Close photograph of an abhishekam being performed on a small dark stone Ganesha murti seated on a square base. A bare hand with a gold bangle pours a milky white liquid from above over the figure's head and trunk, which runs down onto a green leaf-plate beneath it. Behind is a dark carved stone surface with arched relief panels. No people's faces are visible; only the hand and wrist are shown. - Nithyanandapedia

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Close photograph of an abhishekam being performed on a small dark stone Ganesha murti seated on a square base. A bare hand with a gold bangle pours a milky white liquid from above over the figure's head and trunk, which runs down onto a green leaf-plate beneath it. Behind is a dark carved stone surface with arched relief panels. No people's faces are visible; only the hand and wrist are shown.

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Close-up photo of a dark polished stone Ganesha murti, seated, being bathed with a stream of water poured from a hand wearing a gold bracelet. The murti rests on a green leaf-shaped plate with white granules and yellow petals. Dark carved wooden panels stand in the background. A visible hand is the only person; the pouring is part of an abhishekam ritual.

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Close-up photo of a hand pouring a thin golden-yellow liquid over a dark green stone Ganesha murti seated on a green leaf-shaped tray. The hand wears a gold bangle and the figure has a gold-rimmed halo behind it, against a dark carved stone wall. This shows an abhishekam being offered to the Ganesha deity murti.

Close-up photograph of a dark, glossy stone Ganesha murti being bathed in a liquid poured from a brass vessel held by a hand wearing a thin gold bangle. The yellowish liquid streams over the deity's head and trunk onto a green leaf and a shallow green dish, consistent with an abhishekam offering. No swami or other person's face is visible.

Close photo of a small dark metal Ganesha murti seated on a green-and-gold tray in front of a carved dark stone wall with smoke from incense rising across the frame. A person's hand, blurred, reaches in from the lower left to touch or adjust the murti. The murti has a red tilak mark on its trunk-side face and a golden halo behind its head. Incense smoke drifts in the upper left.

A large black stone Ganesha murti sits in a gilded arched niche with a green backdrop, seated on a dark pedestal. A hand in a gold bangle pours milk from a gold kalasha vessel over the deity, and white milk flows across the dark base and onto the red-brown floor. A small pale figure in front is also being bathed with the flowing milk, consistent with abhishekam. No people are visible except the hand and forearm of the one pouring.

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A screenshot of a phone messaging app, with status bar and chat header reading Geetha Namah and '35 minutes ago', showing a black stone Ganesha murti being bathed in an abhishekam. A person's hands, one holding a brass pot, pour water over the deity's head and trunk, with water running down the dark stone. Orange vermilion marks and an om symbol appear on the forehead and trunk. Behind the murti is an ornate gold-toned arch. No visible person's face is shown, and no one is identified.

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A dark stone murti of Lord Ganesha, the elephant-headed deity, receives abhishekam as water is poured over it. A priest's arm enters from the left holding a copper pot that pours water over the head, while his other palm catches the flow. The black stone figure has multiple arms and bears orange-yellow tilak marks on the forehead and trunk, with a pink flower placed atop the head. The murti sits within an ornate gold-colored arch set against a reddish-brown granite wall. Water runs down the statue onto a dark stone base. No people are fully visible beyond the priest's arm.

A bare-chested priest in a white dhoti pours water from a brass kalasha over a black stone Ganesha murti during an abhishekam. Water cascades down the dark polished sculpture, which has an elephant head, a tilak mark and a gold-trimmed arch behind it. The priest wears an orange rudraksha mala and white sacred ash on his shoulder, and his face is turned downward toward the deity.