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Photograph inside a gold-decorated temple shrine during a homa with rising smoke. A standing priest in an orange cloth and beaded rudraksha necklace holds a ritual vessel toward the altar. In the foreground a figure with long dark hair kneels, wearing a crown and a garland of yellow marigolds, green leaves and red flowers. Behind them stand ornate gold deity murtis draped in red and yellow flower garlands, with a golden canopy and elaborate shrine arches. Blue cloth hangs in the upper corners.

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Interior 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.2021-10-12October 12 20212021-10-12October 14 20212021-10-14October 12 20212021-10-12October 12 20212021-10-12October 11 20212021-10-11October 13 20212021-10-13October 11 20212021-10-11A priest in an orange-saffron dhoti and shawl, with a rudraksha mala and white-and-ochre forehead markings, holds a multi-tiered brass aarti lamp with lit flames during a Navaratri purnahuti at the Nithyanandeshwara Paramashiva Devalayam. Behind him, a deity murti stands in an ornate golden shrine heavily decorated with yellow marigold garlands and red flower garlands, with many small lamps glowing in the background. Smoke from the homa rises around the scene, and a kalasha-like offering with flowers sits in the foreground.2021-10-11October 14 20212021-10-14October 12 20212021-10-12A photograph of a Navaratri Purnahuti homa at the Nithyanandeshwara Paramashiva Devalayam in Adi KAILASA, with billowing smoke and incense haze filling an ornate golden shrine. A priest in a bare-chested pose with an orange cloth and a rudraksha mala stands at the centre, holding a ritual vessel toward the altar. Golden deity murtis and flower-garlanded figures sit in gilded niches, with a blue cloth backdrop, strings of coloured lights and a decorated kalasha overhead. A caption at the bottom reads Nithyanandeshwara Paramashiva Devalayam, Adi KAILASA, Navaratri 2021, Day 6 - Purnahuti Homa.2021-10-12