A bare-chested man in an orange dhoti, seen from behind, pours or smears a yellowish liquid onto a dark stone Nandi bull statue with a studded collar, performing abhishekam. He wears a rudraksha mala around his neck and a sacred thread over his shoulder, with white ash marks on his upper arm. Blurred seated devotees in white fill the red-tiered background of an outdoor setting. - Nithyanandapedia

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A bare-chested man in an orange dhoti, seen from behind, pours or smears a yellowish liquid onto a dark stone Nandi bull statue with a studded collar, performing abhishekam. He wears a rudraksha mala around his neck and a sacred thread over his shoulder, with white ash marks on his upper arm. Blurred seated devotees in white fill the red-tiered background of an outdoor setting.

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