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| Maha-Mastakabhishek |
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Once
every twelve years the giant statue of the Tirthankar Gomateshwar at
Shravanbelagola in Karnataka is ceremonially bathed with milk.
This ritual homage is called Maha-Mastakabhishek, the grand anointing.
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