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Crowded interior of a concrete-block workshop with bare fluorescent tubes overhead. Many devotees, mostly women in saffron, yellow, red and multicoloured salwar kameez, walk through a wood-strewn space filled with stacked timber, planks and carved gilded panels. A woman in a red blouse wears a rudraksha mala and holds a small object near her waist. A cameraman in white dhoti with gold border films from the left. Several people in white dhotis and shawls stand among the crowd, and a gilded carved arch rests on the left.

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A crowded warehouse storage area with breeze-block walls, yellow steel posts and fluorescent tube lights overhead. Stacks of rough wooden planks, cardboard boxes and rolled mats fill the back, along with a red wooden cart with spoked wheels and a folded yellow umbrella at right. Many people in mixed clothing crowd the aisles: a man in a pink shirt at left, women in white kurtas with orange shawls, a woman in a multicoloured print dress, a woman in a colourful striped sari, and a young girl in white. Some wear rudraksha-style beaded necklaces. Gold-framed panels lean against the wall at left.2016-12-12December 12 20162016-12-12December 12 20162016-12-12December 12 20162016-12-12A busy workshop interior where devotees move among stacked wooden planks, timber beams and disassembled gilded wooden panels with ornate golden carvings. A man in white with a red-and-white shawl at left stands near a steel vessel, while a woman in a lime-green sari and a woman in a white sari with a dark shawl are among others walking and handling the parts. Several girls in red, purple and white clothing are present, with footwear scattered on the floor. A concrete-block wall and yellow steel supports frame the hall.2016-12-12A crowded storage hall with bare concrete block walls and fluorescent tube lights under a corrugated metal roof. Stacks of rough-cut timber, rolled mats, cartons and a broken wooden cart with large spoked wheels fill the back. In the foreground, a group of people in white kurtas and saris and casual clothes move among gilded wooden panels, a large gold-framed arch and dismantled temple fittings. A woman in a white top holds a notebook. The scene appears to be a workshop or store for temple items. Name is not printed on any visible sign, and no one is clearly identifiable as the a person.2016-12-12August 24 20142014-08-24A photograph inside a long corrugated-roof hall where devotees queue beside rows of large dark wooden carved figures, possibly deity or sculptural forms lying on a green-and-white striped cloth. In the foreground a woman in a peach-pink kurta with a green shawl and glasses reaches toward the wooden figures, while a woman in a white and gold-bordered sari with a red blouse and layered beaded necklaces stands at right. Other people in white shirts and white dhotis move through the background. A metal barrier post separates the queue.2014-08-24Crowded interior of a temple colonnade with tall stone pillars, devotees pressing forward in bright light from an open doorway. Foreground: a young girl with wet hair in a green and yellow sari, and a woman in a black sari with rudraksha mala. A man in white wet clothing and a rudraksha pendant stands at right beside a person in an orange robe. Several devotees wear white or orange clothes, some with hands folded in namaskar. Many people appear damp. A plain description with no visible deity murti or name signage.2009-07-13A photograph of a large, partly open storage hall with yellow steel pillars and a corrugated roof, filled with stacked wooden planks, carved wooden panels, brass lamps and clay pots on metal shelving. In the centre foreground a woman in a red-and-cream sari and a woman in a white top with a yellow shawl walk along a dirt floor. A dense crowd of devotees, many in white dhotis and colourful saris, moves through the aisle toward the right. Some objects are draped in purple cloth. Plain wooden chairs stand near the shelves.2016-12-12A photograph of a crowd walking through a dim stone temple corridor toward a bright doorway, with carved pillars on the right. At the centre, a man in saffron-orange robes wears a purple shawl, a long gold-bead garland and a gold pendant, with a red tilak on his forehead; he is among the more prominent figures and appears to be the honoured guest. Beside him a bare-chested young man in a red dhoti and a bearded bare-chested man in white dhoti with a rudraksha-style necklace walk with the group. Several men in white shirts and dhotis and white-clad devotees, some with white ash marks on their bodies, follow behind. Two women in saffron and blue saris stand at the right edge.2009-08-11May 08 20122012-05-08 +3 copies