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A close photograph of a bunch of ripe yellow bananas heaped in the foreground, with a brown dried coconut resting among them. A bare forearm and hand of a priest, sleeved in a plain dark garment at the right edge, pour water from a silver vessel over the fruit in a steady stream, with smoke or steam rising behind. The setting is a temple ritual, a Navaratri Vishesha Dravya Homa offering at Nithyanandeshwara Paramashiva Devalayam, Adi KAILASA. Only the pouring hand and arm are visible, so no full figure can be identified.

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October 09 20212021-10-09A close photograph of a ritual offering of bananas. A cluster of yellow bananas fills the lower frame, with a dried coconut at the centre. A person's arm, wearing a red and orange sacred thread on the wrist, pours liquid from a silver vessel onto the offering. Smoke or haze drifts behind. Overlaid caption reads Nithyanandeshwara Paramashiva Devalayam, Adi KAILASA, Navaratri 2021, Day 1 - Vishesha Dravya Homa & Chandi Homa Purnahuti.2021-10-07A close photograph of a ritual offering of ripe yellow bananas piled high, with a brown coconut at the centre. A hand wearing a rudraksha bracelet pours a golden liquid from a silver vessel onto the fruit, while steam or smoke rises around the pile. Marigold garlands are visible at the right edge and an oil lamp glows in the background. No people's faces are visible and the scene contains no identifiable a person figure.2021-10-09A close photograph of a ritual offering in a temple setting. A cluster of ripe yellow bananas, with dark speckling, is heaped in the foreground. A hand wearing a rudraksha mala and a bronze vessel pours a thin stream of white liquid over the bananas, and a dried coconut sits beside them. Smoke or incense haze drifts behind, with red and green tones in the background. The scene reflects a Navaratri homa offering of fruit and liquid.2021-10-07A photograph of a ritual offering: a hand in a metallic vessel pours golden liquid. Thick white smoke or steam rises from the offering. The setting is a homa with a dimly lit background. Caption at the bottom reads Nithyanandeshwara Paramashiva Devalayam, Adi KAILASA, Navaratri 2021, Day 3 - Vishesha Dravya Homa. No person's face is visible and no a person candidate is identifiable.2021-10-09A photograph of a ritual offering at a Navaratri homa. A pair of hands, one holding a silver vessel with a brown string bracelet, pours a thin stream of golden liquid over a coconut set atop a heap of yellow bananas. Smoke drifts across the frame, and the sleeve of an orange-saffron garment is visible at the right edge. Blurred flower garlands in yellow and red sit in the background. A caption reads Nithyanandeshwara Paramashiva Devalayam, Adi KAILASA, Navaratri 2021, Day 2 - Vishesha Dravya Homa. The person's face is not visible; only forearms and hands show, with white ash markings on the arm.2021-10-08A close photograph of a homa ritual: a priest's hands, one wearing a rudraksha bracelet, pour from a metal vessel onto a large heap of yellow bananas, with smoke drifting through the frame. Orange-robed clothing is visible at the edge. The caption at the bottom reads Nithyanandeshwara Paramashiva Devalayam, Adi KAILASA, Navaratri 2021 Day 1 Vishesha Dravya Homa and Chandi Homa Purnahuti.2021-10-07A close photograph of a ritual pouring at a temple altar. A hand holding a silver-wrapped vessel pours liquid over a coconut resting on a heap of ripe yellow bananas, with drops falling in a stream. The forearm shows white ash markings and a beaded bracelet, and an orange cloth and beaded mala are visible at the right edge. Smoke or incense haze softens the background, which shows blurred flowers and a red and green altar setting. The caption identifies the setting as Nithyanandeshwara Paramashiva Devalayam, Adi KAILASA, Navaratri 2021, Day 2, Vishesha Dravya Homa. No person's face is visible, so no identification is made.2021-10-08A close-up photograph of a ritual offering. A pair of bare arms, wearing red and yellow threaded wrists, pours a thin stream of golden liquid from a metal vessel onto a heap of yellow bananas topped with a split brown coconut. Wisps of smoke drift at left against soft red and green background cloth. The caption reads Nithyanandeshwara Paramashiva Devalayam, Adi KAILASA, Navaratri 2021 Day 1 Vishesha Dravya Homa and Chandi Homa Purnahuti, consistent with a homa offering. No person's face is visible.2021-10-07A photograph of a ritual offering at a temple. A pair of hands, one with a red-bordered silver vessel, pours milk over a bunch of yellow bananas with a whole coconut at the centre. Ritual white markings are visible on the forearm, a rudraksha-style bead bracelet is on the wrist, and an orange cloth is worn at the right edge. Smoke from a fire fills the background along with blurred red and yellow flowers and green cloth. The caption gives the setting as Nithyanandeshwara Paramashiva Devalayam, Adi KAILASA, and the event as Navaratri 2021, Day 2, Vishesha Dravya Homa.2021-10-08October 08 20212021-10-08A ritual offering scene in a temple setting. A person in an orange robe with white sacred ash markings on the arms pours liquid from a silver vessel onto a coconut resting on a heap of yellow bananas. Smoke drifts through the frame, and a blurred garland of yellow and red flowers appears in the background. Bead bracelets are visible on the wrist, and the offering is part of a homa-style Vishesha Dravya Homa during Navaratri.2021-10-08