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A photograph of a Bhikshatanamurthy Abhishekam ritual during the a person Paramashiva Brahmotsavam, Day 8. In the foreground a priest with a white horizontal tilak and white-smeared chest, wearing an orange shawl with rudraksha and bead necklaces, pours or offers liquid from a metal vessel toward a golden bronze deity murti of Bhikshatanamurthy standing before an ornate gilded arch with trident-like staff and a cupped hand. A second bronze figure below holds a large offering bowl on its raised hands. The background is gold latticed metalwork with ornamental carvings.

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