Skip to content
Nithyanandapedia
January 14 2010

More like this

Open the gallery
June 16 20162016-06-16August 29 20122012-08-29A temple shrine with a large sculpted deity murti of Shiva and Parvati seated together on a raised platform. The figure on the left wears an orange turban and holds a trident, while the figure on the right wears a purple garment and crown-like headdress. Both wear garlands of red and white flowers and gold ornaments. In front, a smaller red-clad sculpted figure sits with hands in offering. Brass oil lamps, a kalasha, flower garlands and offering vessels stand on the stone platform. A blue backdrop and orange curtains frame the shrine, with a red-robed statue to the right. The setting suggests paduka puja at a temple.2011-08-18July 21 20102010-07-21September 10 20122012-09-10July 21 20102010-07-21A photograph of a temple shrine with gilded deity murti of a male and female deity seated under a golden arch with red curtain backdrop. The male deity wears a red-orange turban and holds a trident, the female wears a purple and green sari with heavy jewellery. Garlands of yellow and red flowers drape the figures. In front, a seated figure in orange saffron robes and a turban sits on a white cloth, with a rudraksha-like garland and a white ceremonial cloth, and a person in orange sits at left, facing the shrine. Brass oil lamps stand on either side, and a gilded palanquin-like altar with flower offerings and fruit sits at right. a person appears in the orange-clad seated figure before the deities, identified by saffron robes and turban cues, placed at the shrine during a darshan or abhishekam setting.2010-07-21July 21 20102010-07-21Photo of a temple abhishekam scene. A large golden-coloured statue pair of a male deity and a female deity stands in a gilded shrine arch, the male figure wearing an orange turban and holding a trident, the female figure in a magenta and green sari. Between them, a central statue is draped in garlands of yellow and red flowers and offerings of fruit and leaves. In the foreground, a seated man in an orange robe with white ash markings on his arms and forehead faces the deities with hands folded. Brass oil lamps flank the shrine and a gilded table is heaped with red and yellow flowers and garlands.2010-07-21June 01 20092009-06-01October 24 20102010-10-24Photo 11683452