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ADIKAILASA on 1/5/20222022-01-05ADIKAILASA on 1/5/20222022-01-05ADIKAILASA on 1/5/20222022-01-05Annabhishekam ritual photograph showing a golden-toned murti seated within an ornate golden arched backrest, with a thick stream of white food offering poured over it, sprays and droplets flying in the air. The figure wears a turban-like head covering and a patterned shawl, and its raised hand is in a blessing gesture. In the foreground, blurred fruits and greens sit in a tray at lower left. Warm golden lighting dominates the scene.2022-01-05ADIKAILASA on 1/5/20222022-01-05A golden utsava vigraha of a seated deity, shown in a leela alankaram form, is being bathed with a fine white powder poured from a bowl held by a hand at upper left, as part of an annabhishekam ritual. The gilded arched prabhavali, flame-like side finials and a scroll-shaped ornament frame the murti. A bed of flowers and a pile of fruit lie in the foreground. A gold-brown sleeve of a robed attendant is visible at the left edge. The murti is a statue, not a physical person.2022-01-05A bare-chested man in orange dhoti and orange shawl stands at a golden shrine pouring water from a brass vessel over a dark stone lingam during an abhishekam. His torso bears white horizontal ash markings and he wears a rudraksha mala and bangles. Behind him are golden arches, red and gold drapes, white flower garlands and a golden deity murti, with a small brass figure of a deity below and a flag on a golden staff at left.2022-01-05ADIKAILASA on 12/21/20212021-12-21March 03 20112011-03-03 +1 copiesMarch 03 20112011-03-03A priest in an orange-red dhoti and wrap pours water from a gold vessel over a bronze statue standing within an ornate gold arched frame. The statue, bare-chested with a white cloth at the waist, has one hand raised in abhaya mudra. Behind the arch, marigold and flower garlands hang in yellow, white and purple. At the right edge, a partially visible person in white clothing stands. Water streams down over the statue. Bracelets are visible on the priest's wrists and rudraksha beads hang at the top left.2011-03-03December 23 20182018-12-23