Skip to content
Nithyanandapedia
Outdoor garden scene beside a red brick wall with pink hibiscus flowers and green shrubs. A man with a shaved head wearing a plain white dhoti with a gold border and a white shawl stands barefoot, holding a small brass lamp with a flame in his right hand and waving it toward a large dark grey stone statue of Ganesha seated on a pedestal and lotus base. A white and grey pebble border surrounds the stone platform. Ganesha's trunk and ornate headdress are clearly visible. The man appears to be performing a puja or aarti to the deity murti. No a person candidate is established by appearance.

More like this

Open the gallery
A man in white ritual dress with a pale cream head wrap stands on grass in a garden, holding a small brass lamp aloft in his right hand as an offering to a large dark grey stone statue of Ganesha seated on a pedestal. The four-armed Ganesha has an elephant head, a crown, and a sacred thread. The statue rests on a rounded mound of stones edged with white pebbles, with red soil and a small bamboo plant beside it. Red brick walls, pink hibiscus flowers and a utility pole form the background.2011-08-31August 31 20112011-08-31Outdoor evening photo at a garden shrine beside a red-orange wall. A standing figure in saffron-orange robes and a tall white-and-blue patterned crown faces a large grey stone Ganesha statue seated on a lotus-carved pedestal. The figure holds a brass oil lamp with a lit flame toward the deity, performing an aarti. Red-brown rocks, green plants and bamboo surround the statue, and the sky is dusky blue. The figure's face is turned away from the camera. The person's identity cannot be determined from appearance, so the figure is described by role only as a devotee performing aarti.2011-10-31April 01 20112011-04-01Outdoor photo in a walled garden with orange-red walls and green shrubs under a clear blue sky. A bare-chested man with short dark hair wears a saffron-orange dhoti and a draped orange shawl with a yellow border, and bangles on his right wrist. He holds a lit oil lamp or dhoop vessel toward a grey stone murti of Ganesha seated on a lotus pedestal, with a trunk raised and marigold flowers and a small offering at its base. A rocky border and grass surround the statue. Only one physical person is visible; the statue is not counted.2012-01-01November 01 20112011-11-01A photograph of a shaved-headed man in a white dhoti and white kurta with an orange shawl draped over his shoulders, standing beside a grey stone Ganesha sculpture set in an alcove against a brick wall. He holds a brass tray with bananas, an apple, a halved coconut, and other offerings, and reaches out with one hand to touch the statue's side. The statue has a broken trunk and a half coconut rests at its base. The setting is dim and outdoors at night beside a red-painted wall. He wears a rudraksha-style mala and appears to be performing a Ganesha puja with fruit offerings. The man's appearance shows only ordinary white ritual clothes and an orange shawl, which is insufficient for an appearance-based identification.2010-11-19A night-time photograph in an outdoor garden. A single priest or devotee stands in profile on the left, wearing an orange saffron robe with a gold-bordered sash and a white hat with a decorative patterned band. He holds a brass oil lamp with a lit flame, offering it toward a grey stone statue of Ganesha seated on a carved pedestal. The Ganesha murti has a raised trunk and multiple arms, set against an orange-red boundary wall with pink flowering shrubs and bamboo at the sides. The scene suggests an evening puja offering.2011-10-30November 01 20112011-11-01Night photograph in a garden beside an orange-red compound wall. A figure in an orange saffron garment with a beaded necklace holds a lit oil lamp toward a grey stone Ganesha murti seated on a tiered pedestal, its trunk and raised hands visible. A second man in white dhoti and shawl stands at left with palms pressed together in prayer. Flowering shrubs and bamboo surround the murti, and the sky is dark.2011-12-17November 20 20102010-11-20September 06 20172017-09-06 +1 copies