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Photograph of an abhishekam being performed on a gilded bhikshatanamurthy murti. A golden dwarf-like figure with raised arms, ornate armbands and a waist belt holds a large bowl overhead while milky liquid pours over its face and torso. A human hand in a white-banded wrist pours from the left edge. Gold-toned temple pillars and carved panels fill the background. Caption at bottom reads Bhikshatanamurthy Abhishekam, Nithyanandeshwara Paramashiva Brahmotsavam - Day 8. No people are visible in the frame apart from a partial hand.

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November 17 20212021-11-17A photograph of an abhishekam being performed on a golden bhikshatanamurthy deity murti, a figure of a kneeling/standing ascetic holding a large ornate bowl overhead. Liquid is poured over the figure from a vessel held by a priest whose forearm bears white sacred ash markings, and milky liquid streams down past the figure's bangles and waist cloth. Golden pillars and carved gilded panels form the background, and a caption at the bottom reads Bhikshatanamurthy Abhishekam / Nithyanandeshwara Paramashiva Brahmorsavam - Day 8.2021-11-17 +1 copiesNovember 17 20212021-11-17 +1 copiesNovember 17 20212021-11-17 +1 copiesNovember 17 20212021-11-17 +1 copiesA photograph of an abhishekam being performed on a small gold-toned bronze murti of a standing boy-form figure holding a bowl, set on a lotus-shaped pedestal. A priest in orange-red dhoti and wrap with a coral-beaded necklace and a bracelet pours liquid from a silver vessel over the figure, with liquid droplets flying. Flower petals lie scattered on the stone base, and large gold-toned pillar-like legs of a larger deity statue stand behind. The caption on the image reads Bhikshatanamurthy Abhishekam, Nithyanandeshwara Paramashiva Brahmotsavam - Day 8. No physical audience is visible; the priest's face is not shown.2021-11-17 +1 copiesA photograph of a temple abhishekam. A priest with his back to the camera, wearing an orange wrap and a rudraksha-style bead garland, raises a silver vessel high while pouring liquid over a gilded deity murti of Shiva holding a trident and a small bowl, with a serpent coiled at its waist. The murti is streaked with white and milky liquid. Behind it are ornate gold repousse panels and blue and green lattice cutouts; a bronze lamp stands at lower right. The priest has white ash marks on his arms. A caption reads Bhikshatanamurthy Abhishekam, Nithyanandeshwara Paramashiva Brahmotsavam - Day 8.2021-11-17 +1 copiesNovember 17 20212021-11-17 +1 copiesNovember 17 20212021-11-17 +1 copiesNovember 17 20212021-11-17 +1 copiesNovember 17 20212021-11-17 +1 copiesNovember 17 20212021-11-17 +1 copies