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Close photograph of golden metal and bronze murtis being bathed in a ritual abhishekam. A human hand holds a small metal implement near the figures. Foreground shows a bearded figure with long swept-back hair, a yellow flower garland and pearl necklace, paired with a crowned goddess figure in a gold-yellow garment with a red tilak. Behind them stand a multi-armed deity holding a trident and another standing figure, all against ornate golden carved panels. Overlay text reads 'devi and swamiji abhishekam | day 5 | rajarajeshwari brahmotsavam' with a copyright line.

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Photo 82868952021-02-28Photo 66791652021-02-28 +1 copiesADIKAILASA on 2/28/20212021-02-28ADIKAILASA on 2/28/20212021-02-28ADIKAILASA on 2/28/20212021-02-28A video frame of a Shatmurthy Abhishekam ritual captioned Nithyanandeshwara Paramashiva Brahmotsavam - Day 6. Golden deity murtis are being bathed: a tall golden male murti with a crown and a golden female murti in a red-orange sari with a flower-decorated head receive water poured from a kalasha-like vessel held by a person whose bare arm, wrist with yellow thread and white-painted hand are visible at the left edge. Water streams down the figures. The person giving the abhishekam is not identifiable as a physical individual in the frame, so no a person candidate is visible.2021-11-15 +1 copiesA golden metal deity murti with a tall crown, red lips and a black dot on the forehead is being bathed with water poured from a hand at upper left. The deity holds a trident and a small vessel, and the background is an ornate gold lattice screen with cut-out quatrefoil windows. A caption at bottom reads devi and swamiji abhishekam, day 3, rajarajeshwari brahmotsavam, with a copyright line above it.2021-02-28ADIKAILASA on 2/17/20212021-02-17ADIKAILASA on 2/17/20212021-02-17Golden metal utsava murtis are being bathed during an abhishekam, with a person's arm pouring liquid from above onto the central figure. The central deity holds a conch, a sword-like staff and a lotus-stem or noose-like implement, wears a tall crown and a yellow dhoti with a green and gold waistband. Flanking murtis, a second deity with a crown and a third figure in yellow cloth stand on a stepped stone platform in an open courtyard. A caption at the bottom reads devi abhishekam, day 2, rajarajeshwari brahmotsavam 2021.2021-02-17ADIKAILASA on 2/11/20222022-02-11Photograph of a shatmurthy abhishekam ritual at Nithyanandeshwara Paramashiva Devalayam, Adi Kailasa. A person's hand, marked with white ash lines, reaches in from the left to touch a gilded metal deity murti of Shiva with a crescent on the crown. Beside it stand smaller gilded murtis, including a child-form figure holding a staff, and a murti draped in a white and gold cloth. A green and gold silk backdrop hangs behind them, and red cloth draped over a murti sits in the foreground. A caption at the bottom reads 'Nithyanandeshwara Paramashiva Devalayam, Adi Kailasa' and 'Shatmurthy Abhishekam || Nithyanandeshwara Paramashiva Brahmotsavam - Day 1'.2021-11-12