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A dark stone Nandi bull statue sits on a white cloth-covered platform being bathed in milk or abhishekam. A bare forearm wearing red and green bangles and a red thread tied at the wrist pours liquid from a brass vessel over the statue, which streams down its body. Red flower petals scatter on the platform. Behind it hangs a red cloth and a brass pole, and a second dark lingam-style stone base sits to the right. This depicts Nandi abhishekam, a ritual washing of the sacred bull. No person's face or a person depiction is visible.

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