Night photograph of a temple arch decorated with pink, gold and blue ornamental panels under colourful lighting. In the centre, a seated figure wearing an orange turban and orange-gold robes with white garlands is honoured. A bare-chested man in front offers a garland or cloth, and a boy in orange holds a tall gold staff. Several other devotees stand behind. - Nithyanandapedia

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Night photograph of a temple arch decorated with pink, gold and blue ornamental panels under colourful lighting. In the centre, a seated figure wearing an orange turban and orange-gold robes with white garlands is honoured. A bare-chested man in front offers a garland or cloth, and a boy in orange holds a tall gold staff. Several other devotees stand behind.

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Illuminated temple archway glowing purple and gold at night, with a figure in a golden-yellow turban and orange garments seated centrally, draped in yellow-orange flower garlands and gold necklaces, holding a ceremonial ritual object. Flanking him, a bare-chested attendant with painted forehead and a ritual fan-like object, a second attendant holding a tall staff with a trident-topped finial, and a young boy in orange robes on the right. Gold trident and ornate golden finials frame the mandapa. The caption reads Nithyanandeshwara Paramashiva Devalayam, Adi KAILASA, Mandagapadi. Four people are visible in the scene.

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Photograph of a pink-and-gold illuminated arch at an evening ceremony. Centre, a seated figure wears a tall pink-and-gold crown topped by a trident, a dense rudraksha mala and a large white flower garland with a cross of white flowers across the chest, and is adorned with a jewelled necklace. Behind him stand two attendants in saffron-orange cloth, one with a white tilak on the forehead and a rudraksha mala; a third attendant in an orange garment with an ornate headpiece holds a gilded staff at right. In the foreground a bare-chested devotee in a saffron cloth and a small child are seen from behind. Green sparkling lights and ornate pink arches frame the scene. Caption at bottom reads Nithyanandeshwara Paramashiva Devalayam, Adi KAILASA, Mandagapadi.

Photograph inside an ornate pink and orange arched gateway lit by pink and blue lights, decorated with carved motifs. In the foreground a bare-chested man in orange cloth stands with his back to the camera, holding a tall staff topped with a decorative finial. Beside him a younger person in orange cloth with short hair and glasses holds a round purple-and-gold ceremonial item. Behind them an orange-clad figure and a deity murti or statue draped in white and garlanded with flower garlands are visible under a blue canopy. Caption reads Nithyanandeshwara Paramashiva Devalayam, Adi KAILASA, Mandagapadi.

A photograph of a decorated temple archway glowing with lights, with a large framed portrait of a bearded man wearing a saffron turban, rudraksha malas and a garland of yellow and red flowers, standing on a stand at the centre. Several men in orange and saffron dhotis stand around it: one in the foreground holds a brass kalasha with green leaves, another beside him has long hair and holds a ceremonial object, and a young attendant on the right in an orange cloth raises a long white item. A trident-topped finial and brass lamps frame the scene. Printed caption reads Nithyanandeshwara Paramashiva Devalayam, Adi KAILASA, Mandagapadi.

Ceremonial puja at Nithyanandeshwara Paramashiva Devalayam, Adi KAILASA, Mandagapadi. Several men and boys in saffron-orange dhotis and shawls stand under a gold and red decorated arch with a trident and a golden kalasha. A central man in an orange-saffron robe wears a trident-marked saffron turban and a long garland of yellow and red flowers. Beside him, a man with shaved bare upper body and rudraksha mala holds a large ornate silver-and-gold kalasha with a green leafy top. On the right, a boy in orange holds a yellow whisk or fan. Behind them a framed portrait of a turbaned man with a long garland is displayed. Photo credit text reads Nithyanandeshwara Paramashiva Devalayam, Adi KAILASA, Mandagapadi.

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August 25 2017

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Night procession scene at a temple with ornate gold and wooden architecture behind. A large portrait of a smiling bearded figure in a peach-orange turban, garlanded with yellow and red flower garlands, is held up centrally, shown as a printed or framed picture rather than a living person. Around it, several saffron-clad men stand: one bare-chested in orange cloth with a red headband and long swept-back hair holds a coconut and green leaves toward the portrait; a man in an orange turban and rudraksha malas holds a silver staff; another bare-chested man holds a golden trishul; a man in orange with glasses holds a silver staff with a trident-topped finial. A red-and-gold canopy with tassels overhead suggests a ceremonial procession.

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A photograph of a temple shrine during a ritual. On the left, a bearded man with hair tied in a knot and bare-chested, wearing an orange dhoti and rudraksha malas and garlands, holds a silver-patterned vessel topped with green leaves. Beside him, a person in a brown-red garment with flower-adorned hair and a garland presses palms together in prayer with eyes closed, forehead marked with tilak. Behind them is a gold-framed arch with a red cloth and a deity murti decorated with yellow and purple garlands and gold ornaments. Another man in white stands at the back in the dim background.