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Outdoor photo at the entrance of a red-painted building with a sliding metal gate open to a dim workshop interior. A large bronze-coloured standing deity murti with a tall crown, beaded necklace and jewelled ornaments stands on a square plinth in front of the gate. A man in a white shirt and white dhoti stands at left with his hands at his sides, and a second man in a white shirt and dhoti stands at right, touching the statue's arm. Potted plants line the wall at right. A rectangular sign above the entrance shows a portrait of a smiling person in orange garments with a red beaded necklace and the printed text. Ground is sandy with a paved strip.

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Photograph of the entrance to the Nithyananda Sacred Arts University building, a red-painted block wall with a rectangular signboard above the open shutter door reading "Nithyananda Sacred Arts University" and "Place of rebirth for vedic culture and civilization", beside a portrait of a smiling figure with long hair and a red-beaded necklace. In front stands a large bronze deity murti of a standing female figure with a tall crown, ornate necklaces and jewelled waist sash on a lotus pedestal. A barefoot man in a white shirt and white dhoti stands at left, and a man in a white shirt and white dhoti walks at right near potted plants. Inside the open doorway, workers are visible in the workshop.2013-11-29November 29 20132013-11-29November 29 20132013-11-29December 22 20062006-12-22A photograph taken beneath a white tarpaulin canopy at a temple construction site, with brick rubble and debris on the ground behind. A long-haired person in an orange saffron garment stands at left, facing right toward a large carved wooden or stone deity murti with a tall crown-like headdress and ornate necklaces, which is suspended from chains and ropes. A man in white clothes with grey hair stands in the centre with his back to the camera, and another person in orange and white clothing stands at upper right. A few other people are partly visible at the lower left and right edges, and a worker in a pink head covering sits in the background. Small brass kalasha-like objects are visible near the murti.2006-09-18A bright, sunlit outdoor photograph at a construction site beside a red-walled building with a curved corrugated metal roof. Centre right, a large bronze Nataraja murti of dancing Shiva, within a flame aureole, is being lifted by a crane hook above it while a man in white dhoti and shirt steadies the statue with his hands. Around it stand several men in white dhotis and shirts, one in an orange-saffron shawl, and a few onlookers in light shirts. Stacked white slabs and rubble lie on the dusty ground at left.September 18 20062006-09-18Temple ritual scene in a red and orange shrine hall. Two priests in white dhotis and red-bordered shawls, wearing gold ceremonial necklaces, perform puja. The front priest holds a brass lamp with a flaming wick, and the priest beside him rings a brass handbell. A golden deity murti with a raised right hand stands at right, sprinkled with white powder, next to a red curtain and a row of brass vessels on the floor. Smoke rises from the flame.2010-12-14A photograph inside a covered workshop where bronze and gilded temple sculptures are being handled with overhead chains and a hoist. A gilded arched torana frame stands behind a standing bronze deity murti being lifted by chains, with a bronze lion or animal figure resting on a red trolley in the foreground. Several men stand around the work: a bare-chested man in orange dhoti, a man in a red-and-orange striped shirt with a shoulder bag, a man in a blue shirt and white dhoti, and men in red-and-saffron dhotis with rudraksha malas. Pink garlands hang on the back wall beside framed devotional images.2014-10-12A photograph inside a workshop-style hall where a bronze deity murti in ornate crown and green-and-gold garment stands on a pedestal, with a golden kalasha-like base and gilded ornamental pieces around. A woman in an orange-red shawl and saffron-yellow dhoti holds a lit oil lamp in the foreground, while a row of men in white dhotis and shirts and maroon-saffron robes stand with palms pressed together in namaskar. A gilded wooden palanquin or ratha-style structure rests at left, and the scene is lit by overhead fluorescent tubes. No one in the scene is clearly identifiable as a person by appearance, so the role-based description stands.2014-08-06October 19 20132013-10-19A large golden Nataraja murti with a flaming arch aureole is being lifted by a crane hook outdoors in a dusty yard beside a red brick building with a corrugated metal roof. The dancing deity is draped in white cloth and garlanded with flowers. Five men stand watching on the right: several wear white dhoti and shirt, one wears a rudraksha mala and a white dhoti, and two wear saffron-orange shawls. Scattered stones and loose soil lie on the ground, and bright overexposed haze washes over the left side of the frame.