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A priest with his back to the camera pours milk from a silver vessel over a dark stone Dakshinamurthy murti seated against a saffron-orange draped backdrop. The priest, bare-shouldered, wears an orange cloth over his shoulder, a rudraksha-style bead mala, and white sacred ash markings on his upper arms; he holds the vessel high with both hands. Milk streams down the seated figure, which holds a cin mudra gesture and a small drum, with a gilded ornate arch framing the scene. Caption reads Guru Peyerchi, Adi Kailasa Nithyananda Sarvanjna Peetham, Dakshinamurthy Abhishekam, Sacred bath. Ritual abhishekam for Guru Peyarchi.

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