Skip to content
Nithyanandapedia
A temple puja scene where a priest in a red-orange dhoti and matching shawl, with gold bangles, raises a lit camphor flame in a brass arati lamp with one hand while ringing a handheld brass bell with the other. Behind the flame, a large deity murti with a gold crown and gold jewellery is adorned with thick garlands of red, yellow, purple and white flowers. Adjacent to it, a second statue wears a red and gold shawl and a rose-coloured garland. Fresh flower garlands drape the central golden metal sanctum object, and a gold deity figure with its hands in anjali sits on a gilded throne-like seat. The setting is a pillared stone hall with wooden lattice windows.

More like this

Open the gallery
A temple ritual before a golden deity shrine. A long-haired man in saffron robes and a red-and-white garland stands centre, smiling, touching a gold plate held by a younger saffron-robed assistant on the left wearing a gold-beaded necklace. Behind them, a golden lingam-like object is draped with yellow, red and white flower garlands and a rudraksha mala, and two larger deity statues in orange and gold garments stand on the right, one wearing a crown and holding a sacred item. Marigold and multicoloured flower garlands frame the scene under an ornate carved stone arch. Appearance-based a person cues: long swept-back hair, saffron robes, rudraksha mala and ceremonial gold necklace, in a role of officiating priest in the ritual.2012-01-01January 04 20152015-01-04April 14 20132013-04-14May 25 20132013-05-25 +1 copiesJanuary 04 20152015-01-04January 1st 2013December 05 20142014-12-05December 20 20182018-12-20 +1 copiesMay 25 20132013-05-25A photograph of a temple puja before a deity shrine decorated with thick garlands of yellow, pink, red and white flowers. Two gilded deity murti stand central, one with a red and gold crown and the other with a tall gold crown. A standing person in a rust-brown robe and red-and-gold shawl, wearing a red mala, holds a lit oil lamp and aarti before the central deity, while a bald attendant in white dhoti with orange shawl and mala rings a bell at left. A third attendant in a red shawl stands at the far left edge. A decorated kalasha and offerings sit at the base of the shrine, and a garlanded image appears at right.2014-12-05A photograph of an abhishekam at a Shiva lingam on a black stone yoni-peetha base, with water pouring over the lingam. A person in a rudraksha headpiece and rudraksha necklace, with gold bangles and a gold ornament, wears red-orange and gold-bordered cloth and pours water from a silver vessel over the lingam. A second figure in orange clothing and rudraksha beads stands behind. To the right stand a tall garland of marigolds and purple flowers and a gold-and-red deity figure with a red-orange turban. Another person in pink and gold clothing is at the far right edge. The people in the scene are: one main officiant pouring water, one assistant, and a partially visible figure at the right and left edges.2015-02-17 +1 copiesA photograph of a temple shrine with a golden-hued deity murti seated under a gilded arch, adorned with yellow, purple and multicoloured flower garlands. A devotee in orange-red clothes and a long dark hair braid stands at the left, holding a lit lamp toward the deities while a priest in orange-brown dress assists nearby. Brass oil lamps stand on both sides, and a shrouded figure in yellow and red garlands stands at right. A small shivalinga-style object with a rudraksha-like flower arrangement sits at the base. Grey stone carved pillars frame the shrine.2016-01-03 +1 copies