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Close view of a brick fire pit holding a heap of offerings during a homa: large green gourds, a halved watermelon, pineapple, red and green fruit pieces, grapes, sugarcane stalks and a scattering of grains or powder. Smoke rises from the pile. Behind it are gold lamps, a gold-patterned altar cloth, a red cloth and a metal bowl with a ladle. The caption reads Navaratri 2021, Day 6 - Vishesha Dravya Homa at Nithyanandeshwara Paramashiva Devalayam, Adi KAILASA. No people are visible.

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October 12 20212021-10-12A photograph of a ritual offering heaped on a low brick platform: pineapples, bananas, green grapes, watermelons, a mango, a yellow squash and white gourd-like fruits arranged in a pile. Wisps of smoke or steam rise from the fruit, and a bare arm with a gold bangle reaches in from the left to place or adjust a banana. Behind the offering are garlands of yellow, white and red flowers and gilded ornamentation around a deity murti. The offering suggests a dravya homa or vishesha offering of fruits during Navaratri. No people are seen clearly apart from the partial arm.2021-10-13October 12 20212021-10-12Close view of offerings for a fire ritual: bunches of ripe yellow bananas, green mangoes and cut green fruit, sugarcane stalks and a halved coconut with turmeric, with smoke and flames rising at the left. Warm bokeh lights glow behind the offerings and a deity murti with a rudraksha mala is partly visible at the right edge. Readable caption at the bottom reads Nithyanandeshwara Paramashiva Devalayam, Adi KAILASA and Navaratri 2021, Day 6 - Vishesha Dravya Homa.2021-10-12October 07 20212021-10-07A close photograph of a homa fire pit, a square stone-lined yagna kund with ash-dusted rim, where smoke rises from smouldering fuel. Piled in the pit are green and red apples, a pomegranate, a ginger-like root and other offering items. A bare arm in an orange garment, wearing rudraksha and beaded bracelets, pours a liquid from a glass vessel into the fire. Behind the pit are red and green cloth draping and a brass lamp stand. A caption along the bottom reads Nithyanandeshwara Paramashiva Devalayam, Adi KAILASA, with Navaratri 2021, Day 1 - Vishesha Dravya Homa & Chandi Homa Purnahuti.2021-10-07October 13 20212021-10-13October 07 20212021-10-07October 09 20212021-10-09Ritual offering scene with a smoking vessel of fruit: bananas, green mangoes, pineapples, apples and a spray of flowers arranged on a stone tray. Smoke rises at left. A man on the right wears an orange-saffron dhoti, rudraksha-style beaded necklaces, gold chains and a beaded wrist band, and holds a silver tray piled with round laddus. Behind him a second person in striped and green cloth is partly visible. Red draped fabric and a lit oil lamp appear in the background, consistent with a homa and fruit offering.2021-10-07October 08 20212021-10-08October 09 20212021-10-09