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Close photo of a gilded bronze utsava murti of a seated deity with a tall crown and a companion figure beside it, under an ornate golden arch. A silver vessel pours water in a thin stream over the figures during abhishekam. The deities wear white dhoti-style cloth with gold borders and the front figure holds a drum-shaped instrument. Background is dark with blurred people in orange at the edge. Ritual bathing of a processional deity image.

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Close photograph of a gilded metal murti of Shiva and Parvati seated together on a pedestal within an ornate golden arch. Water from a silver vessel held above pours over the figures during abhishekam. Shiva holds a damaru drum and Parvati a stem-like object, both figures draped in white cloth with gold borders. In the right foreground a person in orange robes stands, partly visible. The background is dark and blurred with a few soft red lights.2011-11-10Close photograph of a gilded metal murti of Shiva seated with Parvati, both wearing white dhoti and cloth with gold borders, Shiva holding a drum and a hand raised in blessing, Parvati holding a small instrument. Water or milk is being poured from a silver vessel held by a figure in orange robes at the upper right, flowing down over the deities in an abhishekam. Dark background with blurred figures in white behind.2011-11-10November 10 20112011-11-10November 10 20112011-11-10November 10 20112011-11-10A photograph of gilded metal murti of a seated deity with a smaller standing consort figure, set within an ornate golden arched frame. A hand holds a silver conch-shaped vessel pouring a thin stream of liquid over the murti, indicating abhishekam. The seated figure holds a trident and a drum-like object; the standing figure wears a white dhoti with gold border. Blurred figures in white clothes and a green draped table appear in the background at night.2011-11-10November 10 20112011-11-10Close photograph of a bronze-coloured metal utsava murti of a seated deity with a pointed crown and a companion figure beside it, being bathed with milk from a silver pot held by a hand in an orange garment at upper right. The statues are wet and dripping, draped in white cloth, with a fragment of offering at the base. This is an abhishekam ritual. Blurred background; no person's face is visible, and the statue is not a living person.2011-11-10November 10 20112011-11-10Close photograph of a gilded bronze utsava murti of Shiva and Parvati seated together on a decorated vahana-style base, with water or milk being poured from a silver vessel above onto the figures during abhishekam. The deity forms wear white cloth and gold-toned ornaments; the Shiva figure holds a damaru drum and the Parvati figure holds a lotus-like object. The background is dark with blurred warm lights. No physical people are visible in the frame, only statues.2011-11-10Close photo of a gilt metal deity murti pair seated on a pedestal inside an ornate arched frame, one figure with a trident-like staff and a drum, the other with a seated pose, draped in white cloth with gold borders. Above, a man in a saffron-orange dhoti with a gold-bead necklace pours liquid from a silver vessel onto the murti in an abhishekam. Blurred background of people.2011-11-10Close photo of a gilt metal deity murti pair seated on a pedestal, being bathed during abhishekam. A pair of hands pours water from a brass kalasha-style vessel over the head of the taller figure, which wears a tall crown, jewelled ornaments and holds a drum-like instrument. The smaller companion figure beside it wears a crown, a gold chain with a round pendant, and white dhoti-style cloth with gold borders. Water streams down the golden surfaces. The background is blurred with green and white tones.2011-11-10