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A close view of a heap of yellow bananas, a halved coconut with its husk, and a pineapple in a brass or wooden offering vessel, shown during a Chandi Homa offering. Steam or smoke rises from the left, and an orange cloth edge appears at the right. The offerings are the visible focus of the scene; no people are visible.

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October 07 20212021-10-07A close photograph of a ritual offering in a temple setting. A cluster of ripe yellow bananas, with dark speckling, is heaped in the foreground. A hand wearing a rudraksha mala and a bronze vessel pours a thin stream of white liquid over the bananas, and a dried coconut sits beside them. Smoke or incense haze drifts behind, with red and green tones in the background. The scene reflects a Navaratri homa offering of fruit and liquid.2021-10-07A close photograph of a ritual offering of bananas. A cluster of yellow bananas fills the lower frame, with a dried coconut at the centre. A person's arm, wearing a red and orange sacred thread on the wrist, pours liquid from a silver vessel onto the offering. Smoke or haze drifts behind. Overlaid caption reads Nithyanandeshwara Paramashiva Devalayam, Adi KAILASA, Navaratri 2021, Day 1 - Vishesha Dravya Homa & Chandi Homa Purnahuti.2021-10-07October 07 20212021-10-07A close photograph of a homa ritual: a priest's hands, one wearing a rudraksha bracelet, pour from a metal vessel onto a large heap of yellow bananas, with smoke drifting through the frame. Orange-robed clothing is visible at the edge. The caption at the bottom reads Nithyanandeshwara Paramashiva Devalayam, Adi KAILASA, Navaratri 2021 Day 1 Vishesha Dravya Homa and Chandi Homa Purnahuti.2021-10-07A close photograph of a bunch of ripe yellow bananas heaped in the foreground, with a brown dried coconut resting among them. A bare forearm and hand of a priest, sleeved in a plain dark garment at the right edge, pour water from a silver vessel over the fruit in a steady stream, with smoke or steam rising behind. The setting is a temple ritual, a Navaratri Vishesha Dravya Homa offering at Nithyanandeshwara Paramashiva Devalayam, Adi KAILASA. Only the pouring hand and arm are visible, so no full figure can be identified.2021-10-09A close photograph of a person's forearms and hands offering ripe yellow bananas at a homa. The hands hold a yellow cloth over a large cluster of bananas, while smoke drifts across the left side. The person wears a rudraksha mala bracelet, a yellow thread on the wrist and saffron-orange clothing at the right edge, with a red and green backdrop behind. Bottom caption reads Nithyanandeshwara Paramashiva Devalayam, Adi KAILASA, Navaratri 2021, Day 1 - Vishesha Dravya Homa & Chandi Homa Purnahuti.2021-10-07A close-up photograph of a ritual offering. A pair of bare arms, wearing red and yellow threaded wrists, pours a thin stream of golden liquid from a metal vessel onto a heap of yellow bananas topped with a split brown coconut. Wisps of smoke drift at left against soft red and green background cloth. The caption reads Nithyanandeshwara Paramashiva Devalayam, Adi KAILASA, Navaratri 2021 Day 1 Vishesha Dravya Homa and Chandi Homa Purnahuti, consistent with a homa offering. No person's face is visible.2021-10-07A photograph of a ritual offering: a hand in a metallic vessel pours golden liquid. Thick white smoke or steam rises from the offering. The setting is a homa with a dimly lit background. Caption at the bottom reads Nithyanandeshwara Paramashiva Devalayam, Adi KAILASA, Navaratri 2021, Day 3 - Vishesha Dravya Homa. No person's face is visible and no a person candidate is identifiable.2021-10-09October 13 20212021-10-13A close photograph of a ritual offering of ripe yellow bananas piled high, with a brown coconut at the centre. A hand wearing a rudraksha bracelet pours a golden liquid from a silver vessel onto the fruit, while steam or smoke rises around the pile. Marigold garlands are visible at the right edge and an oil lamp glows in the background. No people's faces are visible and the scene contains no identifiable a person figure.2021-10-09October 08 20212021-10-08