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A village-style courtyard scene with a blue-painted wooden door, whitewashed wall with white kolam designs, and red and yellow painted bands on the earthen plinth. In the foreground a seated figure in a light blue shirt and white dhoti grinds grain on a stone quern with a wooden handle, with a potted green plant at lower left. Behind, a standing figure in a white shirt and white dhoti pulls a rope hanging from the wall. An orange-painted pillar stands at the left edge beneath a thatched roof. The figures appear to be sculpted or lifelike figures rather than clearly living people.

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Photo inside a rustic thatched hall with orange-ochre walls and a raised red-and-white painted platform decorated with white kolam designs. A seated man in white clothes sits on the platform beside a woven straw basket, with a wooden pillar in the foreground. At the right, another man in white sits low on the floor near baskets and a bowl. At the far left edge, an elderly woman in a pale yellow sari holds up a wooden board.2010-09-26Night photograph of a thatched-roof open pavilion with terracotta-red pillars decorated with white painted swirl motifs. Under the thatch, two men in white dhotis sit on the ground near a small sunken fire pit or hearth, one bent low and tending it. A large round woven bamboo basket or grain bin stands at right. Behind them a blue-framed doorway and a painted wall with a standing figure in red and white. Green shrubs with small purple flowers fill the lower left foreground.2010-09-26A rustic village scene under a thatched roof, lit by a bare hanging bulb. Two women sit on woven mats grinding grain between stone querns; the woman at left wears a yellow sari with green border and bangles, and the woman at right wears an orange blouse and sari with bangles, holding a woven basket. Behind them two children sit on a wooden bench in front of a mud wall decorated with white kolam-style patterns and red painted borders. Bamboo fencing and foliage frame the scene. The figures appear to be lifelike wax or figure models in a village diorama, not living people.2010-02-03Photo of a traditional clay-and-thatch open pavilion where several men in white dhotis and undershirts tend a fire inside a large round mud fire pit decorated with white painted kolam-style patterns. One standing man bends over the flames while another man at the rear, bare-chested with a dhoti, works near a wooden post. A seated man beside the pit handles a vessel, and red-painted walls, thatched roofs and a wooden railing frame the courtyard. No identifiable a person figure is visible.2010-02-03 +1 copiesA night photograph under a thatched straw roof at an open-sided shelter with a white-washed wall decorated with brown and white geometric patterns and a red painted base band. Several men in white dhotis and white shirts work at metal vessels and a large clay pot on a raised red platform. One bare-chested man in a white dhoti stands at left near a yellow pillar, and another man stands at the right edge. Two men sit at ground level. A yellow bamboo railing runs across the foreground, and lights glow in the background.2010-09-26A night-time photograph inside a covered mud-walled demonstration hut decorated with white kolam-style line patterns on red and ochre walls. Six men in white dhotis and white shirts or bare chests work around clay pots and a raised ochre platform. A bare-chested man on the right pounds with a long wooden pestle, while others sit on the ground around pots, a small flame, and sacks. A bamboo railing separates the area from viewers. The scene suggests traditional grain or herbal preparation.2010-09-26Inside a thatched-roof structure with white-washed walls and kolam designs painted on the ground and base, a painted deity murti in orange and green sari with raised hands rides a white animal mount, possibly a deer. A bare-chested man in a white dhoti sits cross-legged on the floor in front of a wooden tray holding tools and clay pieces, apparently at work. To the right, a doorway opens onto a shelf with smaller painted deity figures, including one seated on a golden lion-like mount and others on red-and-yellow stands. An orange pillar with white kolam patterns stands at left.2010-09-26A photograph inside a mud-walled room with an orange-ochre wall, a woven thatch ceiling and white kolam-style floor patterns on the walls. A woman in a pink and purple sari stands at left with her hand raised near her face. A man in a white shirt and white cloth with a white head wrap stands behind a large woven basket, and another person in white bends over a second basket at right. In the foreground a seated person in a peach-orange top and red-pink lower garment sits on a woven mat with a colourful striped head cloth, holding a small object. At right a seated man in a blue checked shirt and white dhoti sits on the mat. Woven baskets and a straw-covered floor fill the room.2010-09-26Night photograph of a rural village scene at a thatched-roof open pavilion with orange wooden pillars and a whitewashed wall decorated with painted figures and a red-and-white patterned dado. A street lamp stands beside a yellow bamboo railing. Inside the pavilion, a few people in white clothes sit and bend low on the ground, and a woman in a green sari sits at the right edge beside a hanging basket and a small light. The setting appears to be a rural camp or exhibition area with a lit pathway in the foreground.2010-09-26A diorama-style village household scene at dusk under a bright bulb, with a mud-plastered wall decorated with white kolam patterns and a red painted base. Two adult women sit on a woven mat grinding grain: the woman on the left in a yellow-green sari presses a stone grinding wheel, while the woman on the right in an orange sari holds a flat tray. Behind them a boy and a girl sit on a wooden bench. These appear to be lifelike figures or statues rather than living people. A pair of large stone grinding stones lies in the foreground, and orange marigold garlands hang at the doorway.2010-02-03Two men in white dhoti and shirt sit on the floor of a workshop carving and hammering metal panels for a temple. The man in front works with a chisel on a copper-coloured plate resting on a wooden block, while the man behind uses a small hammer on a gilded ornamental piece. Around them lie a curved gilded decorative frame, a wooden block, metal tools and scattered metal shavings, with a concrete block wall and a carved wooden table behind.2006-11-20Two workmen sit on a green tarpaulin outdoors, working on metal and carved wood. The man on the left wears a light blue checked shirt and white dhoti, and grips a handheld angle grinder polishing a small brass or gold-toned object on a white board. A younger boy in a red t-shirt sits at right, watching the work. Behind them lie a carved wooden panel with floral and geometric relief, an orange floral cloth, a blue plastic container and sheet metal wall. No deity or a person depiction is visible.2016-04-26