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A figure in orange garments with a bare upper body and long hair pours an offering from a metal vessel into a fire pit during a homa at a temple shrine. Thick smoke and flames rise from the pit, which sits beside a heap of yellow and red flowers. Behind, gold ornate shrine structures, garlands of white and red flowers, a golden lion figure and brass lamps frame a red and green draped altar. Caption text reads Nithyanandeshwara Paramashiva Devalayam, Adi KAILASA, with the event line Navaratri 2021, Day 1 - Vishesha Dravya Homa & Chandi Homa Purnahuti.

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A brick-lined fire pit with a bright orange flame dominates the foreground, a yellow-dusted log resting at its edge. Two priests stand behind it at a temple shrine. The foreground priest, bare-chested with a long beard and dark hair, wears an orange dhoti and a gold necklace and holds a copper plate of offerings over the fire. A second priest behind him wears a yellow head cloth and a gold necklace. Behind them are red-draped offering tables with sweets and fruit on brass plates, gilded deity murti and garlands, and a golden kalasha-style ornament. The scene shows a homa with offerings during Navaratri.2021-10-07October 07 20212021-10-07October 07 20212021-10-07October 07 20212021-10-07October 07 20212021-10-07October 07 20212021-10-07October 07 20212021-10-07October 08 20212021-10-08Photograph of a Navaratri Chandi Homa purnahuti at a temple setting. In the foreground a fire pit holds burning logs. A bearded priest with long dark hair tied up wears an orange dhoti and orange shawl with a rudraksha mala and gold necklace, pouring a bright yellow offering from a metal bowl into the fire. Beside him, other priests in orange and white stand with more bowls of offerings. Behind them a red and green cloth backdrop, golden deity murti, flower garlands and a brass oil lamp are visible. A caption reads Nithyanandeshwara Paramashiva Devalayam, Adi KAILASA, Navaratri 2021, Day 1 - Vishesha Dravya Homa & Chandi Homa Purnahuti.2021-10-07October 09 20212021-10-09A homa fire burns in a low square fire pit built of yellow-painted brick at Nithyanandeshwara Paramashiva Devalayam, Adi KAILASA. A man in saffron-orange dhoti and shawl, with bare chest, sandalpaste (chandan) marks on arms, and rudraksha malas, holds a silver plate over the flames. Behind him stand gold-framed shrines with garlands of white and yellow flowers and ornate deity murtis in colourful silk and jewellery. Incense smoke rises from the pit. The caption reads Navaratri 2021, Day 6 - Vishesha Dravya Homa.2021-10-12A man in an orange saffron wrap holds a brass oil lamp with a bright flame in his right hand while ringing a silver handbell in his left. He has long dark hair piled up and a full beard, and wears rudraksha mala beads and a large gold ceremonial necklace. Before him, a deity murti draped in a gold cloth is heavily adorned with yellow and white flower garlands and red roses, while thick smoke rises from a homa fire. Behind them stand a red and green draped altar, golden cushions and a decorated throne-like backdrop, marking a puja ritual at the Nithyanandeshwara Paramashiva Devalayam in Adi KAILASA.2021-10-07