Skip to content
Nithyanandapedia
Night procession outdoors in front of a temple. In the foreground two large white bull figures with horns, draped in white cloth and green sashes, are carried or moved forward by people in white garments. Behind them a decorated palanquin-style canopy with red, yellow and blue panels stands above the crowd. Several onlookers in white shirts and dhotis watch, and women in colourful saris and jewellery stand at right, one holding a long staff. String lights decorate a tree at upper right. No clearly identifiable a person is visible in this view.

More like this

Open the gallery
December 23 20162016-12-23December 23 20162016-12-23Night procession outdoors at a festival. Several large white bull figures with painted faces, horns and red, purple and orange fabric draped over their bodies are carried or worn by performers in the foreground. Men in white dhotis and shirts walk among them, and a crowd of onlookers stands behind under strong white floodlights. Two ornate, multicoloured decorated palanquin-style carriages with pointed domes and tassels stand in the background beside a red tent and string lights. A man in a white shirt stands at left.2016-12-23Night procession with two performers in tall white bull-headed masks with black horns, wearing white cloth with red and magenta skirts, dancing in the street. Behind them a crowd of men stands watching, including a man in a blue shirt and another in a light blue striped shirt with an orange cloth, one holding a drum. A large decorated chariot or ratha with red, yellow and blue woven panels and tassels stands in the background, and a figure in ornate gold headgear appears at the right edge. Tents and a red backdrop surround the scene.2016-12-23December 23 20162016-12-23December 23 20162016-12-23December 23 20162016-12-23December 23 20162016-12-23Night procession at a festival. In the foreground stands a large white papier-mache bull figure with black-tipped horns, a painted red eye, a decorated collar and a green-and-gold cloth draped on its back, carried or moved forward. Behind it are two ornate ratha or palanquin structures with colourful striped and patterned fabric panels, red, yellow and green trim, and fringed canopies. Several men in white and orange clothing and head cloths stand in the background crowd, some holding drums, watching the procession under the dark sky.2016-12-23December 23 20162016-12-23Night procession at an outdoor ground lit by bright floodlights and string lights. Centre foreground, a performer wears a large white papier-mache bull mask with black horns, gold collar and pink-red trim, over a white body costume with red and gold ruffled skirt and purple hem, holding a small red flag. Around them, women in saris walk in the procession: one in a red sari with a dark beaded mala, another in orange-red with gold jewellery and a red bindi, others in pink and white. Men in white dhoti and shirts stand behind, and a few people watch from the edges. Strings of blue and green lights hang on a fence.2016-12-23 +1 copiesDecember 23 20162016-12-23