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A large black stone deity murti with four arms, wearing a yellow draped cloth and an ornate crown, is being bathed with water poured from a copper vessel held by a bare-chested person standing on a step ladder behind it. Water streams over the statue's head and shoulders. In front, a smaller gold-toned four-armed deity figure stands on an ornate silver-patterned pedestal, with orange and white marigold flowers beside it. Gold-carved temple-style frames and red curtains surround the scene.

October 26 2018

2018-10-26 +1 copies

A dark black stone murti of a four-armed deity, wearing a tall conical crown, is being bathed with water poured from a brass vessel held by a bare-chested priest at upper left. The murti wears an ornate necklace, a yellow-orange cloth draped at the waist with a red border, and holds objects in its upper hands. A partially visible person with short hair, bent over at lower left, stands in front of the base. Behind is a gold-toned wall, red patterned drapery, and an ornate gilded shrine frame at right, with a blue cushion and white cloth on a marble ledge.

KAILASA LOS ANGELES, USA on 1/22/2022

A large dark stone murti of a four-armed deity stands in a gilded arched shrine. The image is being bathed: a hand pours water from a copper kalasha over its crowned head, and water streams down the face and chest. It wears a pale yellow dhoti and holds a discus-like wheel in one upper hand and a conch in the other, with ornate carved jewellery. Behind it are red curtains with fringe and painted cloth-wrapped pillars with floral and bird motifs. Only a partially visible hand of the person pouring is seen, so no full physical people are clearly shown.

A dark stone standing deity murti with four arms, holding a discus and conch, wearing a tall crown, a beaded necklace and a yellow dhoti, is being bathed in a ritual abhishekam. In the foreground a priest in a white dhoti with a gold border bends forward, pouring liquid over the feet of the murti onto a lotus base. Behind the murti a bare-chested man wearing rudraksha beads and glasses stands near ornate gold arches and red curtains with decorative panels. A small gold deity figure stands on the right, and petals lie on the floor.

2022-10-08 +1 copies

APATH SANYASI - MALE on 9/11/2021

A photograph inside a temple shrine showing a priest pouring yellow liquid from a golden vessel over a tall black stone deity murti. The priest is shirtless with dark wavy hair, wearing an orange dhoti and an orange cloth draped over his shoulder, and he holds the vessel high with both arms. The black idol has multiple arms and a tall crown, and the yellow liquid streams down its head and body. The idol stands within an ornate gold-leaf arch carved with floral and scroll patterns, against a grey granite wall. A small gilded bronze figure stands on a wooden base in front of the black murti. This appears to be an abhishekam ritual.

KAILASA LOS ANGELES, USA on 6/28/2021

A black stone murti of a four-armed deity, identified by its iconography as Venkateshwara (Vishnu form), stands during abhishekam. A hand at the top left pours a milky liquid from a golden vessel over its head, and white liquid streams down the face, chest and yellow-striped dhoti. The murti holds a conch and chakra in its raised hands and wears a crown and ornate armlets. Behind it, a red curtain, an ornate white floral arch and garlanded deity figures in orange and yellow are visible. No people are fully visible apart from the pouring hand.

Abhishekam being performed on a tall black stone deity murti in a temple shrine framed by an ornate gold arch. A person in the background, partly hidden, pours water from a copper vessel over the murti's head, and water streams down its chest. The murti has multiple arms holding a discus and other attributes, wears a yellow dhoti sash and ornate jewelry. A small golden deity figure sits at the base with red flowers scattered nearby. Red curtains and a decorated yellow and red pillar cloth stand behind, with a ladder beside the murti.

A dark stone murti of a four-armed deity, identified by its iconography as Vishnu (holding a chakra in one hand), stands in a gold-carved temple frame before red velvet drapes. A priest in white dhoti pours water or abhishekam liquid from a golden vessel over the murti's head, with water running down its face and chest. The deity wears a tall crown, ornate armlets, a jeweled belt and a kumkum mark on the forehead. Abhishekam ritual in a temple setting.