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October 12 2016

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A gilded cow statue, a Nandi-style or kamadhenu-type cow figure, stands against a wooden lattice background. It has a tilak mark and a red-stone ornament on its forehead, a beaded necklace, and a decorated saddle cloth bearing a relief of a deity seated on a lotus. A small ornate brass object sits at the lower right edge.August 25 20092009-08-25August 24 20142014-08-24Making Of Sacred Arts UniversityFebruary 11 20172017-02-11February 04 20132013-02-04 +1 copiesJuly 13 20132013-07-13Close-up of a devotee's bare foot resting on a silver shivalinga-style base or yoni-pitha, with the bronze Nandi bull statue in the right foreground. The person wears rust-brown dhoti-style cloth with a gold border and a beaded anklet. Background shows pink and blue draped fabric.2018-05-02 +2 copiesIndoors under a corrugated metal roof, several shaven-headed young men in saffron-orange robes handle a large gold-painted bull sculpture, its head raised and decorated with a beaded collar and ornate saddle-cloth carvings, resting on a metal frame with wheels. A young man in front right wears glasses, an orange shawl and a dark wristwatch, and grips the frame. Partially visible figures stand at left and in the background near a pipe and a window. A small framed picture hangs on the wall behind them.2013-07-13May 02 20182018-05-02 +1 copiesClose view of a gilded metal murti of Nandi, the bull, shown with a golden body, black horns, painted blue-and-pink eyes and mouth, and a sceptre-like staff held in one raised hand. The figure wears gold bangles and a decorated chest ornament with blue accents, and is surrounded by dense garlands of yellow and white marigolds and red flowers. A golden cloth drapes behind it at right, with a silver-and-blue ornamented element visible at the edge. No people are visible in the frame.2016-12-19January 16 20192019-01-16