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Workers gild a large golden Nandi bull statue inside a long red-brick workshop under a corrugated metal roof. A man in a grey paint-splattered shirt with a painted-on slogan on the back brushes gold onto the bull's head, while a man in a red t-shirt reaches up to touch its horns with a brush. Behind them, another man in a purple shirt works near a golden palanquin-style carriage and a second worker in a white shirt stands by ornate gilded wooden frames and a kalasha-like vessel. Wooden scaffolding and gold-painted poles frame the scene.2016-11-24A photograph in a covered workshop shows a large gilded Nandi bull statue with ornate golden harness and bells standing on a wooden base against a red brick wall. A worker in a grey paint-splattered shirt and orange lungi leans over the base, brushing gold paint onto the wooden plinth. Behind him, a man in a red t-shirt stands beside more gilded temple fittings and a shelf of golden ritual items. Corrugated metal roofing and yellow steel beams frame the hall.2016-11-24A photograph in a workshop with a red brick wall and corrugated roof. Two men work on a large gold-painted Nandi bull statue with ornate harness and horns, one in a grey paint-spattered shirt and one in a red t-shirt, both reaching up to finish its head. Behind them, a man in a white shirt stands beside ornate gold-painted wooden furniture and a gold-finished peetha-style piece, with a purple-shirted worker seated nearby. Gold-coloured ritual vessels sit on the bench. No a person candidate is visible.2016-11-24August 24 20142014-08-24November 24 20102010-11-24A man in an orange robe with a gold necklace and a white tilak on his forehead sits on a floor mat and applies gold paint with a small brush to a carved wooden figure of a bull-headed deity seated on a pedestal. The gilded figure wears jewelry and holds its hands together, its surface partly painted gold. Behind him a second man in orange robes and rudraksha beads watches. A maroon velvet curtain hangs in the background, with a paint pot and cloth on the floor.2013-03-07Close-up photo of a large polished brass Nandi bull head, with curved horns, a decorated forehead and a beaded, tasselled collar, resting in front of a seated figure. A hand with a red thread bracelet rests on the bull's forehead. The seated person wears a rust-brown robe and a white and pink flower garland, with a brown towel draped at left and green foliage behind. No face is visible. a person's presence is not established by the image itself.2017-01-29September 15 20152015-09-15 +1 copiesA large golden-yellow bull vahana, a Nandi figure, stands on a blue-edged wooden platform against a brick and stone wall. It has a red and green embroidered saddle cloth with floral motifs, ornate carved neck and leg bands, and a black-hooved base. Thin blue support rods brace the figure on the platform. The scene is an unpeopled photograph of a statue in an interior space.A large gilded wooden vahana, a golden bull or nandi, stands on a blue-edged wooden platform inside a brick-walled workshop. Its body is covered in ornate raised carvings and decorated with a red and green embroidered saddle cloth with scrolling motifs. Its legs have ringed black-and-gold hooves, and its long tail curls up at the rear. Blue support poles brace the statue beneath a red canopy frame, and a stone pillar stands at the left edge. No people are visible. The image is a photograph from a Nithyanandapedia archive page about making sacred arts for the temple.A photograph inside a workshop or storage shed of gilded wooden ratha-style chariot parts: carved golden pillars with lion and figure reliefs, a large gold horse or lion-headed sculpture on the right, and a gilt wheeled cart. Dark wooden planks and debris are stacked on shelves at left, and a red brick wall lines the right side. Three or four people walk along the narrow aisle between the pieces: one in a maroon-red robe at centre, others in white clothing. Strip lighting hangs from a corrugated metal roof.2017-03-26February 27 20112011-02-27