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Overhead view of a brass tray holding nine leaf-lined bowls filled with different grains and pulses, including chickpeas, peanuts, red lentils, black sesame, green gram, rice and white beans, used as offerings for a ritual. A small inset portrait of a saffron-turbaned figure appears at top left, and a temple emblem sits top right. Lower centre shows the caption Nithyanandeshwara Paramashiva Devalayam, Adi KAILASA and Chandi Homa - Poorvanga. No people are visible in the scene.

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March 16 20202020-03-16 +1 copiesSeptember 19 20152015-09-19December 19 20162016-12-19February 04 20182018-02-04 +1 copiesPhotograph of many shallow disposable leaf plates filled with homa offering materials laid out on a grey paved ground. The plates hold dried herbs and flowers, brown and black seeds, grains, bark or wood sticks, a round coconut-like nut, dark red dried pieces, and a small black stick. A silver plate with a brass vessel sits at the top edge.2006-05-22December 15 20162016-12-15Overhead photo of a ritual offering arranged on a red and maroon woven mat. Rows of small leaf-plate dishes hold grains, seeds and pulses in varied colours: golden, dark brown, black, tan and green. Silver trays display sliced bananas, lemons, apples, a coconut, a cluster of green bananas, kumkum-red powder, turmeric yellow, and a cup of dark liquid. Bowls of cashews, pistachios, dried fruit and white rice complete the spread. No people are visible, and no deity, homa or readable event signage appears.2020-03-16 +2 copiesClose-up photograph of many shallow metal trays heaped with grains, pulses and spices on a red cloth-covered table. Visible items include small green mung beans, clove buds, white crystalline salt or sugar, reddish-brown seeds and rice-like grains. No people, a person, deities or ritual figures are visible in the frame.2017-12-18A photo of many stacked brass bowls filled with varied raw offerings for a naivedyam display. Each bowl holds a different food: white rice, grains, lentils, dried fruit, cubes of jaggery, sugar, nuts and cut vegetables. No people are visible, and no a person candidate appears in the scene.2018-12-31September 19 20152015-09-19A brass thali tray on a red cloth holds several leaf-cup bowls filled with grains and seeds: white chickpeas or beans, green mung beans, rice, mixed brown grains, and a tangle of dried roots. A yellow flower sits at the top left corner. No people are visible; the arrangement appears to be a ritual offering tray.2016-12-05October 09 20212021-10-09