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A twelve-panel collage of photographs showing a golden-coloured statue figure with a bare chest, purple-brown lower cloth and raised right hand, against a red velvet backdrop. Across the panels, liquids are poured over the statue: milk-white and yellow liquids run down its body, and a hand holds a brass bowl beneath it. The final panel shows the statue dressed with a tall ornate crown, a garland of white flowers, a multicoloured sash, and an oil lamp with smoke rising beside it. The statue is a figure, not a physical person, and no living people are clearly visible.

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Photo 66787892022-08-03A six-panel collage of a golden statue being bathed in abhishekam liquids against a deep red velvet backdrop. The statue is a standing male figure with raised right palm and open left hand, dressed in a yellow dhoti with red border. In the panels, milk, yogurt or water pours over it, and in one panel a garland of flowers is draped at the chest and the dhoti is white with a gold border. In the bottom right panel a white-clad hand holds a lit oil lamp with multiple flames before the statue, which wears a crown, a multi-strand gold necklace and flower garlands. A white-clad devotee's arm and dhoti appear at the left edge of several panels. The images depict a Varsha Kumbhabhishekam ritual at a temple.2022-03-01Photo 82912552022-08-03 +1 copiesGraphic collage of four photographs of a gilded, bare-chested standing statue with raised right hand and open left hand, dressed in a red and purple wrap. Liquid abhishekam is poured over the figure, with colours ranging from red to yellow and orange. Red velvet drapes form the backdrop, and a partial figure in cream fabric stands at the left edge of two panels. The statue shows no physical people, so this is a depiction of a sculpted figure in a temple setting.2022-08-30 +1 copiesA golden statue of a seated or standing male figure, bare-chested with a dark wrapped lower garment, receives a liquid pour from a brass or gold vessel held by a hand entering from the upper left, as an abhishekam ritual. The golden figure has a raised right hand in abhaya mudra and a left hand open at its side, and a bangle is visible on one wrist. Water or milk runs down over the head, chest and shoulders. The background is a deep red velvet curtain. No physical person's face is visible apart from the pouring hand; the figure is a statue, so it is not counted as a person.2022-06-10A photograph of a large standing statue of a bald, smiling sage with blue-painted eyes, bare-chested and draped in a golden-yellow dhoti, with the right hand raised in abhaya mudra. Water flows down over the statue during an abhishekam, streaming from above and down the front of the figure. A smaller gold-coloured figure of a child-sized devotee stands at the base beside a white pedestal. A red velvet curtain forms the backdrop. At the left edge, a partly visible person in white silk dhoti with gold border and a gold chain holds a vessel pouring liquid. This is a murti being bathed in a ritual, not a living person.2022-07-12 +1 copiesA golden-coloured statue of a bare-chested male figure stands against a deep red velvet drape. A hand from the left holds a brass pot pouring a liquid. The statue's right hand is raised in abhaya mudra and the left hand rests open at the side, wearing bangles. The statue is a depiction rather than a person, and no human face is visible beyond the statue.2022-06-09 +1 copiesPhoto 99166942022-08-03 +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 copiesKAILASA HOUSTON, USA on 7/12/20222022-07-12 +1 copiesPhoto 99185412022-07-12 +1 copiesKAILASA HOUSTON, USA on 8/3/20222022-08-03 +1 copies