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A photograph of a temple shrine during the Navaratri Day 8 Purnahuti Homa at Nithyanandeshwara Paramashiva Devalayam, Adi KAILASA. A golden deity murti is decorated with red and green garments, a jeweled necklace, a golden crown and green leaves, with a white offering on a golden plate in front. Behind it stands a second deity figure with a sword, draped in marigold and red garlands. On the right, a person in a white shirt with a saffron-orange sacred thread raises hands near a gold-framed opening, with smoke and steam drifting in the foreground. Marigold garlands and pink petals decorate the altar, and a green cloth hangs in the background.

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