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A middle-aged man with grey hair and wire-rimmed glasses sits on the ground working on a dark clay Nandi bull sculpture in front of him. He wears a blue-and-white checked short-sleeved shirt and has a red tilak mark on his forehead. Behind him stands a pale grey stone Nandi bull decorated with a floral saddle cloth and a bead necklace, with a red plastic bucket, cardboard boxes and straw in the background. Sunlight falls across the workshop floor.

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A photograph of an older man with grey hair and glasses sits cross-legged on a floor in a courtyard, carefully working on a grey clay nandi bull sculpture with a small tool. He wears a checked short-sleeved shirt, a pink dhoti with a yellow border, and a red-orange tilak on his forehead. The nandi is seated with a beaded collar and a flower-patterned saddle cloth. Behind him stand two unfinished grey clay shiva-linga-style figures on pedestals, a red bucket sits at his side, and plastic drums, blue tarpaulin and straw are piled against a pink wall.2006-12-19A man sits cross-legged on the ground sculpting a grey clay Nandi bull. He wears wire-rimmed glasses, a checked short-sleeved shirt, a pink dhoti with a gold border, and a small red tilak on his forehead. He holds a tool in his right hand while working on the bull's face and neck, which is decorated with a bead garland. Behind him are blue tarpaulins, plastic jerrycans, a red bucket in front, and unfinished figures on pedestals. A pale red wall is visible.2006-12-19A photograph of a craftsman sitting cross-legged on a concrete floor in a cluttered outdoor workshop, working on a dark grey stone Nandi bull sculpture. He wears a checked short-sleeved shirt, pink dhoti-style cloth, glasses and a wristwatch, and is smoothing the statue with a tool while a bowl of grey material sits beside him. Behind him, a second Nandi with a decorated headdress and a bowl of blue plastic sacks, jerrycans and other debris are visible. The setting resembles a sculptor's yard with woven mats and scattered tools.2006-12-19A close photograph of an unpainted grey stone Nandi bull statue in the foreground, with a carved forehead band, a flower-like mark between the horns, and a beaded garland hanging at its neck. Behind it, a seated older man in a light shirt and dark trousers works on a sculpture in an outdoor yard, beside other partly carved bull and deity murti figures and a terracotta-coloured wall. No visible person is a person candidate; the seated man is an artisan. The statues are unpainted stone or clay forms, not finished murtis.2006-12-19A photograph of a sculptor at work on a clay statue of a seated bull, the figure grey with unfinished surfaces. The man in the foreground wears wire-rimmed glasses, has grey hair, and a checked short-sleeved shirt; he holds a tool over a metal bowl. Behind the bull, a partly modelled figure sits on a brick and wood pedestal, with sacks and a plastic water bottle nearby on a dusty ground under shade.2006-12-19December 19 20062006-12-19Close-up photograph of a grey stone Nandi bull sculpture, head lowered toward the camera, with a carved forehead band and central medallion, a beaded necklace of carved bead strands along the neck, and round eyes and flared ears. The blurred background shows a red-orange wall, other figures and a few stone statues, with what appears to be a person in dark clothing at left. No physical people are clearly visible in the foreground.2006-12-19A photograph of an unpainted grey clay or plaster sculpture of a seated Nandi bull resting on a concrete plinth. The bull wears a carved decorative saddle cloth with scrolled floral motifs and tassel edging, a beaded necklace with medallion pendants, and a braided headband with a central ornament. A red brick wall stands behind it, with a red woven basket and plastic bag at the right edge. No people are visible and no a person depiction is present.2006-12-19A carved dark grey stone sculpture of a recumbent bull, Nandi, lying on a flat stone base on bare ground. The bull has an ornate saddle cloth with scrollwork and bead-like detailing along its neck and back, a decorated collar, and an upturned tail. Behind it, part of another carved stone figure lies on the ground, and a pair of legs in dark trousers is visible at the top edge. No one is seated on the bull.Outdoor stone workshop on bare ground with scattered granite and marble offcuts. In the foreground an older man with grey hair and glasses, wearing a white t-shirt and blue checked lungi, sits cross-legged and grinds a stone block with a handheld angle grinder. Behind him another man in a tan cloth grinds a stone piece. Nearby lie chisels, hammers, a power strip and trailing electrical cords, and a tall pale stone pillar stands at left. The scene shows stone carving work in progress for temple or sculptural pieces.Making Of Sacred Arts University +1 copiesDecember 06 20092009-12-06