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A homa fire blazes at night in a temple hall, with a priest on the left bare-chested in a striped wrap and yellow-and-black headwear holding up a red and pink cloth over the flames. Beside the fire, a second priest on the right wears a white head cloth, white dhoti with gold border and a gold pendant, his arm extended toward the fire. Behind them stand ornate gold and red deity murti and decorated shrine pieces. Marigold and white flower garlands and fruit lie near the fire pit. Overlay text reads Nithyanandeshwara Paramashiva Devalayam, Adi KAILASA and Navaratri 2021, Day 1 - Vishesha Dravya Homa & Chandi Homa Purnahuti.

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A photograph of a fire ritual inside a temple shrine. A large flame rises from a homa fire pit at right, surrounded by flower garlands and offerings. At left, two people in orange and red robes hold up a deep red cloth to shield or frame the fire, one wearing a striped headwrap and bare-shouldered garment with beaded bracelets. At right, a bare-chested man in a white headwrap, rudraksha mala and gold pendant, wearing a white dhoti with gold border, bends over the fire with his hands extended. Behind them stand golden and red ornamented deity murti and decorated shrine figures. A caption reads Nithyanandeshwara Paramashiva Devalayam, Adi KAILASA, Navaratri 2021 Day 1 - Vishesha Dravya Homa & Chandi Homa Purnahuti.2021-10-07October 07 20212021-10-07October 07 20212021-10-07October 07 20212021-10-07October 07 20212021-10-07A brick-lined fire pit with a bright orange flame dominates the foreground, a yellow-dusted log resting at its edge. Two priests stand behind it at a temple shrine. The foreground priest, bare-chested with a long beard and dark hair, wears an orange dhoti and a gold necklace and holds a copper plate of offerings over the fire. A second priest behind him wears a yellow head cloth and a gold necklace. Behind them are red-draped offering tables with sweets and fruit on brass plates, gilded deity murti and garlands, and a golden kalasha-style ornament. The scene shows a homa with offerings during Navaratri.2021-10-07October 07 20212021-10-07A man in an orange saffron wrap holds a brass oil lamp with a bright flame in his right hand while ringing a silver handbell in his left. He has long dark hair piled up and a full beard, and wears rudraksha mala beads and a large gold ceremonial necklace. Before him, a deity murti draped in a gold cloth is heavily adorned with yellow and white flower garlands and red roses, while thick smoke rises from a homa fire. Behind them stand a red and green draped altar, golden cushions and a decorated throne-like backdrop, marking a puja ritual at the Nithyanandeshwara Paramashiva Devalayam in Adi KAILASA.2021-10-07A 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.2021-10-07A photograph of a Chandi Homa purnahuti at night. A priest in orange-brown cloth and beaded necklaces holds a bundle of dried straw or grass over a large flame and smoke rising from the fire pit. Yellow and white flower garlands and a woven basket of offerings sit in the foreground. A bright lamp glows at the top of the frame. Caption text reads Nithyanandeshwara Paramashiva Devalayam, Adi KAILASA, Navaratri 2021, Day 2 - Chandi Homa Purnahuti.2021-10-08October 07 20212021-10-07ADIKAILASA on 3/4/20212021-03-04