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Night photograph of a priest performing an offering before a large golden murti in an ornate golden arch. The priest is bare-chested with white sacred ash markings, wearing an orange dhoti and beaded necklaces, and holds a lit flame against the murti's head. The gold statue is seated with a tall crown and a red mark on the forehead; it is a deity murti, not a living person. Dark foliage is behind. Caption at bottom reads Nithyanandeshwara Paramashiva Devalayam, Adi KAILASA, Navaratri 2021, Day 8 - Abhishekam to SPH Nithyananda Paramashivam's Mula Vigraha.

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October 14 20212021-10-14A photograph of a night ritual at an outdoor shrine. On the left, a shirtless man in an orange dhoti and orange cloth over his shoulder, with white vibhuti lines on his forehead and arms and rudraksha/beaded bracelets on his wrist, holds an oil lamp (aarti) toward a large gold-coloured deity murti seated within an ornate golden arch. The murti wears a tall crown, a red tilak mark, and a gold necklace. The scene is lit by the flame of the lamp against a dark background. The caption identifies the setting as Nithyanandeshwara Paramashiva Devalayam, Adi KAILASA, and the event as Navaratri 2021, Day 7, Abhishekam to a person's Mula Vigraha. One person is visible.2021-10-13A golden-toned Shiva murti stands in a gilded arched shrine against a dark background, with a tall conical crown, a ringed necklace and an upraised hand. A priest in orange ritual cloth, bare-chested with white sacred ash marks, reaches up at the left edge to pour a liquid offering over the head of the murti, as in an abhishekam. The gilded frame has floral and scroll carvings, and the scene is lit by night lighting. Printed captions read Nithyanandeshwara Paramashiva Devalayam, Adi KAILASA and Navaratri 2021, Day 8 - Abhishekam to SPH Nithyananda Paramashivam's Mula Vigraha.2021-10-14A photograph of an abhishekam at night. A priest in orange-saffron dhoti and shawl, bare-chested with white tilak marks on his arms and chest, pours milk from a white conch shell over a large dark stone murti. The murti wears a tall crown, ornate necklace and ear ornaments, with gold-tinted sheen, set within an ornate gold arch. Rudraksha malas hang around the priest's neck and wrists. Dark foliage stands behind. The scene is labelled Navaratri 2021, Day 7 abhishekam to the Mula Vigraha of Nithyanandeshwara Paramashiva Devalayam, Adi KAILASA.2021-10-13A golden-yellow Shiva murti with a tall conical crown and ornate necklaces is being bathed with a liquid poured from a silver vessel during an abhishekam at Nithyanandeshwara Paramashiva Devalayam, Adi KAILASA. A bare-chested priest in an orange dhoti and rudraksha mala stands at left, holding the pot, with white ash markings on his arms and chest. Gold-framed arches surround the murti against a dark background. The image is a photograph; the only people visible are the priest, and the murti is a statue, not a person.2021-10-13A golden statue of a deity, the Mula Vigraha, is shown at night in a gilded arched shrine with ornate metal framing. The statue wears a tall conical crown, a red tilak mark on the forehead, a layered necklace and a broad ornamented collar. A hand holding a brass oil lamp with a large flame enters from the left, performing aarti. The dark background sets off the glowing gold. The caption reads Navaratri 2021 Day 8 abhishekam to the Mula Vigraha at Nithyanandeshwara Paramashiva Devalayam, Adi KAILASA. No people are fully visible; only the lamp-holding hand and forearm appear.2021-10-14October 13 20212021-10-13A night-time abhishekam at Nithyanandeshwara Paramashiva Devalayam, Adi KAILASA. A shirtless priest in an orange dhoti and orange shawl, with a white vibhuti line on his forehead and rudraksha-style beaded bracelets and malas, pours liquid from a golden vessel over the head of a dark stone murti of a deity seated under a golden arch. The murti wears a tall crown and ornate necklaces, and water runs down its face and chest. Dark foliage surrounds the gilded shrine.2021-10-13A photograph of an abhishekam being performed at night before a dark stone murti of Shiva, shown as a standing bust with a tall crown, ornate necklaces and armlets, and a raised right hand. A priest with a bare torso and orange dhoti stands at left, pouring liquid from a conch-like vessel over the murti's head, with white sacred ash marks on his arms and chest and beaded bracelets on his wrist. Gold-painted arch frames surround the murti and dark foliage appears behind. The caption reads Nithyanandeshwara Paramashiva Devalayam, Adi KAILASA, Navaratri 2021, Day 7 - Abhishekam to SPH Nithyananda Paramashivam's Mula Vigraha.2021-10-13October 14 20212021-10-14October 14 20212021-10-14November 04 20212021-11-04