Skip to content
Nithyanandapedia
July 01 2009

More like this

Open the gallery
July 01 20092009-07-01September 22 20092009-09-22Outdoor stone-carving yard on bare reddish earth under a palm-thatched shelter. Many roughly carved pale stone pieces lie scattered on the ground, including fragments resembling limbs, a curved animal-like shape and carved blocks, some stacked or partly buried in dirt. A low concrete-block wall and palm trees stand behind, with a gravel heap and piled bamboo at left. One distant worker in a blue shirt and orange cap stands at far left. No ceremony or a person is visible.2009-12-06July 20 20092009-07-20A photograph of a pile of broken, weathered statue fragments lying on a dirt floor against a pale concrete wall. Pieces include a cracked deity torso, a painted hand with raised fingers, a seated figure's head and shoulders, and worn carved stone, with faded pink, red and grey paint. Dried palm-leaf debris and a stainless steel bowl sit nearby. No people are visible.2009-09-03A photograph of a workshop floor covered with broken and partly finished sculpted statue parts, including large limbs, feet, and fragments of figures coated in pale plaster and clay with some painted in red and gold. The pieces lie on reddish earth beside a low concrete wall topped with woven bamboo matting. A white plastic chair sits at the right edge, and a folded newspaper lies among the debris. No people are visible.2009-09-22Photograph of broken, weathered stone statue fragments lying on sandy ground. Pieces include a large carved limb wrapped with a brown cloth or rope, a rounded block with a worn surface, and a cracked torso-like section, all covered in pale grey crust and reddish mineral stains. A sack edge sits at the right. No people are visible, and no identifiable figure is visible in the broken pieces.2011-10-22Photograph of weathered stone sculptures in a dim, earthen-floored space. Two large carved stone pieces lie on the ground, one a rounded, ridged shaft, beside a rough stone block resting on a wooden stump. Red-brown soil, a faded cloth draped at left and a small yellow scrap on the floor surround them.2013-07-14Pale granite sculptures of elephants with raised trunks and a carved lion head in the foreground, displayed in a stone-carving yard beneath a large tree and a corrugated tiled roof with fallen leaves. Several other carved stone elephants and clay pots are visible in the background. No people are visible in the scene.2007-08-19January 20 20192019-01-20A photograph of many grey stone lingams and yoni-shaped pedestals scattered across a sandy, reddish-brown ground at night. Scattered bricks, gravel and small debris lie among them, and a thin white wire runs across the top edge. No people are visible. The stones are smooth, flat-based shivalingam forms with raised spouts, arranged in loose rows as if awaiting installation.2007-04-17September 03 20092009-09-03