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A photograph inside a stone-walled workshop corridor where painted deity sculptures are being prepared. In the foreground, a large painted figure with a crown, gold armour, and a green-and-gold base stands beside a red-and-orange figure with multiple arms and a dark crown. Further back, more painted statues and blue-topped work tables are visible. A lone person in white clothing stands at the right edge near the open shutter, partly hidden.

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Making Of Sacred Arts UniversityMaking Of Sacred Arts UniversityMay 30 20122012-05-30 +1 copiesMay 09 20122012-05-09 +1 copiesMay 30 20122012-05-30November 29 20112011-11-29 +1 copiesDim interior of a temple hall with carved granite pillars rising on the right, their relief sculptures of rearing figures and mythic beasts visible. Above, a painted wooden ceiling with coloured floral and geometric panels. A tall brass pillar-lamp stands at left beside a wall plaque. Several men in white dhotis and shirts stand in a group at the lower right, one wearing a bald head and gold bracelet, others gathered near the pillars; in the centre a figure in orange-saffron robes stands near a blue metal railing, raising a hand. Devotees crowd the central passage.2007-08-17December 29 20082008-12-29January 01 20092009-01-01August 31 20172017-08-31Photograph of a temple doorway with painted and sculpted guardian figures on either side, one with hands folded in namaskar. Several men stand on the stone steps: a uniformed police officer in khaki with a cap and a plainclothes officer with a dark shirt, a man in a white shirt, and a bare-chested man in a white dhoti with a red-orange shawl, near a lamp. Two figures in white dhotis and a figure in red stand inside near an altar or deity murti at the entrance, with an oil lamp burning in front. Another man in a white shirt stands at the right foreground with his back to the camera, and a partly visible person sits at the lower right. Painted wall murals show temple and river scenes.2012-06-05A photograph of a temple shrine during a puja. A man in an orange dhoti and orange garment, with long dark hair and a headpiece, stands and holds a brass lamp aloft toward an ornate shrine. A second man in orange sits cross-legged at left. The shrine holds deity murtis decorated with multicoloured flower garlands, a gold-framed arch behind, and a white horse-like vahana beside them. Brass pots, bowls of fruit, flowers and coconuts sit on a stone platform in the foreground, with stone pillars framing the scene under a blue cloth canopy.2008-12-29