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Close view of a Purnahuti homa offering at a temple. In the foreground a person's arm, with bangles, a wristband and rings, holds a silver ritual implement raised above smoke rising from the sacred fire. Below, a decorated coconut wrapped in white flowers, with a pineapple and marigold-like yellow and red blossoms, sits on the lower left. Behind the smoke, gold-clad deity murti and ornate golden decorations glow in the lamplight.

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A photograph of a Purnahuti homa at night in a temple. A priest with bare upper body, wearing a rudraksha bracelet and holding a flaming ritual vessel aloft on the left, pours fire toward a heap of offerings: garlands of yellow and red flowers, bananas and a green-and-red decorated base. Dense smoke rises across a golden latticed screen. Partially visible people with ash-marked foreheads sit in the lower right. A bright light source is on the left edge.2021-10-13October 12 20212021-10-12October 14 20212021-10-14October 11 20212021-10-11October 11 20212021-10-11Photograph of a purnahuti homa at Nithyanandeshwara Paramashiva Devalayam, Adi KAILASA, during Navaratri Day 7. A figure in orange ochre robes and layered rudraksha malas stands at left, holding a bundle of leaves or a ritual implement over a smoking fire. Thick white smoke rises through the frame beside a glowing flame at the base. Marigold garlands with yellow and red blooms and green betel-style leaves rest in the foreground. At right, a gold-toned ornamental panel catches the warm light. The person's face and upper body are cropped out of frame, so no identity can be given from the image. Watermarked caption at the bottom reads the event details.2021-10-13A figure in orange garments with a bare upper body and long hair pours an offering from a metal vessel into a fire pit during a homa at a temple shrine. Thick smoke and flames rise from the pit, which sits beside a heap of yellow and red flowers. Behind, gold ornate shrine structures, garlands of white and red flowers, a golden lion figure and brass lamps frame a red and green draped altar. Caption text reads Nithyanandeshwara Paramashiva Devalayam, Adi KAILASA, with the event line Navaratri 2021, Day 1 - Vishesha Dravya Homa & Chandi Homa Purnahuti.2021-10-07October 14 20212021-10-14October 13 20212021-10-13October 12 20212021-10-12October 12 20212021-10-12A photograph of a homa offering in progress at Nithyanandeshwara Paramashiva Devalayam, Adi KAILASA, during Navaratri Day 3 Vishesha Dravya Homa. A hand in a rust-coloured sleeve tilts a metal plate, pouring pineapples, grapes and other fruit and offerings onto a mound of golden grains in a fire pit. Dense smoke billows around the pit, and a brass oil lamp with a flame stands in the blurred background beside gold ritual vessels. Partially visible people in orange and gold clothing with beaded necklaces stand at the edge of the frame.2021-10-09