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Close-up photograph of a wide shallow brass plate filled with white milk, with concentric ripples spreading across its surface from drops falling into it. Behind the plate is a dark stone or metal basin with red-stained edges and a thin stream of liquid. A few white and pink flower petals sit at the plate's right edge. This appears to be a milk offering during a pradosha puja, with the milk poured over a sacred object.

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Close view of a shallow brass plate filled with white milk, with a thin stream of milk pouring down from above onto the surface and forming concentric ripples. Behind it is a dark polished stone or metal base with reddish streaks, and small white flower petals appear at the right edge. This appears to be an abhishekam offering of milk over a sacred object, with no people visible.2007-09-24Close view of a shallow brass or bronze tray filled with white liquid. Dark stone or metal surface behind, with a few faint red marks. Pale flower petals are visible at the right edge of the tray. No people are visible.2007-09-24Close-up photograph of milk pouring over a black stone lingam and flowing into a round metal tray. The white milk pools in a shallow gold-rimmed basin, with ripples spreading from several droplets where streams strike the surface. Small white jasmine-like flowers and a few orange petals rest at the right edge of the tray. No people are visible; the scene shows an abhishekam-style milk offering to a Shiva lingam.2007-09-24Close photo of milk being poured in a steady stream onto a wide, shallow brass or bronze plate filled with white liquid, creating ripples across the surface. Behind the plate a dark stone base with reddish-stained edges and scattered white flower petals are visible on the floor. No people are visible. This appears to be a milk abhishekam offering at a temple shrine.2007-09-24A photograph of milk being poured over a black stone abhishekam base into a wide, shallow brass plate filled with white milk. Milk streams fall from above and ripple across the surface, with small white flowers scattered on the grey stone floor and a few orange petals at the plate's edge. No people are visible.2007-09-24A close photo of milk being poured in a thin stream from above onto a wide, shallow metal tray filled with white liquid that ripples at the point of impact. Small white flower petals lie scattered on the grey stone floor around the tray, and a dark stone base with a reddish lower band rises behind it. No people are visible; the scene suggests an abhishekam offering at a deity murti, with the milk collecting in the plate.2007-09-24December 31 20082008-12-31June 26 20122012-06-26May 11 20122012-05-11May 23rd 20162016-05-23 +1 copiesMilk is poured over a tall white Shiva linga during an abhishekam ritual at night. A person's bare arm, wearing gold bangles, tilts a large brass pot, and white liquid cascades down the stone linga onto its round yoni-pitha base, splashing in droplets. Behind, a second brass vessel is held by a person in white clothing with a saffron-orange cloth, and another white-clad person stands at the right edge beside a bronze object. The setting is an illuminated temple with stone pillars in the background.2007-10-25January 02 20162016-01-02