Skip to content
Nithyanandapedia
Night-time puja at an open-air pavilion under a corrugated roof, with strings of marigold garlands overhead. Three deity images stand on the raised platform: a golden seated Ganesha-like figure on a decorated stand at left, a central deity murti with flower garlands, and a large Ganesha murti in pink and red with a garland at right. A brass kalasha and oil lamps sit before them. A priest in white dhoti and a shaved-headed man in orange robes with rudraksha malas perform the rites at left, while white-clad priests sit at right. About a dozen seated devotees in orange and red saris and robes, many with hair tied back, face the platform from the front. A framed portrait stands on an orange chair at right.

More like this

Open the gallery
August 21 20142014-08-21Night-time ritual on a raised white stone platform under a canopy in an open ashram hall. Two shaved-headed priests in saffron robes sit on the left, one applying offerings beside a brass lamp, while white-clad men in white dhotis with sacred threads sit on the right. Behind them stand a golden lion-throne and two decorated deity murti, one crowned with a Ganesha figure adorned with orange and white garlands. A framed portrait of a woman in orange sits on the right. Foreground devotees face the platform: several women in saffron, orange and maroon saris with hair in buns, and a man in a blue shirt. Brass plates, flowers and an oil lamp are set before the altar.2014-08-21Night photograph of a puja at an open-air outdoor shrine lit by string lights and green stage lights. On a raised platform, two priests in saffron robes sit before a brass lamp and offerings, while two white-clad priests sit at right. Behind them stand deity murtis: a large Ganesha with a red-and-gold crown and garlands at right, a central figure decorated with garlands, and a golden lion-throne figure at left. A framed portrait of a woman in orange hangs at right. Seated devotees in saffron and orange robes, several with shaved heads, face the platform in the foreground. Setting suggests Ganesha Chaturthi puja and darshan.2014-08-21August 21 20142014-08-21September 06 20142014-09-06September 06 20142014-09-06August 21 20142014-08-21Photo 11742744August 21 20142014-08-21August 25 20142014-08-25August 21 20142014-08-21A night-time puja in an open-sided pavilion. In the centre, a large Ganesha murti in red and gold sits on a pink-and-purple base, with garlanded deity figures and a golden arched backdrop to the left. Seated priests in orange and saffron robes perform the rites before the altar, and a seated figure in a maroon robe sits on an orange chair at right with a black-clad attendant nearby. Several white-clad men stand at left. Smoke drifts in the dim air. Roughly two dozen devotees sit cross-legged on the floor in white clothes and rudraksha-style malas, facing the altar, with some holding small offerings.2014-09-06