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ADIKAILASA on 12/25/20212021-12-25A shirtless priest in an orange dhoti sits cross-legged at a brick-lined homa fire pit, holding a metal plate with flames and offerings. He wears rudraksha beads on his neck and arms and white sacred markings on his chest and face. Behind him stand gold-framed shrines with red draped fabric, a deity murti with garlands, brass kalasha pots and a trident. The scene shows the a person Homa during Nithyanandotsavam Day 9.2022-01-09ADIKAILASA on 12/22/20212021-12-22May 07 20172017-05-07February 07 20162016-02-07April 30 20152015-04-30July 17 20152015-07-17Photograph of a temple shrine at night with a golden arched frame and green draped backdrop. A priest with a bare upper body and orange cloth wrapped on the shoulders and an orange turban raises a lit oil lamp toward the central deity murti. A second person in orange robes sits at left. Two seated deity murtis in white garments with gold ornaments sit in front, and standing murtis flank the shrine. Offerings and flowers are visible, with a gold garland on the left. Aarti is being performed.2015-09-18Inside a temple hall, a bald elderly priest with white sacred ash and a red headband, wearing a rudraksha mala and gold pendant over saffron-orange and gold-bordered cloth, holds a lit camphor flame on a plate toward a second priest. The second priest, in saffron-orange robes with a garland and tilak, stands with palms pressed together beside a green-covered table holding a flaming kalasha-like offering, flower garlands and a brass pot. Behind them, a deity murti is decorated with flower garlands in a shrine doorway, and a golden throne and saffron flag appear in the background. Appearance-based: a person is not clearly identifiable here, so no candidate is asserted.2012-06-05A photograph inside a temple shrine lit by glowing lamps. An elderly man with a shaved head and white sandalwood markings on his forehead and shoulders, wearing an orange cloth wrap, a dark bead necklace and a gold ornament on his shoulder, stands before an ornate golden shrine with a deity murti and pink flowers. He bends forward, his hands near a lit oil lamp set on a tray. Opposite him a younger man in a white shawl with a gold border holds out a brass aarti plate with lamps. Another person in orange stands at the edge of the frame. The arched stone niche has a white carved surround. Two people are visible.2012-05-13A young man in orange and saffron robes sits cross-legged on a red, green and purple striped mat before a golden relief wall of standing sages and a deity figure. He wears an orange turban, rudraksha mala necklaces and a gold chain, and ladles ghee or offering from a small bowl into a flaming wooden homa fire box. Nearby sit a brass oil lamp, a brass plate with flower petals, a bowl of leaves and a dish of fruit, and a decorated deity murti with garlands on the left. The caption reads Shiva Deeksha, Nithyanandotsavam 2021, Day 16. Ritual fire offering in a golden temple hall.2022-01-03February 07 20162016-02-07