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A yellow-coloured abhishekam being poured over a dark stone Shiva lingam with a carved face-like upper section and a red and gold cloth draped at its base. A hand holding a silver vessel pours the yellow liquid down over the carved head. Flanking carved dark stone shrine elements and a gold brocade backdrop frame the scene. The image is a photograph of a ritual at the Nithyanandeshwara Paramashiva Devalayam at Adi KAILASA, captioned as Navaratri 2021 Day 3, Rajarajeshwari Shodasha Dravya Abhishekam and Kalasha Yatra. No people are visible beyond the pouring hand.

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Photograph of a ritual abhishekam at Nithyanandeshwara Paramashiva Devalayam, Adi KAILASA, during Navaratri Day 3. A stone or metal murti of a deity with a tall crown or headdress is being poured over with thick yellow liquid. A hand holding a silver or metallic vessel is visible at the upper left. Dark carved stone surrounds the figure, and warm lamplight glows at the edges.2021-10-09October 11 20212021-10-11October 09 20212021-10-09October 09 20212021-10-09October 09 20212021-10-09October 09 20212021-10-09A photograph of an abhishekam being performed on a green-coated deity murti of Shiva's head and upper body. A hand in the upper left pours yellow liquid from a silver-and-gold vessel with engraved floral patterns, and the liquid streams down the face and head of the murti. The murti is draped in a red cloth and flanked by dark green carved stone elements, with a gold-and-red patterned fabric backdrop. Lower caption reads Nithyanandeshwara Paramashiva Devalayam, Adi KAILASA, and Navaratri 2021, Day 5 - Rajarajeshwari Shodasha Dravya Abhishekam & Kalasha Yatra. No swami is visible; only a hand is shown.2021-10-11A photograph of a ritual abhishekam being performed on a dark stone deity murti crowned and draped in red fabric. A priest in an orange-red dhoti and cloth, with rudraksha malas on his arms and chest and white tilak markings, pours yellow liquid from a small metal vessel over the murti's head and face. Golden embroidered hangings frame the scene behind the murti, which is covered in yellow-green liquid. The setting is the Nithyanandeshwara a person Devalayam at Adi KAILASA during Navaratri Day 3, Rajarajeshwari Shodasha Dravya Abhishekam and Kalasha Yatra.2021-10-09A photograph of an abhishekam being performed on a dark green stone murti of a deity with a tall crown, its face covered in yellow liquid poured from a decorated silver vessel held by a pair of hands at upper left. The murti wears a red and orange draped cloth, and yellow-orange floral fabric hangs behind it. Caption text identifies the setting as Nithyanandeshwara Paramashiva Devalayam, Adi KAILASA, during Navaratri 2021, Day 5, Rajarajeshwari Shodasha Dravya Abhishekam and Kalasha Yatra. No people are visible apart from the hands.2021-10-11A green-yellow turmeric-coated deity murti with a tall crown is being bathed in abhishekam at Nithyanandeshwara Paramashiva Devalayam, Adi KAILASA, during Navaratri Day 6. A person's arm with white paint markings and beaded wrist malas pours liquid from a vessel above the statue. Gold and red brocade cloth and a green cloth draped around the murti form the backdrop, and dark stone carvings frame the lower right.2021-10-12October 11 20212021-10-11October 09 20212021-10-09