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A photograph inside the Nithyanandeshwara Paramashiva Devalayam at Adi KAILASA, showing a shirtless priest in a saffron-orange dhoti and orange shawl, with sandalwood markings on his chest and arms and a rudraksha mala, raising a silver plate of offerings above his head during a vishesha dravya homa. A young woman in an orange garment and leopard-print headwrap stands beside him holding a second plate. Behind them stand gold-trimmed shrines hung with marigold and white jasmine garlands, a brass lamp stand with oil lamps, and multicoloured deity murtis. Smoke or incense haze fills the air.

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October 12 20212021-10-12October 12 20212021-10-12October 12 20212021-10-12Inside a richly gilded temple shrine, a bearded man with long dark hair and a bare upper body wearing an orange-saffron dhoti and rudraksha mala holds a silver tray of white offering while another tray with golden grains is held nearby, performing a ritual offering. Smoke rises through the scene before deity murtis draped in colourful garlands of yellow, orange and red flowers, a golden peetha and oil lamps. The caption reads Nithyanandeshwara Paramashiva Devalayam, Adi KAILASA, Navaratri 2021, Day 6 - Vishesha Dravya Homa.2021-10-12October 12 20212021-10-12A photograph of a homa at the Nithyanandeshwara Paramashiva Devalayam, Adi KAILASA, during Navaratri 2021 Day 6 Vishesha Dravya Homa. A bearded man with a shaved-looking head and white tilak markings on his chest and arms, wearing an orange cloth and beaded rudraksha malas, holds a brass plate with a flame-like offering over a brick fire pit filled with burning offerings. Beside him, a younger person in an orange garment and leopard-print headwrap holds another plate with white offerings. Behind them stand decorated deity murtis with yellow and red garlands, gold-framed shrines, a kalasha-style setting, and flowers.2021-10-12October 12 20212021-10-12October 12 20212021-10-12A photograph inside a golden-hued temple shrine at Nithyanandeshwara Paramashiva Devalayam, Adi KAILASA, showing a bearded man with long hair and an orange-saffron dhoti and shawl, his upper body bare with white sacred markings on the arms and chest, holding a ladle over a brick fire pit as he pours ghee and offerings into a vishesha dravya homa; a fire flares and smoke rises. A woman in an orange garment and leopard-print headband, with white markings on her forehead, holds a tray of round offering balls. Behind them are golden shrine structures, deity murti decorated with garlands in red, white and yellow, and colourful cloth. Two people are physically visible.2021-10-12A homa fire burns in a low square fire pit built of yellow-painted brick at Nithyanandeshwara Paramashiva Devalayam, Adi KAILASA. A man in saffron-orange dhoti and shawl, with bare chest, sandalpaste (chandan) marks on arms, and rudraksha malas, holds a silver plate over the flames. Behind him stand gold-framed shrines with garlands of white and yellow flowers and ornate deity murtis in colourful silk and jewellery. Incense smoke rises from the pit. The caption reads Navaratri 2021, Day 6 - Vishesha Dravya Homa.2021-10-12October 08 20212021-10-08 +1 copiesInterior of the golden Nithyanandeshwara Paramashiva Devalayam at Adi KAILASA during Navaratri Day 6 Purnahuti Homa. A bare-chested priest in orange-saffron dhoti and rudraksha mala stands at center holding a tall multi-tiered silver aarti lamp that sends up smoke, with a yellow-clothed devotee-like figure and ornate golden shrines flanking him. Two golden palanquin-style canopies draped with white flower garlands frame deity murtis, including a seated goddess in pink-gold sari on the left and a standing deity on the right. Marigold and rose garlands hang on the shrines, a jeweled crown sits on a floral arrangement at the foreground, and brass lamps line the altar under colored lights.2021-10-12