A photograph of a shaved-headed priest, seen from behind and bare-chested, wearing a white dhoti with a gold border, pouring water from a copper kalasha onto a large black stone Ganesha murti. The murti sits in a gold-framed arched niche with a small gold and red Ganesha figure at its base. The water runs down the dark statue during abhishekam. - Nithyanandapedia

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A photograph of a shaved-headed priest, seen from behind and bare-chested, wearing a white dhoti with a gold border, pouring water from a copper kalasha onto a large black stone Ganesha murti. The murti sits in a gold-framed arched niche with a small gold and red Ganesha figure at its base. The water runs down the dark statue during abhishekam.

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