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A 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.

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A 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 08 20212021-10-08 +1 copiesClose 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.2021-10-09October 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 20212021-10-09October 09 20212021-10-09October 09 20212021-10-09October 08 20212021-10-08 +1 copiesPhotograph 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 07 20212021-10-07 +1 copies