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A 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.

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A 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 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.2025-12-02KAILASA SALEM On December 2, 20252025-12-02 +1 copiesA 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.2025-12-02A 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 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 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.2025-12-02KAILASA DHUMBARAI, NEPAL on 12/7/20202020-12-07A 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.2025-08-01A 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 three small statues on a stone platform being bathed in a ritual abhishekam. A hand at the top left pours a white liquid from a metal vessel over the central figure, a four-armed deity murti with a tall crown, white-painted body and gold ornaments, standing on a square pedestal. To its left is a smaller bronze-toned male figure with a shaved head and bare chest, and to its right a female figure in an orange draped garment with a crown. White milk-like liquid pools around the bases. Behind them a purple brocade cloth with gold motifs covers an altar, with garlanded deity images, brass vessels and a gold-trimmed pedestal in the background.2025-08-01A hand holding a brown clay pot pours white milk over a small bronze-coloured deity statue draped in orange cloth. The statue stands on a square pedestal and a second bronze figure stands beside it on the left. Milk runs down over both pedestals onto a brass tray below. In the background a purple brocade cloth with gold motifs covers a table, with flower garlands in red, orange, yellow and green hanging nearby, a gold ornamental arch, and a brass urn on a stepped base. A framed portrait on the right shows a man in a dark costume against a dark backdrop, labelled as a portrait rather than a person present in the scene. The scene reflects abhishekam, a ritual bathing of the deity.2025-08-01