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Close view of a ritual scene during the Nithyanandotsavam homa. A man in an orange garment at the left edge reaches in, while a seated figure in a deep red-orange cloth, facing away, is adorned with long white jasmine garlands. Hands are visibly adorning the seated figure, who wears a rudraksha mala and a silver pendant with a coin-like ornament. Bangles and a bracelet are visible on the wrists. Gold-edged cloth and a red-orange lower garment fill the frame. Beside the figure, a banner-like backdrop and a figure in white are faintly visible. The overall setting suggests a homa offering in progress.

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ADIKAILASA on 1/20/20222022-01-20ADIKAILASA on 1/9/20222022-01-09September 28 20172017-09-28 +1 copiesA photograph of a ceremonial scene during Nithyanandotsavam Day 9, with a person Homa caption printed at the bottom. A bare-chested priest in orange dhoti with white sacred markings on his arms and chest leans in to touch the hand of a seated figure on an ornate gold throne with a gold crown. The seated figure wears a large white and pink garland, a red tilak on the forehead and red and white clothing. Red draped curtains form the background. The seated figure appears to be a golden utsava vigraha type figure rather than a clearly identifiable living person, and the scene has the pattern of a homa ceremony.2022-01-09ADIKAILASA on 1/9/20222022-01-09ADIKAILASA on 1/20/20222022-01-20A photograph of a priest in a ritual setting, seen from behind and side-on. He wears a dark wrapped turban-style headdress, a saffron-orange cloth draped over his shoulder and body, and white ash-like horizontal markings on his arms and chest, with a rudraksha-style cord across his shoulder. He holds a tiered brass lamp stand with several lit oil lamps, ornamented with white and yellow flower garlands on a golden arch, beside a red and gold backdrop with more garlands. The scene resembles an aarti or homa offering. A printed caption reads Nithyananda Homa, Nithyanandotsavam, 2021 - Day 9. The visible identity cues are not strong enough to name the priest, so he is described by role only.2022-01-09A shirtless priest in orange ochre cloth and a long rudraksha-style neck mala with a sacred thread across his shoulder stands with his back to the camera and reaches toward a small golden-framed deity shrine decorated with flower garlands. The surrounding altar is densely dressed with yellow and red marigold garlands, leaves and colourful deity figures in festival decoration. A caption band reads Shatru Samhara Trishati Homa, Nithyanandotsavam 2021 - Day 4.2021-12-22Photograph of a bare-chested man in saffron-orange dhoti and wrap with rudraksha malas and bracelets, long matted hair piled on his head, reaching down with flower garlands in a richly decorated temple with gold arches and colourful deity alcoves behind him. He is leaning over a white-draped figure at a Mahaganapati Vishesha Dravya Homa, with pink and white flower garlands laid out. Caption reads the homa is from Nithyanandotsavam 2021 Day 3.2022-01-20A photograph of a Navaratri Chandi Homa at Nithyanandeshwara Paramashiva Devalayam, Adi KAILASA. Smoke fills the left side of the frame. In the foreground, a man seen from the side and partly cropped at the right edge wears an orange saffron wrap over bare shoulders, has a dark beard and long hair, and wears a rudraksha bracelet and mala beads. He holds a brass or gold vessel draped with a garland of yellow chrysanthemums and red roses, with flowers wrapped around the vessel and a golden cloth beneath. Blurred gold and red ritual items sit in the background.2021-10-07A photograph of a bare-shouldered man in orange-saffron dhoti and wrap, with long dreadlocked hair piled high and a rudraksha mala around his neck and wrists, bending forward to adjust an ornate kalasha-like brass and gold pot decorated with red and gold rosettes, white and yellow flower garlands, and green leaves. The vessel sits on a white cloth with coloured stripes amid a richly decorated temple backdrop of gold and pink arches and deity murti. A caption overlay reads Mahaganapati Vishesha Dravya Homa, Nithyanandotsavam 2021 Day 3, indicating a homa ritual.2022-01-20April 23 20132013-04-23 +2 copies