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October 17 2007

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October 15 20072007-10-15Four small terracotta deity figures sit on a patch of green sprouting grass on a concrete ground, with a reddish soil border along the edge of the grass. Each figure has a conical crown and ornate headdress and appears to be a seated Ganesha-style murti, shown from behind in two cases. No people are visible. The ground is wet-looking and a white tarpaulin edge appears at the top of the frame.2007-10-15A photograph of several small clay Ganesha figurines displayed on a white tablecloth-covered table in an indoor room with a blue chair and grey wall behind. Five figures are shown: a larger ochre-yellow carved Ganesha with a multi-headed or multi-faced crown-like top in the centre-back, and four terracotta-coloured seated Ganesha figures with trunks, pot bellies and crowns arranged around it, one in front. No people are visible. The objects appear to be handmade clay murti displayed at an exhibition-style table.Four small terracotta Ganesha figurines, reddish-orange clay, sit on a circular bed of green sprouting grass on a pale ground. Each figure is seated with a trunk and crown-like headdress and ornate banded lower base. The sprouting grass and clay figures are the main subject, with no visible people in the frame.2007-10-15Four small terracotta Ganesha figurines, reddish-brown in colour, seated in shallow depressions in a round tray of moist soil densely sprouted with fine green seedlings. Each figurine has a yellow flower placed beside it. The tray sits on a pale blue surface, and the top-down view shows the figurines in a symmetrical arrangement. No people are visible.2007-10-14A display of small clay Ganesha figurines on a grassy mound in a hall. Four terracotta Ganesha statues sit in the foreground on sprouted green grass and soil, three decorated with small white flowers. Behind them, shelves draped with white cloth hold rows of painted and gilded deity murti figures, including a Ganesha and other small images, with red shrine-like niches at the edges. The setting appears to be a festival craft or idol display at an ashram event.2007-10-14Overhead photo of four small terracotta-coloured deity figures set on a circular patch of grass in a paved area, each seated on a shallow base with a dish-like mound. The figures appear to be sculpted murti of seated deities with ornate headdresses, arranged in a loose ring around the circle. No people are visible. The grass is patchy with dry tufts, and a faint purple logo sits in the upper left corner.2007-10-17Overhead view of a sand mandala-style design on a pale blue floor: a circular bed of brown sand forming a swastika-like cross pattern, with four small terracotta Ganesha figurines seated in the quadrants, each decorated with a yellow flower. The sand is fine and granular with a few small stones visible. No people are visible in the frame, and the pattern appears to be a ritual floor design.2007-10-12November 16 20152015-11-16A group of people digs and shovels reddish-brown earth beneath a shady tree canopy in an outdoor setting. In the foreground a woman in a black top and grey trousers shovels soil, while a blond woman in a grey t-shirt and olive-green trousers scoops up dirt beside her. A man in orange saffron robes stands center-right, shovelling, and a man in a checked shirt and khaki trousers works at the lower right. Behind them, several men in orange and red robes, men in casual t-shirts and a woman in a blue headscarf and pink top also work or watch. Roughly a dozen people are visible in total, with bare feet on the loose soil.2016-09-11October 14 20072007-10-14October 11 20102010-10-11 +2 copies