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A bare-chested priest with dreadlocked hair wrapped in a dark cloth and an orange shawl stands at a golden ritual altar draped in red curtains, lifting his right hand toward green leafy branches tied to a golden stand. Several decorated kalasha pots wrapped in woven red-and-white cord hold leafy stalks around the gilded platform, and a golden deity murti is visible in the background. Wrist beads and a rudraksha mala are visible. The scene matches the Yagashala Shodashi Homa in the Rajarajeshwari Brahmotsavam, with a priest performing a ritual offering at the yagashala. No clearly identifiable a person face is visible.

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ADIKAILASA on 2/11/20222022-02-11A photograph of a ritual at a golden shrine framed by an ornate gold arch against red drapery. A man with long matted hair wound up on his head, bare-chested with an orange cloth draped over his shoulder and beaded necklaces, reaches up with his right hand to adjust leaves and yellow flowers on a decorated kalasha-style offering. Several small pots wrapped in red and white netting hold green stalks, and a golden lotus-shaped base sits below. The carved gold setting and red curtains suggest a homa or puja arrangement. A printed caption at the bottom reads Yagashala Shodashi Homa, Rajarajeshwari Brahmotsavam - Day 3.2022-02-10A priest in an orange saffron wrap stands at right, his bare upper body marked with white ash stripes, a rudraksha mala on his wrist and arm, holding a small red offering in his raised right hand above a golden platter. Before him is an ornate golden shrine decorated with white flowers, red roses, green leaves, coconuts and lamps, centred on a deity murti. Caption text reads Yagashala Shodashi Homa, Rajarajeshwari Brahmotsavam - Day 6, indicating a homa ritual. A small inset portrait of a bearded man in an orange turban appears at top left. Only the priest is physically present.2022-02-13ADIKAILASA on 2/11/20222022-02-11ADIKAILASA on 2/13/20222022-02-13ADIKAILASA on 1/9/20222022-01-09ADIKAILASA on 2/13/20222022-02-13ADIKAILASA on 2/10/20222022-02-10ADIKAILASA on 2/13/20222022-02-13A photograph of a golden temple shrine during a homa ritual at the Rajarajeshwari Brahmotsavam, day 10. A man in orange-saffron robes with a dark turban and a red-orange shawl stands at the right, holding ritual implements and offering into a fire area. Golden lion sculptures and a golden pedestal with a kalasha-like vessel and deity murti surround a red curtained shrine. Smoke rises at the upper left. A white-draped figure lies in the foreground with a garland. A golden standing figure stands at right. A visible fire pit and offerings indicate a yagashala shodashi homa.2022-02-17A photograph of a Yagashala Shodashi Homa during the Rajarajeshwari Brahmotsavam, Day 4. In the foreground a bearded man with long dark hair wrapped in a turban and white forehead markings, wearing an orange shawl and beaded malas, sits with palms joined before a microphone at a homa altar with offerings. Behind him a large gold-painted standing female figure with hands in anjali mudra stands beside a bronze bowl. On the right a large image of a smiling bearded figure in an orange turban and saffron robes, wearing a long gold-beaded mala and ornate gold chest pendant, raises one hand in blessing on a red and gold throne; this is a printed or painted depiction, not a physical person. Red drapes frame the scene.2022-02-11ADIKAILASA on 2/11/20222022-02-11