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A bronze murti of a multi-armed seated deity, identified by its iconography as Murugan Valli Devasena with a peacock and a shrine backdrop of peacock-feather patterns, is being bathed with yellow liquid poured from a brass vessel held by a human arm entering from the upper left. Yellow turmeric-coloured liquid runs down the statue's head, torso, yellow cloth and base. The deity holds multiple hand-implements and sits on a stepped stone pedestal. The scene reads as an abhishekam ritual. No physical people are fully visible beyond the pouring arm.

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