Close view of offering trays prepared for a Navagraha Homa during Nithyanandotsavam. Round brown fruits. A heap of fine golden-brown grain sits in a central bowl, and a bowl of bright yellow powder. Red pomegranates fill a tray at lower left, and sliced-open red-and-yellow apples fill a tray at lower right, with red kumkum powder at the edge. No people are visible. - Nithyanandapedia

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Close view of offering trays prepared for a Navagraha Homa during Nithyanandotsavam. Round brown fruits. A heap of fine golden-brown grain sits in a central bowl, and a bowl of bright yellow powder. Red pomegranates fill a tray at lower left, and sliced-open red-and-yellow apples fill a tray at lower right, with red kumkum powder at the edge. No people are visible.

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