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Two people's hands and heads in the foreground hold up a polished silver offering bowl heaped with yellow grain or sweets. The two figures wear rudraksha malas on their wrists and have long dark hair tied back, with one wearing a yellow cloth band around the head. Behind them hang gold and maroon draped fabrics, and a red, orange and green decorated banner sits at the left. A blurred gilded deity murti stands in the background. The caption identifies the scene as Navaratri 2021 Day 2 Vishesha Dravya Homa at Nithyanandeshwara Paramashiva Devalayam, Adi KAILASA.

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October 08 20212021-10-08A photograph of a ritual offering during a homa. Two people stand in the foreground, both with their arms raised holding a flat silver tray piled high with pale yellow puffed grain. The nearer person, on the right, has long dreadlocked hair and wears a red-brown rudraksha mala on the wrist, with white ash markings on the forehead. The second person, on the left, wears a yellow and black striped headcloth, a yellow thread wrist band and white and red forehead marks. Behind them hang gold and maroon drapes, a red and yellow banner with a green floral medallion, and a blurred gold deity murti. The scene reads as a Vishesha Dravya offering during Navaratri.2021-10-07 +1 copiesOctober 08 20212021-10-08 +1 copiesOctober 09 20212021-10-09October 07 20212021-10-07October 09 20212021-10-09October 09 20212021-10-09A photograph of a homa offering in a temple setting. In the right foreground a woman in a dark sleeveless top and gold necklaces holds a metal plate heaped with yellow grain-like offering and pours it, with smoke drifting around her hands. A large heap of the same yellow offering sits in the lower foreground beside dark sticks and fruit. Behind, blurred garlands, a red cloth, oil lamps and offerings are arranged in the sanctum. No a person candidate is visible; only this one person is present.2021-10-09Photograph of a ritual offering at a temple event. In the foreground a bearded man with long matted hair and a vermilion tilak on his forehead holds a silver plate heaped with golden fried snack strands, wearing orange-saffron cloth, rudraksha bead bracelets and a gold-toned beaded necklace. Behind him, blurred figures wear white and orange headcloths and saffron garments, and a red and gold backdrop fills the background. The bottom caption reads Navaratri 2021, Day 1 - Vishesha Dravya Homa and Chandi Homa Purnahuti, indicating a homa offering.2021-10-07October 08 20212021-10-08 +1 copiesOctober 09 20212021-10-09A photograph of a bearded man with long dreadlocked hair wrapped in a dark cloth, with white sacred ash marks on his forehead and gold necklaces at his neck, lifting a silver plate heaped with white and pale yellow offerings above his head during a homa. Smoke drifts across the left side of the frame, and a yellow thread is tied on his raised wrist. Behind him, another figure in orange-tinged clothing is partly visible against a warm golden backdrop. Caption reads 'Nithyanandeshwara Paramashiva Devalayam, Adi KAILASA, Navaratri 2021, Day 3 - Vishesha Dravya Homa'.2021-10-09