Skip to content
Nithyanandapedia
A dimly lit stage performance seen from the audience, with seated spectators in white and dark clothing in the foreground. On stage, a group of performers in saffron-orange robes and white saris and dhotis move in a procession-like tableau; several women wear garlands and white shawls, and a man in a white turban stands near a white-draped table at the right. A dark curtain and white stage pillars frame the scene.

More like this

Open the gallery
December 27 20062006-12-27December 27 20062006-12-27December 27 20062006-12-27December 27 20062006-12-27October 14 20072007-10-14A cultural drama performed on an indoor stage in front of a dark red curtain, with a row of about a dozen performers in costume standing in a line. A man at the far left has a bare torso and white dhoti; several performers wear saffron/orange robes, white garments, a bright red sari, green and pink saris, and one wears a golden crown and trident. Paper bird decorations hang on a string above, and a framed portrait sits on a white pedestal at centre stage, garlanded. Seated audience members in the foreground watch from folding chairs, and a hand holds a microphone at the lower edge.2007-10-14A dimly lit hall with a stage where five or six seated people in white clothes with orange shawls sit in a row, one in a maroon turban and orange garment, while seated devotees in white fill the foreground facing them. A framed portrait of a bearded figure and a backdrop with garlands are visible behind the stage. A pedestal fan stands on the left and a sofa sits at the side.2006-12-27October 14 20072007-10-14December 12 20112011-12-12A stage performance in a hall with dark red curtains and cloth-draped pillars. A line of about fourteen costumed performers stands across the stage in front of a central bust or portrait on a pedestal. They wear orange and saffron robes, white dhotis and shawls, a bare-chested figure at far left wears only a white loincloth, and women wear pink, green and blue saris with gold crowns and trishul-style staffs. A performer in white with a white turban stands near the centre. Audience members, some young children, sit in the foreground watching.2007-10-14A photograph of seven performers in costume standing in a row on a stage with a dark red curtain behind them. On the left a young man in an orange dhoti with purple border presses his palms together in greeting and wears a small golden crown. Next is a woman in a white veil and white garment with gold border, then a figure in orange clothing with an orange turban and a purple sash, then a woman in a white veil, a woman in an orange robe with rudraksha mala holding a tall bamboo staff, a man in white robes with grey hair and white face paint holding a staff, and on the right a woman in a pink saree with gold border and a large gold crown, holding a red flower. Behind them a portrait labelled "NITHYANANDA" shows a smiling man in a white turban, with garlands and flowers on a table below.2007-10-14December 29 20082008-12-29