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A bald man in an orange-saffron dhoti and shawl, with a rudraksha mala around his neck and beaded bracelets, reaches up to touch a large white bull statue (Nandi) decorated with gold-tipped bead garlands, yellow straps and a green band across its chest. Two people in white clothing stand behind him at the left edge. The statue sits on a blue metal base on a dirt site with hills and a parked silver car on the right.

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August 08 20092009-08-08A workshop interior where a white sculpted bull, Nandi, stands on a blue-framed wooden platform beside a pink and gold Ganesha figure. Four people face the statues from behind: a woman in white with long dark hair, a man in a long orange robe with a red-bordered cloth, a small child in a peach shirt and white dhoti, and a woman in a sleeveless orange dress touching the bull's raised platform. Tools, a ladder, plastic bags and unfinished white deity figures lie around the corrugated-roof room.2009-12-15December 12 20162016-12-12July 13 20132013-07-13 +1 copiesDecember 30 20092009-12-30A photograph at an outdoor construction site. A large grey stone Nandi bull statue sits on a pale stone pedestal, wearing a beaded necklace and carved chest ornaments. To the right stands a man with long dark hair and a red mark on his forehead, wearing an orange-saffron cloth draped over his shoulder and torso, with his arms behind his back, looking to the side. Behind them are bamboo scaffolding poles, brick rubble, green trees and blue cords, and at the left edge a partially visible person in white.2006-12-19December 15 20092009-12-15October 08 20072007-10-08A photograph of a ritual scene inside a plain hall with a white-painted wall and corrugated roof strung with orange pennants. In the foreground a long-haired man in an orange sleeveless garment and a red forehead mark smiles while holding a brass vessel and a white cord stretched toward a second person in an orange shirt on the right, who also holds the cord. Behind them stands a large white painted bull statue, a Nandi, draped with a golden-brown cloth and set on a blue-framed platform, with a tripod-mounted camera at the right edge. Small purple flowers and a green plant sit on a low white brick ledge. Two or three further people are partly visible in the background.2007-12-25December 30 20092009-12-30October 08 20072007-10-08Outdoor temple scene at a white stone pedestal holding a large dark stone lingam. A bare-chested man in white dhoti drapes an orange shawl over the lingam while standing on the pedestal's base. To the right, a man in an orange shawl and white dhoti stands barefoot with hands joined, and a man in white folds his hands in prayer. Around them, devotees in white dhotis and white saris, including a woman in a white sari with gold border on the left, watch the ritual. A tray of fruit and offerings sits on the pedestal. Loose stone blocks and sand lie in the foreground, with white-roofed buildings and palm trees behind.2007-10-08