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A shirtless priest in orange ochre cloth and a long rudraksha-style neck mala with a sacred thread across his shoulder stands with his back to the camera and reaches toward a small golden-framed deity shrine decorated with flower garlands. The surrounding altar is densely dressed with yellow and red marigold garlands, leaves and colourful deity figures in festival decoration. A caption band reads Shatru Samhara Trishati Homa, Nithyanandotsavam 2021 - Day 4.

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ADIKAILASA on 12/22/20212021-12-22A priest in orange cloth, bare-backed and marked with white ash stripes, stands at a golden shrine performing a ritual offering, holding a small brass lamp in one hand. Before him, on a red cloth, sit a brass lamp, a kalasha-style vessel, and garlands of red and pink flowers with green leaves. Ornate gold arches, gilded pillars and deity murti decorated with colourful garlands fill the background. A caption reads Shatru Samhara Trishati Homa, Nithyanandotsavam 2021 - Day 4, indicating a homa ritual during the festival.2021-12-22A priest in saffron-orange dhoti with bare upper body and rudraksha mala stands at a decorated altar, leaning forward to adorn a small ornate shrine-shaped vigraha with flowers and garlands. Yellow and white marigold garlands, red rose garlands and green leaves cover the altar; other deity murtis and decorations are visible behind in red and gold. The scene reflects a Nithyanandotsavam homa and deity worship ritual. The priest's appearance does not clearly establish any particular identity, and no face is clearly visible.2021-12-22ADIKAILASA on 12/22/20212021-12-22ADIKAILASA on 12/22/20212021-12-22A photograph of a temple ritual: a bare-backed man in an orange cloth and rudraksha mala holds a round metal plate, pouring or offering over a decorated deity murti. The murti sits within a flower-garlanded golden arch with red flower accents and yellow and white garlands below. Behind it, golden arches, hanging brass bells and a red-draped shrine with other deity images fill the background. The scene is a homa-style puja for Shatru Samhara Trishati during Nithyanandotsavam, day 4.2021-12-22Two priests in saffron-orange dhotis and bare upper bodies stand at a decorated altar during the Shatru Samhara Trishati Homa, performed on Day 4 of Nithyanandotsavam. The priest on the left wears an orange shawl and a tall turban-style tied hair, and the priest on the right has long hair and a sacred thread. They attend an ornate murti of a deity draped in white cloth and garlands of yellow and green flowers, with gold arches, kalasha-like brass items and hanging bells behind them. A third person in orange is partly visible at the far right.2021-12-22ADIKAILASA on 1/20/20222022-01-20A homa is being performed at a brick fire pit with a bright flame rising from burning wood. A bare-chested priest with long dark hair, tilak and rudraksha malas sits cross-legged in orange-saffron cloth, holding a ladle over the fire with a bowl of offerings beside him. Behind him are ornate gold and silver shrines with red and gold canopies, garlands and many small murti figures, including a deity murti in the background. Shatru Samhara Trishati Homa is visible in the caption. The fire pit has a silver ritual vessel and kalasha pots.2021-12-22A photograph of a Shatru Samhara Trishati Homa during Nithyanandotsavam, Day 4, in a richly decorated temple shrine. A man seen from behind, bare-backed with white sacred ash markings, wears an orange saffron cloth and a tall brown turban-style head covering, and holds a ritual implement toward gilded alcoves. Ornate gold arches, red velvet drapes, hanging bells, garlands of red and white flowers, and a decorated deity murti with silver ornaments surround him. A brass oil lamp and offering plates sit at the front. A small inset portrait of a smiling man in an orange turban appears at the upper left.2021-12-22ADIKAILASA on 1/20/20222022-01-20A photograph of a bare-shouldered man in orange-saffron dhoti and wrap, with long dreadlocked hair piled high and a rudraksha mala around his neck and wrists, bending forward to adjust an ornate kalasha-like brass and gold pot decorated with red and gold rosettes, white and yellow flower garlands, and green leaves. The vessel sits on a white cloth with coloured stripes amid a richly decorated temple backdrop of gold and pink arches and deity murti. A caption overlay reads Mahaganapati Vishesha Dravya Homa, Nithyanandotsavam 2021 Day 3, indicating a homa ritual.2022-01-20