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A photograph inside a thatched-roof hall with mud-coloured walls and a grey tiled floor, showing a row of large painted clay figures and masks. In the centre a tall figure in a black robe with red trim and a yellow headdress stands beside a figure in a red and gold blouse. Several real people are present: a seated older man in a white shirt and white dhoti sits on a chair at left, a man in white kurta and dhoti stands at right adjusting a figure, and a woman in a red sari sits at far right. Round painted decorative plates and masks hang on the wall behind them.

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Interior of a thatched-roof room with orange-washed walls and a tile floor. In the foreground three large painted life-size figure sculptures of seated men and women sit in a row, wearing a red turban, a white turban and a headscarf with red lips and pearl necklaces. On the right, along the wall, masks are mounted, and two real people sit in white clothes near a small wooden stool beside a painted doll-like figure in a yellow and blue sari. A third person in white sits on the right near a red object on the floor.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.2010-09-26October 03 20142014-10-03A workshop interior where temple deity sculptures and woodwork are being made. A seated figure in saffron-orange robes sits on a carved wooden bench with lion-footed legs, while two men in white dhotis and white shirts stand nearby, one holding a mobile phone. Around them are gilded and painted deity murti statues on wheeled wooden bases, a carved wooden chariot-like frame, a red wooden platform, brass ornaments, beaded garlands and boxed jewellery on the floor, and a wooden door and carvings in the foreground. Fluorescent lights hang from a metal-roofed ceiling.2014-08-06August 06 20142014-08-06December 20 20062006-12-20Photograph of an interior room with a thatched roof and plain white walls, where a figure in an orange saffron wrap and orange headwear stands with their back to the camera, facing a group of gold-coloured metal deity statues and other bronze figures on the floor and a low ledge. Several men in white dhotis and shirts, one holding a red cloth bundle, stand at the left near a wooden door. Metal tripod-like stands and equipment sit among the statues. The figure's back is bare above the wrap, with long dark hair visible, and the scene is dimly lit.2006-12-20A photograph of a Golu display, a tiered arrangement of small clay and painted figurines set on a white draped cloth and lit by a string of warm yellow fairy lights along the shelf edges. A row of about fifteen small figurines in red, white and green dress stands and kneels with hands folded in namaskar, arranged like devotees facing a central deity. Additional figurines sit on the shelves above and below, and a painted Kathakali-style figure with a tall headdress appears at the lower right. No living people are visible; the display figures are statues.2008-10-01A photograph of a room with a plain white wall and thatched ceiling where a row of brass and gold-toned deity murti statues are arranged on a white-draped table and floor. On the right, a figure in an orange turban and orange robes, with long dark hair, gestures toward the statues; the orange-robed figure is a probable Swamiji by appearance, with distinctive saffron clothing and long hair. Beside him, a man in a red and gold shawl and red dhoti stands facing the statues, and another man in a red-and-gold bag stands behind. Three more men stand at the left edge in white shirts and green-striped shirt, one in a white dhoti.2006-12-20A thatched-roof hut with orange-ochre mud walls and white kolam designs on the wall. Life-size lifelike figures are seated on the floor weaving or working with baskets. A figure on the right in a white shirt and white dhoti sits and holds his hands together; a figure on the left wears a pink and blue sari; a figure in the center wears a green sari and sits behind a small tray of colourful packets. Woven bamboo baskets and mats are scattered across the floor. Behind them, a man in a checked shirt and a figure in white sit working. A real person in a white shirt stands at the far right edge.2010-09-26A photograph of a ritual in a plain room with a white block wall. A man in orange robes and a rudraksha mala sits on a carved wooden seat on a raised platform draped in magenta cloth, performing a puja before a row of painted deity murtis wearing gold crowns and bright garments; the two tallest murtis are a figure playing a flute and a figure with hands folded. Offerings of bananas, fruit, flowers, a brass plate and oil lamps sit on a tray and on a saffron mat in front. Seated around them are men in white dhotis and orange robes and a woman in a pink and cream sari, with a man in a light blue shirt in the foreground.October 01 20082008-10-01