Skip to content
Nithyanandapedia
A large crowd of devotees sits densely packed under a white tent during an evening satsang. Most men are bare-chested, wearing white dhotis and white or beaded neck chains, many raising palms together in anjali or clapping with hands lifted overhead. A few men wear rudraksha beads and gold chains; one bearded man in the foreground wears a red-beaded mala. A man in the lower right holds a red cloth to his face. Stage lights glow in the background.

More like this

Open the gallery
May 10 20172017-05-10May 10 20172017-05-10A large outdoor crowd of devotees seated under a white canopy tent at night, many with palms pressed together in anjali mudra and arms raised in prayer. Most men are bare-chested or wear white dhotis, several wear white or gold necklaces, and one older man in the front has a long grey beard and a rudraksha mala. Coloured festival lights and bunting glow in the background. No single person is clearly identifiable as a person from appearance in this image, so no candidate is named.2017-05-10A large outdoor gathering under a white tent at night, with hundreds of men seated on green mats in rows, shirtless or in white dhotis, many with white sacred thread-style necklaces and rudraksha or gold chains, hands pressed in anjali mudra. Strings of lights and colourful festoons hang from the tent poles, and a stage with speakers is visible at right. Several older men with white hair and glasses sit in the front rows. Crowd-scale event with a deity murti not clearly visible; no single presenter is identifiable as a person from appearance.2017-05-10May 10 20172017-05-10A very large crowd of devotees, mostly men, stands in dense rows at night under a white tent canopy, with colourful string lights and bunting strung across the top. Most people have palms pressed together in anjali mudra, arms raised in prayer, and many are bare-chested wearing white dhotis or shawls, with rudraksha or beaded necklaces and some with sacred ash marks. Some women in saris stand at the back. The scene suggests a satsang or meditation gathering with a mass of devotees in prayer.2017-05-10May 10 20172017-05-10Dense crowd of devotees seated and standing in a large hall, many in white dhotis and white kurtas with orange-red shawls and rudraksha malas, hands raised, palms pressed together and clapping. A large screen at upper left shows a distant stage with red-orange tones. Some men wear gold chains and one wears a red head covering. Most faces are turned toward the stage. No single figure can be identified as a person from appearance cues here.2016-05-04A large crowd of men, mostly bare-chested and seated closely together, fills the frame. Many wear gold or beaded neck garlands and rudraksha-style beaded necklaces, and some wear red or saffron-toned wraps. Several in the foreground have hands pressed together in namaskar and look forward attentively. The image is shallow-focus with the crowd rows receding into soft blur. The photo is from a Tamil Nadu gathering linked to a Nithyananda Peetham event, but no one is clearly identifiable as the a person, so no candidate is marked.2017-05-10May 10 20172017-05-10A dense crowd of mostly bare-chested men fills the frame, many wearing white beaded or cord necklaces with gold pendants and some with red or white forehead markings. In the foreground a man with short black hair and a moustache raises both hands in añjali mudra, palms pressed together above his head, a gold bangle and a red thread on his wrist. Behind him an older man with white hair and a white painted forehead stands among others. The setting appears to be a large evening gathering, consistent with a satsang or Shiva deeksha initiation, though no ritual objects are clearly visible.2017-05-10A dense crowd of devotees at a Shuddhadvaitam gathering in Ujjain, many in white kurtas and white dhotis with orange or saffron shawls and orange headcloths. Several men raise clenched fists or hands in the air, others press palms together in anjali, and some wear beaded rudraksha malas and bangles. Faces are close together and the scene is packed tightly with participants shouting, chanting and celebrating.2016-05-06