Skip to content
Nithyanandapedia
Close view of woodworking on rough-sawn timber planks lying on the ground amid wood shavings. A wooden-handled hand plane with a metal blade rests across the planks, next to a pickaxe-style tool with a long wooden handle, a yellow tape measure, a small blue-handled tool and a folded red and yellow snack packet. The ground is covered with curled pale wood shavings and a stone wall stands in the background. No people are visible.

More like this

Open the gallery
A photograph of a craftsman kneeling on a concrete floor, carving a long wooden beam with a chisel and mallet. He wears a khaki button-up shirt and blue-and-white checked lungi, bending low over the wood. Wood chips and curled shavings lie scattered on the floor, and a second worker in checked lungi sits partly visible at the top left. A green metal chair stands in the background. Wooden planks with handwritten marks lie across the foreground. No visible a person appearance is present in this scene.2006-12-10Two men kneel on a concrete floor working on wooden planks, carving and shaping lengths of pale timber. Both wear plain white dhoti-style cloth around their waists; one has a gold wristwatch and a red thread on his wrist. Wood shavings and chisels lie scattered around them, with several smooth boards laid out in the foreground. No person of the a person candidate type is visible; the scene shows woodwork in progress.2006-09-05 +1 copiesA photograph of a man in a white shirt carving a pale wooden log on bare earth scattered with wood shavings. He grips a mallet raised in his right hand, which has a red thread tied at the wrist, and holds a chisel with a wooden handle and a blue-wrapped grip against the log with his left hand. Dry grass and a bent wooden piece lie on the ground nearby.2006-09-05A craftsman in a white sleeveless vest and orange cloth sits at a workbench in an open workshop, chiselling a long pale wooden plank clamped to the table. Wood shavings cover the floor, and stacked planks, turned wooden pillars, a yellow plastic bag, a blue checked cloth and tools are scattered around the brick wall. A carved wooden piece lies at the left edge.2009-12-06September 05 20062006-09-05Close-up photograph of hands carving a block of pale wood with a chisel and mallet. A man in a white shirt and white dhoti strikes a wooden handle at left, while another man in a striped blue shirt and grey trousers holds the chisel steady in the centre, his wristwatch visible. Wood shavings and chips lie on the ground around the block. The workers' faces are not visible and no deity, a person candidate or ritual setting appears in the frame.2009-12-17Close photograph of a craftsman's hands working metal on a wooden log. A dark-skinned worker in a dark shirt sits at the lower left, gripping a wooden-handled hammer whose blurred black head swings up at upper centre. Beneath his other hand a chisel with a blue-green handle bites into the log, and curled wood chips and shavings lie on the pale grey-brown timber. Dry reddish earth and patchy grass fill the out-of-focus background, with a palm trunk at top. The scene shows hand-carving or metalwork in progress at the Adhikailash site, with no ritual visible.2006-09-05A close photograph of a worker carving a large rough-hewn wooden log outdoors. A dark-skinned forearm and hand, wearing a black wristwatch-style strap, grip a wooden-handled chisel with a dark blade and a blue collar, striking the timber with a blurred mallet or wooden hammer above. The log has a freshly carved pale patch showing grain, and wood chips lie on the sandy ground. Behind is a dirt yard with a palm tree and green grass.2006-09-05September 05 20062006-09-05Close-up photograph of a craftsman's hands hammering a small copper-coloured stepped metal piece placed on a long pale wooden plank lying on a dusty floor. He uses a wooden-handled ball-peen hammer and wears a checked lungi, seen from above. Other hammers and a carved wooden board lie nearby, with wood scraps at the bottom edge.2006-12-10Close photograph of construction tools lying on a wooden board or frame with drilled holes, set on sandy ground with wood shavings nearby. Visible tools include a wooden-handled claw hammer, a wooden mallet, a steel chisel or punch, pliers or snips, and a long yellow-handled screwdriver. No people are visible in the frame.2009-12-12December 06 20072007-12-06