Skip to content
Nithyanandapedia
Close photo of an abhishekam being performed on a small shivalinga and bronze deity murti group on a white cloth with an orange-and-gold patterned border. A hand holding a silver vessel pours water in a stream over the lingam, and a bronze standing deity murti with a tall crown stands beside the lingam. Gold bangles are visible on the wrist, and a yellow flower lies at the lower edge. No people are fully visible besides the hand and arm.

More like this

Open the gallery
September 16 20132013-09-16 +1 copiesSeptember 16 20132013-09-16Close photo of a rudra abhishekam being performed on a white tray lined with a red and gold brocade cloth. A thin stream of liquid pours from above onto a small blue lingam with a yoni base, surrounded by brass deity figurines including a standing goddess figure, a seated deity and a small ganesha-like figure. A hand wearing gold bangles and a red-and-gold beaded bracelet holds a silver rod near the tray, with a yellow flower at the bottom edge. Only partial limbs of a single person are visible, so no full person is shown. Dark stone object at right.2013-09-16Close photograph of a ritual abhishekam in progress. A small bronze deity murti stands on a pedestal at centre, with water streaming down over it from overhead steel-rod channels onto a white tray. Around it are small bronze figurines and a grey-blue stone shivalinga-form object, with an orange and gold brocade cloth at the back. A person's hand wearing gold bangles is visible at the left edge, and another hand holds a brass vessel at the top left. No faces are visible and no person is identifiable, so no a person candidate is present.2013-09-16Photograph of a Rudra abhishekam in progress: water or milk pours from a steel pipe onto a small group of brass deity murtis and a blue-grey shivalinga arranged on a white tray. A standing bronze deity figure with a tall topknot stands at centre on a lotus-style pedestal, surrounded by smaller brass figures. An orange and gold brocade cloth lies behind the tray. In the foreground, a hand wearing a gold bangle and gold-clad arm are visible at left, with a gold-embroidered garment at lower right.2013-09-16 +1 copiesAugust 19 20132013-08-19A ritual abhishekam on a silver tray filled with milk. A stream of white liquid pours from a silver vessel held by a hand at the right edge, flowing over a dark grey Shiva lingam set on a stepped black yoni-peetha base. Around it stand small bronze murti figures, including a standing deity holding a lamp, a multi-armed deity figure, a bronze nandi-like bull, a kalasha-like ritual object and a seated figure. Dark grey stones lie among them. An orange patterned cloth lies behind the tray, with a polished silver bowl in the upper background. No people are visible apart from the hand. The scene shows a milk abhishekam performed on the deity murtis.2013-09-30Close photograph of an abhishekam being performed on a set of small bronze deity murtis and a dark stone shivalinga on a tray. A clear pipe pours a white liquid. Hands in view hold the pipe, and the lower corner shows a saffron-coloured garment. A red and gold cloth covers the tray, with a yellow flower at the bottom edge.2013-09-16Photograph of an abhishekam in progress at a small metal murti group on a white-draped platform. A bronze standing deity murti with a tall crown stands at centre, beside a dark grey Shivalinga and several small bronze figures and a silver kalasha-like vessel. Water or milk pours from above over the murtis, which sit on a white cloth with a red and gold border. Blurred gold-bangled hands of an attendant appear at the left and right edges, and a yellow flower lies at the lower right. No people are clearly visible as full figures.2013-09-16 +1 copiesSeptember 16 20132013-09-16A close view of an abhishekam being performed on a small bronze deity murti standing on a pedestal at the centre of a white-draped ritual platform. Milk or liquid streams down from above through silver pipes, and surrounding figurines, a dark black lingam with a shiny base, and a small dark stone stand around the central image. An orange and gold cloth lies behind the platform, and a blurred hand appears at the left edge. No people are clearly visible beyond the hand, and no identifiable person is shown.2013-09-16Close photo of a bronze abhishekam scene: a small standing bronze deity murti with a tall topknot stands on a pedestal beside a dark shiva lingam on a white-draped platform, surrounded by smaller bronze figures and a bull figure. Water pours in streams from above, running over the murti and lingam through clear metal channels, with an orange-and-gold cloth in the background. No physical people are clearly visible apart from a partially visible hand at the left edge.2013-09-16