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Close view of a priest in orange ceremonial cloth holding a silver plate heaped with yellow grains. He wears gold-bead necklaces and a rudraksha bracelet, and sacred white markings are visible on his arm. Smoke drifts across the frame, and blurred garlands in yellow and red and other offerings fill the background.

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October 09 20212021-10-09A close photograph of a devotee in orange robes and a brown shawl with a long gold bead necklace holding a steel plate heaped with yellow fried snack strands, an offering, while smoke drifts across the left side of the frame. The background shows blurred coloured cloth and lamps in a temple setting, marking a Navaratri Vishesha Dravya Homa. The person's face is not visible, and no appearance-based candidate for a person is clearly established, so identity is left unsure.2021-10-09A 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.2021-10-09October 09 20212021-10-09October 09 20212021-10-09A photograph of a homa fire ritual at the Nithyanandeshwara Paramashiva Devalayam, Adi KAILASA. Thick wooden logs are stacked on a brick fire pit with smoke rising at left. A pair of hands in an orange cloth draped over a figure's lap pours grains from a steel bowl onto the logs as an offering. The figure wears gold necklaces and red-and-white bangles, and the setting is warm-lit.2021-10-08 +1 copiesA homa fire pit of stacked logs in the foreground, with a priest in an orange saffron dhoti and shawl pouring a heap of yellow grain from a metal plate onto the fire. He wears layered gold and bead necklaces, rudraksha bracelets, and white tilak marks on his arms. A brass plate of offerings sits above him, with marigold garlands and flowers in the background near the ritual setup, and smoke rises at left.2021-10-07 +1 copiesOctober 09 20212021-10-09October 08 20212021-10-08 +1 copiesOctober 09 20212021-10-09A photograph of a Hindu priest in an orange dhoti and orange shawl performing a homa offering at Nithyanandeshwara Paramashiva Devalayam, Adi KAILASA. He holds a large round brass tray heaped with yellow grain offerings, with white smoke rising around him. He has a white tripundra on his forehead, a beard, gold beaded necklaces, a rudraksha mala and a beaded bracelet on his wrist. Behind him are fruit offerings, a flower-garlanded shrine with a lit oil lamp, and a gilded deity murti. This is a Vishesha Dravya Homa during Navaratri 2021, Day 3. The person's identity cannot be confirmed from appearance, so no identification is made.2021-10-09October 09 20212021-10-09