden table are several brass plates of flowers and offerings. Around the table sit about six devotees: a woman in cream clothes with a red shawl, a woman in an orange-red sari with a white forehead mark, a young man with bare chest and a white forehead mark, and others in white and cream clothes with rudraksha malas. Brass oil lamps and bells hang above the throne against a dark slate wall.

More like this

Open the gallery
July 05 20172017-07-05June 23 20172017-06-23A photograph inside a dark shrine room with a large ornate gold throne. A bare-chested man in saffron-orange dhoti and shawl sits on the throne, wearing a long rudraksha-style bead mala, ceremonial gold necklaces and gold bracelets, with a red tilak on his forehead; a person candidate, seated while devotees attend. Seated on the floor before him are devotees: a woman in a red sari, a man and woman in white with orange lanyards, and an older person in white at the bottom edge. Brass plates with red flowers and oil lamps sit on the floor, and brass hanging lamps and bells hang from the ceiling beside a golden lion figure at the base of the throne. Several priests in orange cloth with white forehead markings sit in the background near a carved gold-and-black door.2013-05-19Devotees perform a padapuja on a seated man on a gold-ornate throne in a dark-walled room with a large gold-studded door at left. The seated figure wears a saffron-orange dhoti with a gold border, a red and white flower garland, a gold-beaded necklace and a bare upper torso with an armband. Around him, devotees kneel on the floor around a golden tray table holding silver thalis of flowers and offerings. A woman in a white sari with a red shawl pours water over his foot; others wear saffron, orange and red saris. A hanging brass lamp, bells and a peacock feather fan decorate the scene, and a wall fan stands at left. Among the figures, the seated man is the most distinctive candidate, with his throne, garland and saffron-and-gold attire, though his face is not identifiable.2013-05-25November 03 20142014-11-03 +1 copiesA photograph of a seated figure on an ornate gold throne with carved lion-like armrests, wearing an orange turban, orange and saffron robes, a white and multicoloured flower garland, and a rudraksha mala. He sits with bare feet resting on a golden platform before silver trays of red flowers, fruit and offerings. Brass oil lamps and hanging bells surround the throne against a black slate wall. Two women in white and a man in orange kneel or sit beside the offerings, and a woman in orange is partly visible at right. The appearance is a probable match for Swamiji in orange turban and garland, seated in darshan, with compatible cues including the turban, saffron clothing and rudraksha mala.2013-09-19August 02 20172017-08-02May 13 20132013-05-13A photograph inside a dark-walled room with a large ornate wooden door on the left. A man with long swept-back dark hair sits on a gold-carved throne draped with a striped tiger-skin cover, wearing an orange-saffron dhoti and shawl, a rudraksha-style bead mala, bangles and a red tilak. Around the golden table in front, several devotees kneel and sit: a woman in an orange sari with a white tilak, a young woman with a braid, a man in a white shirt with hands folded, and a bald man in white robes. Silver thalis of flowers, fruit and sweets sit on the table, with brass oil lamps and bells hanging above. Seated figures are in the foreground at the right edge as well.2013-05-15July 28 20172017-07-28A seated man in an orange-saffron dhoti and shawl wears a red and white flower garland and a gold-beaded necklace, sitting on a gold ornate throne with a tiger-striped cushion. Around his feet, several women and a man in white kneel and sit over brass and silver bowls and plates of flowers and petals, doing a ritual offering. A woman in an orange sari and a woman in saffron sit at the front right, and a woman in white with a white headband assists. Hanging brass bells and oil lamps are visible above. A possible a person cues: long swept-back hair, saffron clothing and rudraksha-style beads, seated on a throne as the focus of the ritual. Setting is a black-walled room with a wall air conditioner and a carved wooden door.2013-05-24A standing man in a deep red-maroon dhoti wears a long pink and white flower garland and stands on a gold-toned platform beside a golden lion-form throne draped with leopard-print cushions. Behind him hang brass oil lamps and bells from the ceiling. Seated on the gold floor in front, a bald man with white forehead markings and a rudraksha mala holds a silver vessel while a woman in red receives or pours from silver bowls filled with flower petals. Other devotees in red and white sit nearby, and a white-clad woman bends forward in the foreground near offerings of petals and silver plates. The walls are black with an air conditioner mounted on one of them.2017-08-02