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A photograph of a bright indoor hall with a concrete floor and white block walls with lattice-patterned windows letting in daylight. Several rectangular wooden boards lie on the floor displaying small handmade clay figures and miniature scenes of earth-coloured sculptures, some with small green plants placed among them. A yellow painted safety line runs along the left side, and a partially visible person in light clothing stands at the far left near a yellow metal frame structure. No swami or a person is visibly present.

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A photo inside a large hall with a corrugated metal roof and exposed steel beams under fluorescent lights. In the foreground on a wooden board sit several unfired clay sculptures: small stacked figures and a larger group of clay figures. Beside them stands a small printed photo card showing a smiling man in an orange-saffron turban and dark hair, with a caption in the lower part of the card. Behind the table, children and a few adults sit and stand, including a girl in dark clothes at left, a child in a striped shirt, and a woman in a pink top. A colourful floral cloth hangs at right.2006-05-05Close view of children's hands and bare feet working on a flat board covered with clay sculptures. Several figures of animals and a tall arched structure are modelled in brown clay, with fresh green neem-like leaves placed among them. Two young participants in pale clothing crouch over the work, one pinching leaves. The clay has an orange-brown tint and the floor is bare concrete.2006-05-05A close-up photo of a handmade clay diorama on a concrete floor. Small brown clay figures and structures stand on a flat mud base, including a seated figure, a stool-like form, a tall standing figure and a round clay pot. A green neem-like branch with serrated leaves rises from the back, with a pink flower tuft near its base. Blurred hall walls, a red-and-blue backdrop and a plastic chair appear in the background. No people are visible in the scene.2006-05-05Unfinished clay sculptures on a wooden board in a corrugated-roof hall with fluorescent tube lights. In the foreground a clay figure of a deity-like form with a white flower on its head is being shaped, flanked by small clay figurines of children and a small clay figure of a pyramid-shaped stack. A printed portrait card on the left shows a smiling man wearing an orange-yellow turban and blue-green shawl. Behind the table, a woman in a dark top and glasses and several people in red and pink clothing sit or stand, working at the clay.2006-05-05Close photo of a children's clay diorama on a wooden board, showing modelled figures, pillars and a small pond-like hollow with green leaves placed around it. Above, the bare feet of seated children wearing silver anklets are visible, along with a hand resting on the floor. The clay sculpture is the main subject.2006-05-05A 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.2006-05-05Indoor photograph of boys working with terracotta clay on a pale board in a hall with a corrugated metal roof. A smiling boy in an orange-and-white striped shirt sits cross-legged on the floor at left, and another boy in an orange shirt leans in at right. Behind them stands a person in white kurta and white trousers, cropped at the waist, barefoot. In the foreground are clay figures: a tall sculpted structure with spires at left, several clay pillars and a small figure, and a row of clay blocks. A thin clay rope traces a path across the board.2006-05-05Photograph of a clay sculpture workshop in a large hall with a corrugated metal roof and scaffolding. In the foreground on a blue tarp sits an unfinished brown clay sculpture of a figure with a flower on its head, surrounded by small clay animal figures resembling cats and bears. To the left, a printed photo card shows a smiling man wearing a saffron turban and dark hair, with the caption 'Swami Sri Nithyananda'. Several people stand and sit in the background, including a woman in dark clothing and a person in a blue shirt, plus a woman in a magenta top at right. The card's presence suggests a portrait, but the printed figure is not a physical person and the figure's identity is not established by appearance alone.2006-05-05Clay modelling work on a pale, stained wooden table. Several brown clay figures and forms are arranged: a small rounded hut or shelter with an arched doorway at the centre, a lumpy seated figure with a raised arm and hands on the left, a hunched animal-like shape on the right, a small cluster of tiny clay pieces, and long curved and ridged clay strips across the bottom. No people are visible except partial limbs at the top edge.2006-05-05A photograph of a handmade clay sculpture display on a wooden board set against a pale wall. Small brown clay figures and forms stand on the boards: a tall pillar-like shape with a flag or spike at upper left, a seated figure with a blue-tinted object, small mounded figures, a clay pot-like vessel, a stacked figurine on the right, and a small snake-like coil at the lower left. Red paint streaks appear on the left board. The word LITTLE is pressed into the lower left board and ANANDA into the lower right, both in clay letters. No people are visible.2006-05-05A photograph of children working on clay sculpture at a program hall with a steel truss roof and blue and yellow banners behind them. In the foreground, an unfinished clay diorama with an arched gateway, mushroom-like forms and small figures sits on a board. A boy in a lime-green shirt and dark trousers kneels on the right, cupping his hands over the clay. A teen in a pale mint shirt and glasses sits cross-legged in the centre, holding a small tool. A boy in a yellow shirt watches at the left edge, and a few other people are partly visible in the background. Four physical people are prominent, with a few more partly visible.2006-05-05Close-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.2006-05-05