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A photograph of a shirtless man with long dreadlocked hair and a beard, standing in front of a golden canopy and a golden deity backdrop, holding up two large bunches of yellow bananas overhead with both arms during a ritual offering. Smoke drifts in from the left. A colourful patterned cloth hangs on the right, and a golden kalasha-like canopy stands behind him. Printed caption reads Nithyanandeshwara Paramashiva Devalayam, Adi KAILASA, Navaratri 2021, Day 6 - Vishesha Dravya Homa.

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A bearded priest with a red tilak on his forehead, bare-chested and wearing a saffron cloth with rudraksha malas and gold necklaces, raises a large bunch of ripe bananas overhead during a homa offering. Thick white smoke from the fire rises on the left. Behind him are gold drapes, maroon swags and a painted decorated pillar. A second attendant wearing a striped headcloth and gold earrings stands at the right edge. The caption reads Nithyanandeshwara Paramashiva Devalayam, Adi KAILASA, Navaratri 2021, Day 1, Vishesha Dravya Homa and Chandi Homa Purnahuti. The priest does not have a clearly distinctive a person presentation, so his identity is unsure.2021-10-07October 08 20212021-10-08A priest in an orange-saffron dhoti and shawl, bare-chested with white ash stripes on his arms and chest, reaches toward a large bunch of ripe bananas and green mangoes heaped on a offering tray at a Vishesha Dravya Homa. Rudraksha bead malas hang on his wrist and neck. Behind him, smoke drifts through the hall, a brass oil lamp burns on the left, and a gilded deity murti stands in a golden shrine niche. Another attendant in white and red clothing sits in the background. Offerings of pineapple, sugarcane and fruit fill the foreground.2021-10-12A 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 photograph of a homa ritual in a temple setting. A bearded man with white vibhuti horizontal markings on his forehead and arms, wearing an orange cloth over his shoulder, a brown wrap, and a long gold bead necklace, holds a large bunch of yellow bananas in both hands. Behind him, a bare-chested attendant with white markings and a gold necklace stands, and at the right edge another person in a striped headwrap and brown garment is partly visible. A rudraksha bracelet and a small pendant are visible. Blurred red and gold drapery and a lit lamp fill the background.2021-10-08October 13 20212021-10-13A bare-chested priest in an orange dhoti and rudraksha malas stands at a homa offering, pouring liquid from a small metal vessel over a heap of yellow bananas, green coconuts and mixed grains and offerings. Steam rises from the fire pit at right, and a gold lattice wall decorated with cross motifs forms the backdrop. The caption reads Nithyanandeshwara Paramashiva Devalayam, Adi KAILASA, Navaratri 2021, Day 5 - Vishesha Dravya Homa.2021-10-11October 08 20212021-10-08October 11 20212021-10-11A 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.2021-10-07A close photograph of a ritual offering arranged on a banana bunch-covered heap: a cluster of ripe yellow bananas is drizzled with honey or ghee, with a golden-brown coconut-shell piece at the top, a split green fruit and chunks of sugarcane in the foreground, and a whole green mango at lower left. A partly visible person in orange cloth stands at the right edge, pouring or offering. The background is a blurred warm gold and red glow. Caption text reads Nithyanandeshwara Paramashiva Devalayam, Adi KAILASA, Navaratri 2021, Day 6 - Vishesha Dravya Homa. This appears to be a dravya offering during the Navaratri homa.2021-10-12A 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.2021-10-07