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A young man in saffron-orange dhoti and bare chest, wearing black-rimmed glasses and a rudraksha mala, pours yellow liquid from a brass pot over a large black stone Nandi bull head decorated with orange, purple and yellow marigold garlands. Liquid splashes down the sculpture. Behind him, blurred figures sit on the ground, including one older person in white and another in white clothing, with a red wall and a flag in the background. This appears to be abhishekam being performed on a Nandi murti outdoors.

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A dark stone Nandi bull statue is being bathed with a stream of yellow liquid poured from a brass vessel held by a bare-chested man wearing thin glasses, a rudraksha mala and an orange dhoti. Yellow droplets scatter over the black stone, which is garlanded with orange and yellow marigolds and purple flowers. Blurred figures in white and orange clothing stand in the background near a red-roofed building and a flagpole.2016-12-18February 26 20172017-02-26A bespectacled young man, bare-chested with a rudraksha mala and bracelets, pours a golden-yellow liquid from a brass pot over a large black stone Nandi bull statue decorated with a garland of yellow and red flowers. Beside him, a bare-chested attendant in an orange dhoti with white markings on the body stands watching. Behind them, red and saffron flags on poles and a crowd of devotees in orange and white clothing fill the outdoor setting, consistent with a Rudra Abhishekam offering to a Nandi statue.2016-12-16October 16 20162016-10-16A photograph of an outdoor abhishekam at a black stone Nandi bull statue garlanded with marigold and multicolour flowers. A bare-chested priest in an orange dhoti with a rudraksha mala and sacred ash marks on his arms and chest pours water from a golden kalasha over the statue's head, and the water splashes down its face. Another person is partly visible at the lower right, and a red flag and green trees are in the background.2016-10-16December 12 20162016-12-12December 19 20162016-12-19December 12 20162016-12-12A photograph of abhishekam being performed on a dark stone Nandi bull statue. A bare-chested man with short dark hair and dark-rimmed glasses, wearing a black sacred thread and a gold bracelet, pours milk from a brass vessel over the statue's head and back. Milk streams down the grey-black stone, and marigold and orange flower garlands lie at the base. The statue is the main subject; the pourer is seen from the shoulders up and partly cropped.2016-12-18December 05 20162016-12-05A photograph of a shaved-headed young priest, bare-chested and wearing an orange dhoti, pouring a stream of yellow liquid from a golden vessel onto a large black stone Nandi bull statue. The priest has white tilak markings on his forehead and arms and wears a rudraksha-style bead necklace and an arm band. Yellow powder or liquid splashes around the bull's head. Red and saffron flags, metal poles and rows of small oil lamps appear in the background.2016-11-24February 26 20172017-02-26