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June 06 2013

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A workshop interior where an older man in a white shirt and maroon dhoti sits cross-legged on the floor, shaping white wax or clay pieces on a wooden board. Around him stand numerous gleaming gold-coloured metal deity murti statues, including a standing four-armed figure with raised arms and a seated deity with a tall crown, placed on red wooden stands and pedestals. A red bucket and cloth sheets lie on the concrete floor against white walls. A figure in an orange garment is partially visible at the lower right edge. The statues appear to be sculpted or cast for temple use. No identifiable a person is present.2013-06-23June 23 20132013-06-23Three men in white dhotis and shirts sit on the floor of a simple concrete workshop, working on bronze or metal deity figures placed on a dark work mat. The man on the left holds a figure and works with a tool, the man in the middle works on another piece, and the older man on the right, with white hair and a moustache, wears a rudraksha mala and holds a metal tool. A brass kalasha-shaped vessel stands on the platform behind them, with a stone mortar and metal tools in front. A large black-and-white image of a deity's face hangs on the wall above. The scene shows sculptors crafting temple murtis.2007-01-31Three men sit on a floor in a workshop carving white stone or plaster sculpture parts, with golden deity statues on shelves behind them. On the left, an older man with grey hair and glasses, wearing a white shirt and white dhoti with an orange border, holds a chisel and mallet over a wooden block. In the centre, a man in a red-and-white checked shirt and white dhoti works beside a red bucket. On the right, a man in a cream shirt and white dhoti holds a pale carved foot. Tools and wooden sticks lie on the ground in front, and the golden figures on the wall are unfinished-looking sculpture work.2013-06-30October 19 20132013-10-19September 06 20092009-09-06July 01 20132013-07-01A photograph of a workshop room where a man in a white shirt and maroon dhoti sits on the floor at left, working on a small object with white material while a wooden board and tools lie before him. Behind and beside him stand numerous gold-finished bronze deity murtis and figures, some on red wooden stands, including a seated figure in an orange garment at right. A red bucket sits on the floor among cloth sheets and sticks. White walls and a concrete floor frame the scene.2013-06-23Making Of Sacred Arts UniversityTwo men sit barefoot on bare ground working on a metal sculpture. The man on the left wears a white shirt and light blue jeans and uses a chisel-like tool on the metal. The man on the right wears a teal-grey shirt, a mustard-yellow dhoti with yellow border, and a red thread on his wrist, holding a hammer. Behind them sit sacks, copper-coloured pots and other tools on the dusty ground. No deity form is clearly identifiable from this view.2009-12-13October 22 20112011-10-22A workshop photograph inside a covered open-sided hall where two men work on metal sculpture near a row of deity murti statues. On the left, a bare-chested man in a white sleeveless vest and white dhoti with a red thread on his wrist holds a tool over a metal pot with a blowing torch and burning charcoal, possibly soldering or casting metal. On the right, a man in a blue t-shirt and white dhoti sits cross-legged on a wooden board with tools and a red gas cylinder beside him. Behind them stand gilded and orange-robed deity statues on carved wooden pedestals, with framed religious prints on the wall and garlands at the left edge.2016-11-18