Close-up photograph of a dark polished stone Nandi bull statue, its carved face with an eye, ear and grooved headdress visible. A bare hand with a gold bangle rests on the statue's head, and a white smear of paste or ash marks its forehead. Blurred green foliage fills the background. No a person candidate is visible; the only person shown is a hand. - Nithyanandapedia

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Close-up photograph of a dark polished stone Nandi bull statue, its carved face with an eye, ear and grooved headdress visible. A bare hand with a gold bangle rests on the statue's head, and a white smear of paste or ash marks its forehead. Blurred green foliage fills the background. No a person candidate is visible; the only person shown is a hand.

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A black stone Nandi bull statue, carved with a head ornament and a horizontal white marking on its forehead, is garlanded with yellow marigolds, red flowers and green grass around its neck. A hand in an orange-clad sleeve, wearing a wristwatch, places a yellow offering on the statue's brow. The out-of-focus figure at right wears orange robes, and a person in white stands in the background among palm trees.

A dark grey stone Nandi bull head sculpture is the central subject, adorned with a white-painted forehead marking and garlands of yellow marigolds and red flowers with green grass. A hand with a gold bangle rests on the sculpture's head, touching the forehead marking. To the right, a figure in orange robes stands, and a person in white is partly visible in the background among palm trees.

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A dark stone Nandi bull statue is the main subject, its carved head with a decorated headband and a white paste mark on the forehead. Marigold and red flower garlands and green grass hang around its neck. A hand in orange robe sleeve, wearing a bangle, rests on the statue's head applying the paste. Beside it, a woman in white clothing with a bead necklace looks on, and a silver plate holding white paste sits at the right edge. Palm trees form the blurred background.

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A dark stone Nandi bull statue, its head and horns draped with yellow and red flower garlands and green grass, is anointed on the forehead with white paste by a hand of a man in an orange saffron robe, who holds a silver plate of white powder in his other hand. Behind the statue, a woman in a white sari with a red border and a young companion in white stand watching. Palm trees and greenery form the background.

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Close view of a dark stone nandi bull statue with water pouring over its head and face, spraying droplets in the air. Green palm fronds fill the background and an orange cloth edge appears at the upper right. The statue is a deity murti in outdoor abhishekam-style bathing, with no people visible.

Close view of a dark stone Nandi bull head, a sacred bull sculpture, with a white-marked forehead and a small yellow offering placed between its horns. A hand adorned with a bangle reaches in from the upper right, its wrist covered in yellow powder or turmeric. The bull is garlanded with yellow marigolds, red flowers and green leaves, and an orange-robed arm appears at the right edge. Palm trees blur in the background. The scene suggests Nandi puja ritual worship during an outdoor ceremony.

Close view of a dark grey stone Nandi bull head sculpture being anointed during a ritual. A bare hand with bangles and a ring presses a small round yellow substance. Yellow marigold garlands and green leaves are draped on the left, and red flowers lie at the base. On the right, a person in orange robes holds a brass plate of red kumkum powder, and a figure in white stands beside them. Palm trees blur in the background.

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