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Close photo of a black stone Nagalingam-style sculpture with a carved cobra hood being bathed in a flowing yellow liquid. Red flower petals rest on the figure and on a shallow tray below. Several similar black stone sculptures stand blurred in the background beside orange-lit items. No people are clearly visible except a hand; no a person candidate is visible.

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KAILASA SEATTLE, USA on 7/17/20212021-07-17KAILASA SEATTLE, USA on 3/20/20212021-03-20KAILASA SEATTLE, USA on 3/20/20212021-03-20 +2 copiesA dark stone deity murti standing on a black granite base with orange-red sandalwood or kumkum paste at its feet is being bathed with water. A hand with a gold bangle pours water from a brass vessel above the figure, and water streams down over the statue. The murti wears a cobra hood overhead and stands beside an animal figure, with another dark sculpture partly visible at right against a maroon curtain. This is a stone abhishekam in progress, with no people visible except the pouring hand.2022-01-31Photo 82899912022-07-27 +1 copiesKAILASA SAN JOSE, USA on 5/1/20222022-05-01 +1 copiesKAILASA HOUSTON, USA on 1/31/20222022-01-31Photo 66792632022-08-26 +1 copiesClose photograph of a dark stone deity murti being bathed with milky liquid during abhishekam. A human hand wearing a gold ring holds a brass vessel pouring the liquid over the statue. The murti has a tall conical crown, a red tilak on the forehead, ornate necklaces and armlets, and hands held in front of the chest. Milky streams run down its body and over the rocky pedestal behind it. No people are visible apart from the hand.2022-01-31Close photo of an abhishekam in progress: a hand at upper right pours liquid from a yellow vessel over dark stone deity murti, one standing four-armed figure with a tall conical crown and a smaller companion figure behind it. Liquid streams down the figures onto a reddish-brown base and a wet dark platform. Red drapery forms the background. No people are visible apart from the pouring hand.2022-07-27 +1 copiesKAILASA HOUSTON, USA on 7/27/20222022-07-27 +1 copiesClose-up photograph of a dark black stone deity murti being bathed during abhishekam, with white liquid poured over its crowned head and shoulders from a vessel held above by a person whose bare arm with a thin rose-gold bracelet is visible at the right edge. Ornate carved details, a tall crown-like headdress and a necklace are visible on the murti. Behind it, a printed portrait of a bearded man with raised hand and a red-and-gold garland hangs against a yellow wall. No other physical people are clearly visible beyond the pouring hand and arm.2022-01-31