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A workshop photo inside a large open-sided shed with a corrugated roof and yellow walls. In the foreground a woman in an orange blouse and black sari, with a yellow measuring tape draped around her neck, bends over long orange foam or padding strips on a dark table, running her hand along them. To the left a man in a white shirt holds a video camera. Behind them are gilded decorative pieces, wooden frames, a golden arch and ornamented structures stacked around the floor, with another person partly visible at the right edge.

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Photograph inside an ashram storeroom with a metal-roofed ceiling and shelving on the left stacked with rolled orange and red cloth and hung orange drapes. Two men stand at a wooden cabinet in the foreground: the man on the left wears an orange sleeveless top and orange dhoti with his hand raised near his shoulder, while the man on the right wears a white kurta and dhoti with an orange shawl over his shoulder and a rudraksha mala, opening the wooden lid of a cabinet with drawers. Behind them is a white dome-shaped cover over an altar-like table with gold-framed items, brass lamps and orange fabric.2009-12-08August 06 20142014-08-06August 06 20142014-08-06April 24 20192019-04-24November 20 20162016-11-20A photograph inside a plain workshop shed with a corrugated roof and white walls. A long-haired man in an orange saffron robe stands center-left, gesturing toward a large round wooden base with carved concentric panels on the floor. Behind him a bald man in white with a yellow shawl stands in the doorway. On the right a seated man in white with an orange scarf kneels beside the base, and another man in white with an orange sash stands near the stacked wooden planks and carved gilded panels. A man in a pink shirt and white dhoti stands at the left edge. Red wooden boxes and a small wooden stool are stacked at left. The orange-robed figure is an appearance-based candidate for a person, and the people visible total five.2009-12-15A workshop interior where temple deity sculptures and woodwork are being made. A seated figure in saffron-orange robes sits on a carved wooden bench with lion-footed legs, while two men in white dhotis and white shirts stand nearby, one holding a mobile phone. Around them are gilded and painted deity murti statues on wheeled wooden bases, a carved wooden chariot-like frame, a red wooden platform, brass ornaments, beaded garlands and boxed jewellery on the floor, and a wooden door and carvings in the foreground. Fluorescent lights hang from a metal-roofed ceiling.2014-08-06A workshop storeroom with white walls and a corrugated roof where a large gilded hamsa vehicle, a swan-shaped golden figure with spread wings and an open beak, rests on a wooden cart with wheels. A tall, long-haired man in orange robes stands at left holding a black notebook. Beside him, another orange-robed man in a white shirt and white dhoti stands near rolled orange cloth and a trident. On the right, a second man in orange cloth talks with a man in a white shirt and white dhoti. Orange drapes hang on racks along the wall behind them, and a man in white sits near the back. Brass items and a dark stone deity murti rest on a table at left.2009-12-29April 24 20192019-04-24July 13 20132013-07-13Crowded 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.2016-12-12A covered storage and preparation hall with a corrugated metal roof and concrete floor. Orange cloth hangs from metal shelving on the left, and an orange-draped chair with a gold-trimmed footstool stands near the left wall. In the centre, a man in an orange robe walks forward while several people in orange and white clothing stand nearby. A few other people in white shirts and dhotis are visible further back. On the right, colourful ceremonial fabrics, orange cloths, a round wooden frame and a tall ceremonial staff are arranged along a shelf and wall. Rolled colourful mats lie on the floor at the lower left.2009-12-29