Skip to content
Nithyanandapedia
A photograph of a Chandi Homa fire ritual at Nithyanandeshwara Paramashiva Devalayam, Adi KAILASA. A man's bare forearm, wearing a rudraksha bracelet and a yellow thread, pours offerings from a metal spoon into a smoking homa pit. A brass bowl of grain or ghee sits in front and a red-grain bowl at left, with an oil lamp burning nearby. Golden draped fabric and a red cloth form the background. The visible person's face is not shown; only the forearm and hand are visible, so no identity is asserted.

More like this

Open the gallery
October 08 20212021-10-08October 09 20212021-10-09October 09 20212021-10-09October 09 20212021-10-09October 08 20212021-10-08A photograph of a Chandi Homa purnahuti at Nithyanandeshwara Paramashiva Devalayam, Adi KAILASA, during Navaratri 2021 Day 3. A man in dark clothing and a dark head wrap holds a brass plate of offerings raised above his head with one hand, while smoke from the sacred fire fills the warm, golden-lit space behind him. The face is partly obscured by the plate and smoke. A caption at the bottom reads the temple name and event. The scene shows one visible person.2021-10-09A 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.2021-10-07October 09 20212021-10-09A photograph of a Chandi Homa purnahuti at a temple, with a priest's bare arm and torso at left, wearing an orange-saffron dhoti and cloth wrap, rudraksha beads on his arm and a gold necklace, while he pours grains into smoke over an offering. Below sit a large mound of yellow and orange marigold garlands, red roses, a yellow-wrapped kalasha-like vessel, bananas and red cloth. Smoke and scattered grains fill the frame. The bottom caption reads Nithyanandeshwara Paramashiva Devalayam, Adi KAILASA.2021-10-08October 09 20212021-10-09October 08 20212021-10-08A photograph of a homa offering in a temple setting. In the right foreground a woman in a dark sleeveless top and gold necklaces holds a metal plate heaped with yellow grain-like offering and pours it, with smoke drifting around her hands. A large heap of the same yellow offering sits in the lower foreground beside dark sticks and fruit. Behind, blurred garlands, a red cloth, oil lamps and offerings are arranged in the sanctum. No a person candidate is visible; only this one person is present.2021-10-09