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Close photo of a dark stone Nandi bull statue receiving abhishekam, with a brass vessel tilted over its head and liquid running down. Only a hand and forearm of an unseen person are visible, wearing beaded bracelets and a red garment. Incense smoke rises from a stick at the lower left. A second dark stone pedestal sits beside the bull on a yellow cloth. Background is a yellow wall with brick trim and small figurines on a shelf.

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Photo 82874502022-06-25Close photograph of a dark stone Nandi bull statue being bathed in milk during a Nandi abhishekam. A hand in the upper right, with a bare forearm, pours white milk from a golden vessel over the bull's head, neck and back, and the liquid runs down its ornate carved collar. Incense smoke rises in the background. Beside the bull is a dark stone lingam pedestal, and a red cloth hangs on the right against a yellow wall. Two small figurines are visible on a ledge at the top left. No people are visible except the hand.2022-06-25 +1 copiesPhoto 82854752022-06-11 +1 copiesKAILASA HOUSTON, USA on 6/11/20222022-06-11 +1 copiesPhoto 82891882022-06-11 +1 copiesA close photograph of a devotee's hands, wearing beaded bracelets on the wrist, pouring white milk from a brass pot over a dark stone Nandi bull statue during abhishekam. The milk streams down the bull's head, neck and body, and a second dark stone vessel sits on a yellow cloth to the right. The background is blurred with a red-and-yellow hanging and a dark cabinet.2022-06-25 +1 copiesPhoto 82881222022-06-11 +1 copiesA dark stone Nandi bull statue sits on a white cloth-covered platform being bathed in milk or abhishekam. A bare forearm wearing red and green bangles and a red thread tied at the wrist pours liquid from a brass vessel over the statue, which streams down its body. Red flower petals scatter on the platform. Behind it hangs a red cloth and a brass pole, and a second dark lingam-style stone base sits to the right. This depicts Nandi abhishekam, a ritual washing of the sacred bull. No person's face or a person depiction is visible.2024-08-30Photo 82896922022-06-25 +1 copiesA photograph of a black stone Nandi bull statue, glossy and wet, seated on a dark granite platform during abhishekam. A hand wearing red-and-gold bangles and green glass bangles pours water from a copper vessel onto the Nandi, and a Shivalinga stands behind it on the same platform. Behind them a red satin cloth hangs from a pole, and a portrait of a person in saffron robes with a garland and crown-like headwear appears on a table draped with gold-bordered fabric. Framed pictures hang on the yellow wall, and a row of small dolls sits on a shelf at the back.2024-08-31Photo 99223092022-05-27 +1 copiesA close view of a dark stone Nandi bull statue with carved harness, bead-and-rope collar and ornate chest decoration, seated on a rectangular plinth in a shallow stone-tiled basin. A thin stream of liquid pours from above onto the bull's back. A hand holding a thread or rope is at the top edge, and a person in white dhoti with a maroon border stands behind. A black stone shivalinga stands at left, and red patterned rugs are on the floor.2024-02-07