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Outdoor photo of a man in a white striped button-up shirt, grey trousers and sunglasses standing on a white plastic chair while grinding or polishing a grey stone sculpture with a handheld power tool, throwing up a fine cloud of stone dust. The sculpture is a standing deity murti with a hooded cobra canopy overhead and a conical crown, shown with hands in front of the body, set on a stack of carved coiled-snake pedestal forms. Palm trees and green shrubs surround the scene, with coconuts on the ground at lower right.

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January 02 20102010-01-02A man in a white striped shirt and grey trousers uses a handheld grinder to carve a grey stone sculpture of a deity under a cobra hood, with dust spraying into the air. Palm and tropical trees fill the green background.2010-01-02 +1 copiesJanuary 02 20102010-01-02 +1 copiesA photograph of stone sculpture work outdoors among green foliage. A large dark granite deity murti with multiple arms and carved ornaments dominates the left, partly unfinished, with a worker in a white polo shirt and dark trousers and a head cloth leaning on its base. To the right, a man in a white shirt stands beside a carved serpent-shaped stone form with scale patterns, and a dark stone slab stands behind him. The scene is a stone-carving workshop or sculpture site.2010-01-02 +1 copiesA young man in a white shirt and dark trousers squats barefoot on sandy ground, grinding or polishing a reclining grey stone figure of a deity, its carved headdress visible. Behind him stand many finished grey granite statues of standing deities and multi-armed figures on plinths, with orange marigolds growing among them and a low stone wall in the background. A green cloth bag lies on the ground in front. No a person candidate is visible; the scene shows stone carving work at a statue yard.2009-07-19A photograph of a dark grey stone sculpture of a serpent-bodied figure with hands pressed together in anjali mudra, standing on coiled snake body with a seven-hooded naga hood rising behind the head, carved scale patterns on the coils and lines on the hood. The statue stands on a grey pedestal in an open sandy yard surrounded by coconut palms and thatched-roof sheds, with stone blocks and wooden planks scattered around. Two men in white sit at the right edge of the yard near the sheds. The statue is an sculpture, not a living person, and no one is in the foreground.2009-12-16A large grey stone statue of a seated four-armed goddess, carved with a tall crown, necklaces and a jewelled waist ornament, is being finished outdoors under palm trees. A man in a white short-sleeved shirt and light trousers stands on a blue plastic chair, holding a chisel to the statue's raised hand. Another worker in white crouches at the lower right. Power tools, a grinder, extension cords and a plastic chair lie on the sandy ground. The statue is a sculpted deity murti, not a living person, and no printed caption naming a person is visible.2009-12-20A dark grey stone sculpture of a serpent deity stands on a square plinth in an open dusty courtyard. The figure has a human upper body with hands pressed together in anjali mudra, a tiered crown, and a large multi-hooded naga canopy behind the head, with a coiled serpent tail wrapping below the torso. Behind it stands a white signboard with a map and a blue-lettered heading, palm trees, thatched sheds, and a blue plastic chair. A small white stone pillar sits to the left, and a cropped portrait is partly visible on a board at the right edge.2009-12-14December 14 20092009-12-14A grey stone sculpture of a seated naga figure with hands pressed together in namaskara, a multi-hooded cobra canopy rising behind the head, and a coiled serpent body forming the pedestal. The figure wears a tall crown, necklaces and armlets carved in relief. It stands outdoors on bare red earth in front of a concrete block wall strung with blue and white pennant flags, with marigold plants and banana leaves around the base. A second carved stone figure is partly visible at the right edge. No people are visible.2009-07-08December 20 20092009-12-20A dark grey stone sculpture of a figure standing on a coiled serpent body, with a multi-hooded cobra canopy rising behind the head. The figure has hands pressed together in anjali mudra and wears a tall crown and necklace, with scale patterns carved on the coils. The statue stands on a grey concrete plinth in a dusty open yard with palm trees, banana leaves, a block wall and a small figure walking in the background. Red brick posts frame the scene.2009-12-19