A photograph of an abhishekam ritual in a temple sanctum. A priest on the left, wearing an orange cloth and a rudraksha mala, pours liquid from a vessel over a small brass murti of a deity placed on a red pedestal. Behind the murti sits a larger seated deity figure with a gold halo-like backdrop, draped in an orange cloth and pink garland. Brass vessels and a steel bucket stand in the foreground. - Nithyanandapedia

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A photograph of an abhishekam ritual in a temple sanctum. A priest on the left, wearing an orange cloth and a rudraksha mala, pours liquid from a vessel over a small brass murti of a deity placed on a red pedestal. Behind the murti sits a larger seated deity figure with a gold halo-like backdrop, draped in an orange cloth and pink garland. Brass vessels and a steel bucket stand in the foreground.

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A photograph of a temple shrine during a puja. On the left, a bare-chested young man with tripundra markings on his forehead and arms stands with palms pressed together in namaskar, facing a silver-framed deity murti on a yellow-draped altar. The murti is adorned with a silver backdrop and a small figure is seated at its base. Brass oil lamps stand on either side, and brass bowls with offerings sit on the altar cloth. A sign reading KAILASA ICHAPURAM hangs in the upper right, and an orange cloth covers the shrine's lower part.

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