Skip to content
Nithyanandapedia
A photograph of a devotional music performance on a raised stage draped in orange cloth, with potted green plants in the foreground. A carved wooden screen with lattice panels and two white pillars stand behind, decorated with pink gladioli in vases. Five female singers sit cross-legged before microphones, wearing red and maroon silk saris with gold borders, pale foreheads marked with vibhuti-style lines, and necklaces of beads and gold. A young male percussionist on the left, in cream kurta, plays a tabla-style drum. Behind the singers, a seated woman in a blue sari with a rudraksha-style mala and another performer in orange garments are partly visible. A brass oil lamp stands at the right edge. The setting suggests a satsang or devotional music programme.

More like this

Open the gallery
July 08 20142014-07-08A photograph of a devotional music performance on a raised stage with carved wooden lattice screens and pink gladiolus flower arrangements behind. Seated musicians in traditional dress perform: a man in cream kurta at left plays a tabla-style drum, and several women in red and orange saris with white-and-red forehead markings and beaded rudraksha-style malas sing into microphones on stands. A woman in a white sari with green blouse plays a stringed instrument at left, and women in orange and red saris sit at right. Orange cloths cover the platform floor.2014-07-08July 08 20142014-07-08July 08 20142014-07-08A photograph of a seated musical group performing on a long table draped in orange cloth, with microphones on stands and open song sheets. Nine women sit in front of an ornately carved dark wooden lattice screen. A young man at left in an orange kurta plays a tabla-style drum. Several women wear orange, maroon and white saris with rudraksha malas, and some have vermilion or white forehead marks. Two women at centre front are singing into microphones. A small harmonium-like instrument and a wooden stand sit on the table.2014-06-19June 06 20142014-06-06A photograph of a devotional music performance on a stage draped with orange cloth and deep red curtains, with brass oil lamps and potted plants at the sides. Six people sit cross-legged behind microphones. On the far left a young man in cream kurta plays a tabla. Next to him a man in a red and gold shawl sits with a rudraksha mala. Three women in white and cream saris sit at the centre and right, one with a long red garland, another with a beaded necklace. A woman at the back right in a green and floral top also sits behind a microphone. Foreground potted plants frame the stage.2014-07-10Six women seated cross-legged on a red draped stage perform devotional singing before an ornate gold-carved wall lit with rows of small oil lamps. Four singers in deep maroon and rust saris with rudraksha malas front the frame, several at microphones on stands with paper song sheets on low wooden book stands; one holds a red tambourine. Two women in saffron-orange saris sit behind them, one with a long rudraksha mala. The setting suggests a nithya kirtan session. No a person candidate is visible.2014-10-04November 24 20142014-11-24A photograph of a devotional music performance on a stage draped in red cloth, in front of an ornate gold-leaf panel carved with lions and floral scrollwork. Five people sit on the stage at microphones on stands. On the left, a man in orange robes with a rudraksha mala and a paper in hand sings. Next, a woman in a red-and-gold sari with bangles sings with her hand raised. A woman in a maroon sari with rudraksha beads and glasses sits at a central microphone. Further right, a man in a white dhoti and shawl with a red-and-gold trim plays a tambourine-style hand drum. Another woman in orange wears a rudraksha mala at the far right edge. Several sheets of paper lie on the stage. The scene reads as a satsang with chanting or singing.2014-12-05October 27 20142014-10-27 +1 copiesSix young women and men sit cross-legged on a red cloth-covered stage in front of an ornate gold-carved temple-style backdrop lit with small string lights. Each performer sits before a microphone stand. Several wear sarees, including a cream-and-gold saree, a green saree with red-checked lower garment, and an orange saree with red border; others wear dark embellished tops. Women wear rudraksha-style beaded necklaces and bindis, and one wears a jasmine-style hair ornament. A performer in the centre plays an orange barrel drum, and a performer on the right sits beside a stringed instrument. The group appears to be performing devotional music together.2014-10-02