Close-up photograph of a ritual offering: a hand in an orange-brown garment and rudraksha bracelets pours liquid from a silver vessel onto a bunch of green bananas topped with a coconut smeared with orange kumkum. Rising steam or smoke and a yellow cloth with red and white trim appear in the background. No faces are visible. The scene suggests an abhishekam-style offering. - Nithyanandapedia

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Close-up photograph of a ritual offering: a hand in an orange-brown garment and rudraksha bracelets pours liquid from a silver vessel onto a bunch of green bananas topped with a coconut smeared with orange kumkum. Rising steam or smoke and a yellow cloth with red and white trim appear in the background. No faces are visible. The scene suggests an abhishekam-style offering.

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Close-up photograph of a ritual abhishekam. A bare-armed person wearing rudraksha bead bracelets and an orange garment pours liquid from a silver vessel over a bunch of green plantains, the milky stream running down over the fruit. A yellow cloth is visible at left and wisps of steam rise behind the offering.

A bare-backed man in an orange-saffron cloth draped over his shoulder pours liquid from a silver kalasha pot held high in his right hand over a mound of green bananas topped with a halved coconut marked with red kumkum dots. Smoke and flame rise from a fire at lower left, and a garland of white, yellow and red flowers hangs behind. Appears to be a ritual abhishekam or homa offering. A gold ornament and rudraksha bead bracelet are visible on his arm; the figure is viewed from behind and no face is shown.

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A priest in orange clothing and an orange head wrap pours liquid from a silver vessel over a yellow coconut with red tilak marks, set atop a large bunch of green bananas. Flames and smoke rise from a fire to the left, and garlands of yellow, red and white flowers hang in the background. The priest wears rudraksha malas on his wrists and gold ornaments over his shoulders, with a white sacred thread across his back. The scene suggests an abhishekam or homa offering.

A photograph of a ritual offering in progress. A pile of green bananas is arranged in a conical heap around a large whole coconut marked with red dots of kumkum, while a stream of liquid. Smoke and flame rise from a fire at the lower left, with garlands of yellow and red flowers hanging in the background. The priest, seen from behind and partly bare-backed, wears an orange cloth draped over his shoulder and a beaded rudraksha bracelet on his wrist. The scene suggests a homa or abhishekam style offering, with the coconut and bananas as the central offering.

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A photograph of a shirtless man in an orange saffron cloth and orange turban pouring water from a silver kalasha pot over a dark stone linga surrounded by stacked green bananas, during an abhishekam. He wears rudraksha malas on his wrists and neck. Behind him, a red and yellow floral garland hangs on an altar, with brass lamps and golden pillars in the background, and smoke rises from the offerings. The water runs in a thin stream over the linga and fruit.

A photograph of a ritual offering at a Navaratri homa. A pair of hands, one holding a silver vessel with a brown string bracelet, pours a thin stream of golden liquid over a coconut set atop a heap of yellow bananas. Smoke drifts across the frame, and the sleeve of an orange-saffron garment is visible at the right edge. Blurred flower garlands in yellow and red sit in the background. A caption reads Nithyanandeshwara Paramashiva Devalayam, Adi KAILASA, Navaratri 2021, Day 2 - Vishesha Dravya Homa. The person's face is not visible; only forearms and hands show, with white ash markings on the arm.

A close photograph of a homa ritual: a priest's hands, one wearing a rudraksha bracelet, pour from a metal vessel onto a large heap of yellow bananas, with smoke drifting through the frame. Orange-robed clothing is visible at the edge. The caption at the bottom reads Nithyanandeshwara Paramashiva Devalayam, Adi KAILASA, Navaratri 2021 Day 1 Vishesha Dravya Homa and Chandi Homa Purnahuti.

A close photograph of a ritual offering in a temple setting. A cluster of ripe yellow bananas, with dark speckling, is heaped in the foreground. A hand wearing a rudraksha mala and a bronze vessel pours a thin stream of white liquid over the bananas, and a dried coconut sits beside them. Smoke or incense haze drifts behind, with red and green tones in the background. The scene reflects a Navaratri homa offering of fruit and liquid.

A close photograph of a ritual offering of bananas. A cluster of yellow bananas fills the lower frame, with a dried coconut at the centre. A person's arm, wearing a red and orange sacred thread on the wrist, pours liquid from a silver vessel onto the offering. Smoke or haze drifts behind. Overlaid caption reads Nithyanandeshwara Paramashiva Devalayam, Adi KAILASA, Navaratri 2021, Day 1 - Vishesha Dravya Homa & Chandi Homa Purnahuti.

A close-up photograph of a ritual offering. A pair of bare arms, wearing red and yellow threaded wrists, pours a thin stream of golden liquid from a metal vessel onto a heap of yellow bananas topped with a split brown coconut. Wisps of smoke drift at left against soft red and green background cloth. The caption reads Nithyanandeshwara Paramashiva Devalayam, Adi KAILASA, Navaratri 2021 Day 1 Vishesha Dravya Homa and Chandi Homa Purnahuti, consistent with a homa offering. No person's face is visible.