Skip to content
Nithyanandapedia
May 08 2016

More like this

Open the gallery
May 08 20162016-05-08April 10 20132013-04-10 +1 copiesMay 09 20082008-05-09A nighttime outdoor crowd scene at a Kumbh Mela-style gathering with bright floodlights and a row of small saffron and multicoloured flags behind. At the centre, a man in a maroon-red turban, a white jasmine garland, and a rust-brown robe with a ceremonial braided shawl is smiling and extending his hands toward the people around him. Probable Swamiji by appearance cues: a turban and white flower garland over saffron-toned ceremonial clothing, with several devotees around him. To his right, a bare-chested man with long swept-back hair and white ash marks is wearing a gold-trimmed ceremonial cloth. A bearded man in an orange saffron robe and red beaded necklace leans in from the lower right, reaching out a hand. A smiling man in white with a red shawl stands at left, and devotees in orange and saffron robes with white forehead markings fill the frame, along with a woman in yellow in the foreground.2016-05-16April 10 20132013-04-10A nighttime outdoor procession under a white tent canopy with a central figure in saffron-orange robes and a matching orange turban, wearing a thick rudraksha mala, walking with head slightly bowed. Beside him a younger man in a white dhoti with a gold chain and a woman in a maroon sari with layered gold and beaded necklaces walk together. At right a man in an orange shawl with gold necklaces stands near a woman in pink holding her hands together in anjali. Devotees and onlookers in saffron, white and pink fill the background beneath strung lights and framed pictures on the tent wall.2016-05-07Night outdoor photograph of a crowd at an open event ground lit by a distant floodlight, with tent structures and orange-painted walls behind. In the foreground a man with long dark hair and white forehead markings wears a bare upper body with a garland, and beside him a man in a saffron-orange turban and orange robe with a long rudraksha-style beaded mala smiles while people around him reach toward him. A woman in a red saree with a beaded necklace smiles beside him, and a young man in glasses and a striped shirt with a lanyard stands in front. Several other devotees in orange, red and yellow turbans and saris fill the frame, and a white-capped man in a white shirt stands at right.2016-05-08May 08 20162016-05-08A smiling man with long swept-back dark hair, white forehead markings, a red bindi, gold hoop earrings, orange beaded necklaces and multiple gold-bead rudraksha-style malas, wearing an orange-red shawl over bare shoulders, extends his hand forward. a person is the central figure in this photograph. Beside him a man in glasses and a striped blue shirt looks on, and a man in white leans in with hands pressed together. Several more people stand behind in a crowd, and an ornate golden shrine arch and a hanging orange-and-white decorated banner appear in the background.2013-04-10December 03 20112011-12-03April 01 20132013-04-01A photograph of a night-time procession at a festival, with strings of coloured lights glowing in the background. In the centre, a smiling man in a maroon turban topped with a gold crescent ornament wears a heavy gold multi-strand necklace, rudraksha-style beads and maroon robes, with a tilak on his forehead; he holds hands with a bearded man in a loose orange shawl and gold chain who also smiles. Other men in orange or saffron garments, and a young man in a pale pink kurta, stand around them. a person appears in the centre-right, identified by the maroon turban with crescent, heavy gold necklaces and ornate maroon robes, walking in procession with a companion.2016-05-11