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A photograph of a small bronze-toned statue of a bare-chested male figure with a shaved head, standing and raising one hand in a blessing gesture. Its head and upper body are smeared with red and yellow pigment, and a gold-trimmed red cloth is wrapped at the waist. Two brass vessels are tilted above it by hands in the frame, pouring liquid over the figure. Behind it stands an ornate gold-toned carved pillar, and a woman in a magenta silk sari is partly visible at left. The scene reflects an abhishekam, a ritual bathing of a murti. No living person is clearly the subject; the figure is a statue.

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A photograph of a small bronze-toned statue of a standing male figure, shown bare-chested with a red-and-gold dhoti, one hand raised in a blessing gesture, its head and body smeared with red and yellow powder. Two hands above the frame pour from brass vessels, and a gold-ornamented pillar and a pink silk garment appear beside it. Because the figure is a statue rather than a living person, no physical people are counted in the scene beyond the partially visible hands and sari-clad figure at the left edge. Red and yellow powder and oil-like liquid cover the surfaces, indicating an abhishekam, a ritual bathing of a murti.2024-06-24A gilded statue of a standing male figure in a golden ornate frame is being anointed with turmeric-yellow paste on the left half and red paste on the right half, the colours running down the body. The statue wears a long brown-maroon garment and multiple dark rudraksha mala necklaces. A red velvet backdrop sits behind it. Two hands from outside the frame hold brass pots pouring or offering liquid, and a red-and-white garland drapes the top of the frame. The scene is an abhishekam ritual on a deity murti, with the figure shown as a statue rather than a living person.2024-06-24Photo 99184752022-07-12 +1 copiesKAILASA HOUSTON, USA on 8/3/20222022-08-03 +1 copiesA golden statue of a standing sage with a raised right hand and a smiling face is being bathed with milk during an abhishekam. A priest in white dhoti with gold waist cloth and gold armlet pours liquid from a vessel above the statue's head. The statue wears a dark patterned waist cloth and stands before a deep red velvet drape. A smaller golden figure in matching dress stands at its feet on the base. Milk streams down the statue's chest and shoulders, and droplets fly around it.2022-07-12 +1 copiesPhoto 99217732022-07-12 +1 copiesDevotional abhishekam at a KAILASA temple: a standing golden-and-red statue of a robed sage with a rudraksha mala and raised right hand, half its body gold and half red from liquid being poured over it. A smaller golden figure stands at its base. Two women in saris, one magenta and one red, stand on either side pouring from metal vessels above. The black background and gilded frame surround the statue.2024-06-24KAILASA HOUSTON, USA on 7/12/20222022-07-12 +1 copiesA photograph of a large standing statue of a bare-chested male figure being anointed with a yellowish liquid during an abhishekam. The statue's right hand is raised in abhaya mudra and its left hand extends outward, with a rudraksha-style bead bracelet on the wrist. It wears a dark reddish-brown dhoti-like cloth covered in glistening liquid. A smaller statue of a similar figure with a red tilak stands at its right side, also anointed. A red velvet curtain forms the backdrop. A hand from above pours or touches the head of the large statue, and a small white item sits on the base at the bottom.2022-08-03 +1 copiesPhoto 82838292022-08-03 +1 copiesPhoto 82910332022-07-12 +1 copiesPhoto 99200932022-08-03 +1 copies