Skip to content
Nithyanandapedia
November 17 2013

More like this

Open the gallery
November 17 20132013-11-17July 22 20132013-07-22December 02 20172017-12-02Night procession on a sandy path with a crowd of saffron-robed sannyasis and young devotees. A man in a maroon-red dhoti and wrap, wearing a red cap and a long layered garland of white and orange flowers, walks barefoot at centre, smiling, a possible a person candidate with his head-cap and ornate gold necklace visible; the presentation is consistent but appearance is uncertain. Beside him, a bald man in white-marked maroon robes carries a lit oil lamp. Other robed men and women carry brass plates and trays of offerings, and a tall ceremonial umbrella with a fringed canopy and a trident pole rise behind them. Scene is a torchlit procession, with a lit oil lamp and dark background.2013-11-17 +1 copiesSeptember 15 20162016-09-15A night procession moves along a dark path with a crowd of devotees dressed in saffron and orange. In the foreground, two young men with orange turrets and orange cloth wrapped around their bodies, one wearing rudraksha beads, carry long curved horns and staffs raised overhead. Behind them, others in orange and red follow, and a glowing palanquin or ratha canopy with a lit area sits in the distance beneath a dark sky. Several women in white and purple saris stand to the right, and small brass pots are held by some participants. Lighting is dim with a few electric lamps visible.2017-10-18December 02 20172017-12-02July 22 20132013-07-22Night-time outdoor procession at an ashram, lit by ambient light under large trees. In the foreground a man with a shaved head and a ceremonial gold necklace, wearing a rust-red dhoti and a garland of pink and purple flowers, stands with palms pressed together in anjali mudra before a silver umbrella held over him. Behind him, a line of saffron-clad devotees and young children in orange robes hold tall wooden staffs and tridents, with rudraksha malas around their necks. At left, a deity murti sits within a decorated arch of flowers and greenery, with a lamp-lit altar and a brass horn lying on the ground. Other attendants in orange and rust stand around the procession path.2013-07-22January 02 20162016-01-02December 02 20172017-12-02August 05 20142014-08-05