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A priest seen from behind and partly at left, bare-shouldered with a wrapped orange-saffron cloth, sandalwood marks on his skin and an orange rudraksha mala, pours or smears a milky white offering over a golden metal murti of Bhikshatanamurthy. The gilded deity, holding a trident and a small drum-like object, is coated in white abhishekam substance on head, chest and waist. Behind it is an ornate gold and mirrored backdrop, and a bronze bowl sits at lower right. A caption reads Bhikshatanamurthy Abhishekam, Nithyanandeshwara Paramashiva Brahmotsavam - Day 8.

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