Skip to content
Nithyanandapedia
Temple aarti in progress: a shaved-headed priest with long dark hair, seen from behind, bare-backed and wearing an orange-saffron dhoti-style cloth and a rudraksha mala, holds a tall multi-tiered silver lamp with several flames aloft toward a golden deity murti seated on an ornate golden throne decorated with garlands. Flower-decorated fairy lights glow behind the deity. Painted pillars in red, green and blue flank the shrine, with a standing deity figure on the right. In the foreground, two musicians in orange clothes play wind instruments, one holding a long pipe to his mouth. Ash marks are visible on the priest's shoulders and back.

More like this

Open the gallery
May 11 20132013-05-11August 04 20172017-08-04A bare-chested priest in orange dhoti and orange shawl, with a rudraksha mala and white markings on his body, raises a multi-tiered brass aarti lamp with burning flames toward a shrine. In the background, a large golden throne-like seat holds a seated figure wearing a pink garland, flanked by golden deity statues and warm lights. Two orange-robed attendants sit at the lower stage, one holding a microphone. Red curtains hang above and a golden carved screen stands at left.2017-08-02A photograph of a temple shrine with a bare-backed priest in an orange cloth draped over his shoulders, facing away from the camera and holding a tiered brass aarti lamp with lit oil lamps. Beyond him a golden throne-like seat holds a seated figure in red and gold garments, flanked by a golden standing deity figure in red and green cloth, with strings of small lights around the niche. A rounded brass vessel and lamps sit on the stage. A figure in white sits near the front railing. The priest appears to be performing aarti in front of the deity shrine.2017-05-24June 07 20132013-06-07May 24 20172017-05-24A shaved-headed priest seen from behind performs aarti with a multi-tiered lit brass lamp held high in both hands before a deity murti. He wears a rust-red and gold-bordered cloth over bare shoulders and a rudraksha mala around his neck. The inner shrine is decorated with hanging strings of beads and small lamps, and a gold-clad deity is seated on a throne. Two attendants in orange and red robes are partly visible in front of the murti. Ornate painted pillars with a pink-and-green figure of a deity frame the scene, and a tall brass lamp stands on the right. The priest's role is conducting the aarti.2014-11-26August 02 20172017-08-02A figure seen from behind, bare-backed and wearing an orange-red cloth wrapped at the waist, holds a tall multi-tiered brass aarti lamp with many lit oil lamps. The background shows blurred deity murti and ornate decorated shrine figures in red and green with gold accents. Brass lamp stand and bell-like object sit in the foreground. The scene suggests an aarti or puja at a temple shrine.2017-05-24April 27 20142014-04-27January 28 20132013-01-28February 14 20142014-02-14