Skip to content
Nithyanandapedia
A young man stands in profile holding a tall golden multi-tiered aarti lamp with several lit flames, raised toward the left. He is bare-chested with an orange saffron cloth draped over his shoulder and sacred white ash markings on his forehead and arm. Behind him are red curtains and framed photo displays on a pale wall, in an indoor hall with ceiling lights. The lamp is an oil lamp used in an aarti ritual, and he is the only person visible. He wears no crown, mala or other cues that would identify him as a person.

More like this

Open the gallery
July 20 20172017-07-20A bare-chested priest in orange-saffron dhoti and shawl, with white tilak marks on forehead and arms and a rudraksha mala, stands in a hall holding a tiered brass aarti lamp with lit flames in both hands. Dark maroon curtains and framed posters hang on the pale wall behind him, and a few seated people are blurred at the lower right. The scene suggests a lamp ritual performed during a puja, with the priest presenting the flame.2017-01-22July 20 20172017-07-20A young man with short curly dark hair and a white tilak on his forehead stands in profile, holding a tiered brass aarti lamp with many lit flames in both hands at arm's length. He is bare-chested, wearing an orange saffron dhoti and orange shawl draped over his shoulder, with white sacred ash markings on his arms and chest. Behind him, seated devotees in orange clothing fill the hall, and red curtains and framed pictures line the walls. The lamp is the central ritual object.2017-07-20January 22 20172017-01-22January 22 20172017-01-22A photograph of a shaved-headed man in saffron-orange clothing performing aarti. He stands in profile, bare-chested, wearing an orange dhoti and an orange shawl draped over his shoulder, with white sacred markings on his forehead and arms. He holds a brass multi-tiered oil lamp with many lit wicks in both hands, looking down at the flame. Behind him are maroon curtains, a wall with framed notices, and wooden doors in a plain hall. The figure is a priest or devotee performing the lamp ritual; his ornaments are not distinctive enough to identify him as a person.2017-01-22A young man stands in profile holding a tall ornate gold multi-tiered oil lamp (aarti lamp) with lit flames, raising it toward the left. He wears an orange saffron dhoti and shawl, a rudraksha mala around his neck, and white sacred markings on his forehead and arms, with bare upper torso. Behind him a seated audience dressed in orange is blurred, and red curtains hang on the wall. The scene suggests an aarti being performed at an assembly.2017-07-20A photograph of a young man in profile holding a tall brass multi-tiered aarti lamp with many lit oil lamps, offering it upward during a ritual in a hall. He wears an orange-saffron dhoti and shawl, a rudraksha mala, and white ash markings on his forehead and arms. Blurred seated devotees in orange clothing fill the background, along with red curtains and framed photographs on the wall. The lamp flames and warm light dominate the scene. Whether this man is a person cannot be established from appearance, so the role is described as a priest performing aarti.2017-07-20January 22 20172017-01-22A bare-chested young man in an orange-saffron shawl draped over his shoulder and across his torso holds a brass multi-branched aarti lamp with several flames in his raised left hand, while his right hand holds a small brass bell. He wears long dark hair swept back, white horizontal tilak marks on his forehead, a long rudraksha mala and a pendant on a thin neck cord, and a gold bracelet on his wrist. He gazes upward in an indoor hall with blurred walls and ceiling lights. Appearance cues are ambiguous, so the identity is not established from the image.2017-07-21August 04 20172017-08-04