A photograph of a handmade clay model of a tiered tower, built from flat discs stacked on short cylindrical pillars, standing on a flat clay base ringed with short clay posts linked by thin wooden sticks. The unfired grey-brown clay has visible fingerprint textures. The model rests on a wooden surface in front of a blue and pink striped cloth. No people are visible, and no person is identified. - Nithyanandapedia

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A photograph of a handmade clay model of a tiered tower, built from flat discs stacked on short cylindrical pillars, standing on a flat clay base ringed with short clay posts linked by thin wooden sticks. The unfired grey-brown clay has visible fingerprint textures. The model rests on a wooden surface in front of a blue and pink striped cloth. No people are visible, and no person is identified.

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A photograph of a handmade clay model of a tiered tower built on a wooden table in front of a striped blue, red, and yellow woven cloth. The tower has many stacked round clay slabs supported by cylindrical clay pillars, rising from a base ringed by smaller clay pillars with toothpicks placed between them. No people are visible, and no a person candidate appears in the scene.

A photograph of a handmade clay model of a tall tiered tower standing on a wooden table in front of a striped woven cloth in red, yellow, blue and white. The brown clay tower rises in stacked flat discs supported by short cylindrical pillars, narrowing toward the top. Around its base are several upright clay posts linked by thin wooden toothpicks forming a fence-like frame. No people are visible in the scene.

A close-up photograph of a small clay model on a flat clay base. A stacked clay shivalinga-style form with a red dab stands on a round base, framed by clay pillars or posts. Around the model's edge are rows of small clay balls arranged in an arc, and two cylindrical clay pieces stand in the foreground. The surface is damp and muddy with scattered crumbs. No people are visible.

Overhead photo of unfired clay pieces laid on a tan cardboard sheet over a blue mat, with a grey floor below. Pieces include a round flat clay base with a raised rim, a rectangular block with a stacked form, a shield-like piece with two round studs and a triangle, a small triangular clay sheet, and a few small nubbins and fragments scattered on the blue surface. No people are visible, and the clay work appears to be an in-progress sculpture or model being assembled.

A photograph of unfinished clay sculpture work on a flat tan board laid over a blue plastic sheet. Several rough grey-brown clay pieces are arranged on the board, including elongated curved forms resembling a bench or frame, rounded lumps, a flat disc shape and smaller fragments. No people are visible in the frame, and no figure is recognizable as a deity or person. The clay appears soft and unpolished.

A close photograph of three small handmade clay models sitting on a flat wooden board. The central model is a conical thatched-roof hut with a cylindrical base and textured roof lines. To its right is a crooked clay tree with a bent branch and a few small green leaves. At left is a small clay basket or pot with an open top and a white string handle. The background shows a pale plastic sheet on a concrete floor. No people are visible.

Photograph of clay modelling work in progress on a blue plastic sheet against a light wall. Partially formed clay figures and shapes, including a rounded lump and a sculpted head-like form at top, sit on a salmon-coloured surface. At the right, a person's bare arm and hand rest on the blue sheet, and bare feet appear at the lower right edge, showing an artisan at work.

Photo of several boys crowded together behind a handmade clay model of a multi-tiered temple tower with a small shivalinga-like cylinder at its base, built from stacked clay discs and pillars and braced with thin sticks on a cardboard board. The boy on the left wears white clothes, a rudraksha-style bead necklace and glasses; another in a plaid shirt smiles, and a boy with glasses grins while a fifth in a checked shirt holds a green leaf. Some have red tilak marks on their foreheads. A tray and white paper scraps sit on the table. The setting appears to be a children's craft session at a residential program, and no a person candidate is visible.

A photograph of a clay model landscape on a flat tan board set on a concrete floor beside a yellow painted line. A small green sapling with serrated leaves grows from a clay mound at the top, next to a rounded clay lump. Rows of clay balls line two paths across the board, and a leafy green sprig rests in a clay pot at the lower left. No people are visible, and no a person candidate appears.

Close-up photograph of a clay model of a temple complex on a brown clay base, with small raised walls, a shrine-like mound, and a central tower-like structure. Fresh green leaves are pressed into the clay around the model, and a leaf tops a small wooden stick stuck into the model. No people are visible.

A photograph of a small clay sculpture of a Shiva lingam on a round yoni-style base, the lingam shaped as a plain tapering column with three horizontal lines and a red mark across its front. A clay cobra with raised hood and small white dots for eyes curls over the top of the lingam. The base has a ridged rim and a coiled snake around its lower section. The sculpture sits on a wooden tray in front of a striped woven cloth in red, blue, yellow and purple. No people are visible.

Close overhead photograph of a wet grey clay mound shaped into a round base with a raised central cone, resting on a pale concrete floor. Fingers of several people are visible at the top and bottom edges, and wet clay splatters and a sheen of water surround the sculpture. Dark shadows fall across the right side of the frame.