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A close photo of an abhishekam in progress: a brass vessel held at the top right pours a white milk-like liquid over a small white marble lingam wrapped in a red cloth and decorated with orange marigold flowers. Around it stand gilded bronze deity murtis, including a figure with a trident and a standing four-armed form, on a white marble-topped altar. A brass plate with a flower-shaped vessel sits at the lower left. No people are clearly visible apart from a hand and orange fabric at the top edge.

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A photo of an abhishekam in progress. A large brass vessel with a dark interior is tilted at upper right, pouring a milky white liquid down over a small gilded metal murti. The murti is draped with a red cloth and decorated with orange marigold flowers at its base. Around it stand several other gilded and copper-toned metal deity figures, including a standing figure at left holding an object, and a brass plate with a small dark-beaded item lies at lower left. No people are visible except a partial hand holding the vessel at the top right edge.2025-12-02A photograph of a ritual abhishekam in progress on a decorated altar. A brass vessel pours a milky white liquid over a small gold-toned standing deity murti at the centre. Beside it sit other gilded metal murtis, including a seated figure on the left with a raised hand and a figure on the right draped in a red cloth, with orange marigold flowers placed on their bases. In the foreground a round brass bowl holds white liquid with a small blue-jeweled ladle-like object. No physical people are visible, only statues and the pouring vessel.2025-12-02A photograph of an abhishekam in progress at a household or temple shrine. A metal vessel held by an unseen hand pours a white liquid. Other gilded bronze figures stand and sit nearby, including a seated figure on the left and a figure draped in red cloth on the right, each on a pedestal decorated with orange marigold flowers. Below, a brass bowl catches the flow and holds a white substance with a blue-jeweled brass ornament and more marigold petals. The surface is a pale floor with a colourful painted pattern.2025-12-02A close photo of an abhishekam being performed on brass deity murti set on gold-toned pedestals. A large dark brass vessel is tilted at the top of the frame, pouring a white milk-like liquid in a steady stream over a small blue-gold bowl-shaped object at the bottom, surrounded by orange marigold flowers. Other gilded brass figures stand nearby, one with a red cloth draped over its shoulders, and orange flowers adorn several bases. Only a hand holding the vessel is visible; no person's face or full body appears.2025-12-02A photo of an abhishekam in progress at a shrine. A brass vessel pours a white milk-like liquid over a small standing bronze deity murti at centre, which stands on a square plinth. Beside it, a seated bronze figure and a standing bronze figure in a red cloth are also decorated with orange marigold garlands and flowers. A bronze elephant-headed deity murti stands at the left edge. Below, a brass bowl holds white liquid and orange flowers, with a blue beaded ornament floating in it. The floor is patterned with yellow and red motifs.2025-12-02KAILASA SALEM On December 2, 20252025-12-02 +1 copiesA close photograph of a ritual abhishekam in progress. A hand holds a brass vessel from the top edge, pouring white milk in a steady stream onto a small gold-toned metal murti of a multi-armed deity standing on a square base decorated with orange marigold flowers. Nearby are other gold figures draped in red and orange cloth, a gold tiered shrikara-style pedestal, and a second figure wearing an orange and purple cloth. A gold plate with dark berries sits at the lower left, and a patterned floor cloth lies behind. No people are visible except a hand, so the scene holds no physically present candidate for a person.2025-12-02A photograph of a milk abhishekam being poured over small brass and gold murti figures on a white-and-gold altar. A gold-rimmed vessel held by a hand at the top right pours a white stream of milk onto a clear-white and orange-draped figure, with an orange cloth wrapped around it. Golden figures with multiple arms, one raising a hand, stand beside it, and orange marigold flowers rest at their bases. Another brass pot sits at right, and the sari-clad leg of a larger figure with a purple-bordered orange garment appears at the top left. No people are visible, only statues and the pouring hand.2025-12-02A photograph of an abhishekam being performed on small metal murtis. A person's hands, with bare brown skin, tilt a clay pot and pour milk over the central standing deity figure, which has four arms, a conical crown and white-painted body. Milk runs down its body and base. Flanking murtis include a bronze figure of a bare-chested male devotee on the left and a figure in an orange-saffron garment with a conical crown on the right. Behind them, a purple brocade cloth covers an altar, with garlands of yellow, orange, green and red flowers hanging on larger deity statues and a gold-framed arch.2025-08-01KAILASA DHUMBARAI, NEPAL on 12/7/20202020-12-07A photograph of a milk abhishekam being poured from a large brass vessel onto a small golden deity murti on a shrine. White milk streams down over the head of the murti, which wears a red cloth draped over its body and has orange marigold flowers placed at its base and crown. Behind it stands a white and gold shri yantra-style base and additional bronze deity statues, including a standing figure on the left. A hand holding the vessel appears at the top right edge, with an orange garment at the right. No people are fully visible as physical persons in the scene beyond the partially visible hand and garment.2025-12-02A photograph of a ritual abhishekam on a group of gilded metal deity murtis. A copper vessel held by a hand at the top pours milk over the figures, which are draped in red-orange cloth. A tiered shivalinga-like form with white milk running down its layers stands at centre, flanked by a standing figure in orange cloth and a multi-armed deity murti in the foreground. No physical people are visible apart from the pouring hand. A timestamp and location overlay reads 30 Nov 2025 13:02:05, Alagapuram Periyaputhur, Salem, Tamil Nadu, Kailasa selam.2025-11-30