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Ritual photograph of a Nithyanandotsavam homa with two men seen from behind in the foreground. The man on the left wears an orange cloth, a gold necklace and bangles, and holds a brass lamp and a tray of red flowers. The central figure has an orange headband, bare upper body with white markings, a gold necklace, a striped waist cloth and bangles, and seems seated before a veena decorated with yellow and orange garlands. Behind them are a brass lamp, kalasha pots with green leaves and jewelled ornaments, and colourful flower garlands, with a wooden veena at right. A caption reads Nithyanandotsavam Day 20 - Medasaraswathi Homa and Nithyananda Homa.

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A homa ritual at an altar with a visible fire pit. In the centre, a bare-chested priest in an orange turban and a saffron-and-white wrap feeds offerings into the flames with his right hand, while a second attendant with white body markings holds a small brass dish at left. Behind the fire, a veena-like stringed instrument, a decorated kalasha pot with jewelled ornaments and yellow and red flower garlands surround the altar, with a gold lamp stand and a deity murti visible in the background. Whether the priest is the a person candidate is uncertain; he is shown performing the homa, with his face partly visible. Caption text reads Nithyanandotsavam Day 20 - Medasaraswathi Homa and Nithyananda Homa.2021-01-17ADIKAILASA on 1/17/20212021-01-17ADIKAILASA on 1/17/20212021-01-17ADIKAILASA on 1/17/20212021-01-17Photograph of a homa ritual before a decorated deity murti garlanded with yellow and red flowers. A man in an orange turban and striped waist cloth pours an offering with a ladle into a fire pit, while a second person in orange and white body markings sits beside him holding a bowl. Flames rise high in the centre, flanked by a veena and a pair of flower-garlanded instruments. A brass oil lamp stands at left. The caption reads Nithyanandotsavam Day 20 - Medasaraswathi Homa and Nithyananda Homa.2021-01-17A ritual scene before a richly decorated deity murti draped in a blue and gold silk cloth. In the foreground, a bare-chested priest with an orange turban, white body markings and a rudraksha bracelet lifts the silk cloth with one hand while gesturing with the other. Beside him stands a second man with long hair, white markings and an orange wrap, holding a folded cloth. Brass oil lamps, a veena-like string instrument, kalasha pots decorated with jewels and mango leaves, and yellow and red flower garlands surround the altar, with smoke rising nearby. The caption reads Nithyanandotsavam Day 20, Meda Saraswathi Homa and Nithyananda Homa.2021-01-17ADIKAILASA on 1/17/20212021-01-17A homa ritual at night in a decorated temple hall. Two men in saffron and orange clothing stand at a fire pit, the nearer one bare-chested with white painted stripes on his arms and an orange turban, his arm extended toward tall flames. Another man on the left wears an orange cloth, a rudraksha mala and white markings. Behind them a large deity murti is draped in yellow and red flower garlands, with a veena beside the fire and sparkling fabric hanging at the top left. The caption identifies the day's ritual as Medasaraswathi Homa and a person Homa.2021-01-17ADIKAILASA on 1/17/20212021-01-17A photograph of a homa ritual inside a temple hall. On the left, a bare-chested priest with an orange turban and beard stands before a golden lamp stand and an oil lamp, holding bundles of grass and a metal vessel. White sacred ash marks his arms and torso, and he wears a tiger-striped cloth and a beaded rudraksha necklace. In the centre-right, a fire blazes in a pit in front of a large decorated deity murti draped with yellow and red flower garlands. Two veena-like stringed instruments rest near the fire, and a silk-wrapped object lies on the ground. Gold lamps and sparkling fabric hang in the background.2021-01-17A photograph of a temple puja: a bearded man in an orange turban, bare-chested with white sacred markings on his arms and a dark-and-tiger-striped cloth at his waist, holds a lit oil lamp (aarti) in one hand and gestures with the other beside a tall brass lamp stand. Behind him, a decorated deity murti wrapped in yellow and red marigold garlands sits beside two stringed instruments, a veena-like instrument and a tanpura-like instrument, with kalasha pots and floral decorations. Flower petals scatter through the air and a yellow-and-red garland drapes a seated murti in the foreground. A caption on the lower band reads 'Nithyanandotsavam Day 20 - Medasaraswathi Homa and Nithyananda Homa'. The man in the turban is a priest performing the ritual.2021-01-17ADIKAILASA on 1/17/20212021-01-17