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A seated priest in orange-saffron robes with bare shoulders, white tripundra and sandalwood markings on the forehead and arms, and a rudraksha mala, performs a puja in front of a shrine. He wears spectacles and holds his hand near his face in a mudra. In front of him are a brass bowl, a ceremonial vessel and a stone lingam on a brick ledge. Behind him stands an ornately decorated shrine with golden swans, red drapes and a red and yellow marigold garland around deity murtis with gold and jewelled adornments. The caption at the bottom reads Shiva Mulamantra Yagashala Puja, Nithyanandeshwara Paramashiva Devalayam, Adhi Kailasa.

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A man in an orange-and-gold dhoti and a light orange shawl, with a rudraksha mala and wearing glasses, leans over the fire and sprinkles or offers material from a woven basket into the flames, with a silver vessel beside him. Behind him, deity murti stand decorated with white jasmine garlands, multicoloured flower garlands, gold jewellery and a green silk cloth, set on a pink sequined cloth. A woman in orange sari with floral garlands sits at the left edge. Smoke rises from the fire pit. The man's appearance is not clear enough to confirm identity from visible cues alone.2015-04-30November 17 20212021-11-17A photograph of a fire ritual under a canopy of draped cloth and fringed awnings. A seated figure with long swept-back dark hair wears an orange-saffron garment, a long gold-beaded necklace and a rudraksha-style mala, and tends a homa with a brass vessel and flowers before a fire pit, with smoke rising. A priest in orange sits at the left edge holding a tray. Behind them are garlanded deity murti and metal images, a heap of fruit and flowers, and a framed portrait of a turbaned man at right. Swamiji (probable): the seated figure's long hair, saffron clothing and mala form the qualifying cues for the homa offering.2006-07-17A ritual puja in front of a gilded shrine holding a decorated deity murti adorned with white and orange garlands, jewelled ornaments and a green silk cloth on a pink draped platform. In the foreground a man in an orange-red dhoti and shawl, wearing a rudraksha mala and a sandalwood mark on his bare chest, sits cross-legged before a small lit oil lamp and a brass plate of flowers, holding a ritual item to his face. Beside him a young boy in saffron-orange robes, an orange turban and a rudraksha mala sits with hands folded. Behind them on a red and gold throne decorated with multicoloured floral garlands sits another person in orange robes holding a golden staff, with a brass kalasha and offerings on the lower right. 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