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A photograph of a Pratyaksha Pada Puja during Nithyanandotsavam 2021, Day 21, shown in a close profile view. On the left, a man wears an orange and yellow turban, an orange shawl and multiple beaded necklaces, and holds a white feathered fly-whisk-like chamara toward the foreground. Behind him, a man with long dark hair and a rudraksha-style bead mala stands beside a person with hair tied in a bun and a red-beaded necklace. A large white chamara fan with flowing fibres fills the right foreground, against red draped curtains.

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Photograph of a ritual at a golden temple-style shrine with red drapes and a blue backdrop. Four male priests stand in a row performing a pratyaksha padapuja and pancharati. The two foreground priests wave large pale feathered fans (chamaras) and ring brass bells, one in orange and one in orange with a rudraksha mala. Their shaved or long-haired heads and orange-red dhotis mark them as ritual attendants. A silver deity murti stands at the left near a small silver kalasha. Bottom caption reads Pratyaksha Pada Puja and Pancharati, Nithyanandotsavam 2021, Day 10.2021-12-28December 22 20162016-12-22ADIKAILASA on 12/28/20212021-12-28A photograph of priests performing a ritual during a temple celebration. Four bare-chested men with rudraksha malas stand in a row facing left. The nearest man on the right wears a green dhoti and holds a brass handbell and a small brass vessel; the next man wears an orange dhoti and holds a bell, and others stand behind them in orange cloth. Red drapes, gold-coloured carved wooden pillars and a white ceremonial umbrella frame the scene. A printed caption reads Pratyaksha Pada Puja and Pancharati, Nithyanandotsavam 2021, Day 10. No one in the scene is identified as a person.2021-12-28ADIKAILASA on 12/28/20212021-12-28ADIKAILASA on 1/9/20222022-01-09A photograph of a Pratyaksha Pada Puja and Pancharati ceremony inside a gold-decorated temple hall. A seated figure at centre wears a pink-saffron turban with a tilak, a white flower garland, layered rudraksha malas and ornate gold necklaces, and holds his hand in a blessing gesture before a kalasha with green leaves and a coconut. Around him, young attendants in orange-saffron cloth and rudraksha malas stand holding a golden staff and a golden trident. A bearded man in dark clothing stands behind them.2021-12-28July 23 20212021-07-23ADIKAILASA on 1/3/20222022-01-03November 10 20182018-11-10December 06 20162016-12-06Photograph of a ritual performance in front of a red draped curtain. Several bare-chested young men in saffron-orange dhotis and rudraksha necklaces raise large white chamaras (fly-whisks) overhead, and one holds a brass bell. Other people sit on a striped multicoloured mat playing drums, and a striped cloth with pink flowers lies at the right edge.2016-12-22