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A photograph taken at night in a dim workshop showing a partially built sculpture of a deity figure being lifted by a chain hoist. The rough pinkish-white plaster-and-brick form hangs from a green pulley block, with a tangle of exposed grey wire mesh and rebar spilling around it and pale debris scattered on the concrete floor. Three men sit or stand in the background at left and centre, one in a blue checked lungi, watching and holding the rope. A bright ceiling light and a partial purple logo appear at upper right. The scene shows the making of a temple sculpture, not a finished murti.

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