Skip to content
Nithyanandapedia
Night photograph of a gathering seated on a dirt ground in front of a pillared hall. In the foreground, long bamboo-style torches with bright flames are held at an angle in the frame, and a man in white with a red tilak mark on his forehead looks down at lower right. Behind the torches, a row of seated people in white clothes and saffron or orange shawls sit in rows. One seated figure in the centre wears an orange robe and sits on a white-covered seat. A standing figure in white moves across the middle ground. The scene is lit mainly by the flames.

More like this

Open the gallery
Night photograph of a ritual torch ceremony at an outdoor ground. Long bamboo-style poles, each topped with a bright oil flame, curve in an arc across the left and right foreground, held by people in white clothes. Behind them, seated rows of devotees in white and saffron-coloured garments sit on the earth facing the flames, with a low white-and-grey wall in the background. A man in white shirt and dhoti stands at right holding a torch. The scene is dark, lit only by the flames.2006-08-20A night-time photograph of a group seated in rows outdoors in front of a low wall with pillars, with several bright torch-like flames burning in the foreground. Many attendees wear white, and some have orange-red shawls or cloths. A central figure in a flowing orange-saffron garment with long dark hair sits upright, with another person in white beside him. The flames and blurred motion suggest a ritual gathering.2006-08-20A night scene of a monastic training homa at an outdoor ground. Many people in white clothes sit cross-legged within small circular fire pits, with flames and smoke rising around them. The foreground figure wears white with an orange-brown shawl draped over one shoulder and sits facing away from the camera. Other seated participants in white fill the rows behind, with a fence line in the background.2006-08-18A night photograph taken through blurred orange flame-like lines of a fire or lamp in the foreground, showing a seated gathering on a raised white-covered platform. A central seated man wears an orange-saffron garment and sits cross-legged with one hand raised near his head. Beside him, a figure in white robes stands partly obscured. Around them, several people in white and orange-saffron clothing sit in rows, and a woman in dark clothing with a saffron wrap appears at the right. The setting appears to be an evening outdoor assembly. No readable text is visible in the image itself, and the central figure's identity cannot be determined from appearance alone.2006-08-20Night photograph of an outdoor ritual on bare sandy ground. Rows of small clay oil lamps glow along the earth, and several seated participants in white dhoti-style clothing with orange-saffron shawls sit in lines, facing the flames. In the foreground, a young man in white with an orange shawl sits cross-legged near the lamps. A small fire burns at left, and a lit white-walled building with a bright light stands at right. The scene reads as an evening lamp-lighting or sadhana session; the lamps are oil lamps, and no particular deity is shown. No identifiable a person figure is visible.2006-08-19August 17 20062006-08-17Night photo of a fire ritual at an open-air ground, with small flames burning in a scattered pattern across the dark earth. In the foreground, a woman in a white shawl and white cloth sits cross-legged in front of a large fire pit, hands folded, eyes lowered. Behind her, several other people in white and light-coloured clothing sit in meditative postures beside their own small fires, with a few more standing at the edges. Buildings with lights are faintly visible in the background. The setting suggests a homa or fire-based meditation practice.2006-08-19Night-time photograph of a sacred fire ritual on open sandy ground. Several small fires burn in separate circular pits, with flames and smoke rising behind them. Many people sit cross-legged in white clothing around the fire pits, some facing the flames, and a few stand near the smoke in the background. A striped red-and-white barrier and a low wall are visible at the back left. The scene suggests a homa or yagna gathering, with white-clad participants seated at each fire.2006-08-19Night outdoor ritual at an ashram ground with circular raised platforms of earth. A large flaming structure, shaped like a wheel or arched frame, blazes at the centre. Several white-clad participants stand around the platforms, some in white dhotis and shirts, one wearing a white turban. In the foreground, a seated group of men in white clothes and saffron/orange shawls faces the fire, with shaved heads. The seated figure at left wears an orange shawl and holds a ceremonial staff, and at right a seated man holds a rudraksha-style object. A bright floodlight and a small building are visible in the background. The scene resembles a fire ceremony gathering.2006-08-20December 18 20102010-12-18Night photograph of a row of torches with bright open flames held on long slanted poles, forming a diagonal line across the frame. In the foreground a man with short hair wears a white shirt and bends over the torches, holding one of the poles. Behind him a crowd of seated devotees in white clothes fills the dim background, with a low stone wall behind them. This appears to be a torch or lamp ritual at an outdoor evening gathering.2006-08-20December 10 20072007-12-10