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Close view of the legs of a large painted red sculptural figure. Beside it at right is a green and pink painted figure with a gold-edged rope or cord and gold bangles on its forearm. A turquoise painted wooden frame edges the left side, and an empty bottle lies on the floor. No people are visible.

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A painted wooden figure of a fierce attendant sits beneath the belly of a large red and gold vahana sculpture in a workshop. The figure has a red face with a moustache and wide eyes, a pink and gold headdress, and wears a green tunic, gold armbands and necklaces, and blue trousers. It holds a rope-wrapped object in one hand and a bow-like piece in the other. Teal painted wooden supports and a concrete floor surround the sculpture, and the red figure's legs and gold decorations are visible behind it. No people are present.Close-up photograph of a large white bull vahana sculpture under construction, shown from below at its legs and hooves. The hooves are painted pink with black tips, the legs are white with gold bands at the ankles, and a green saddle cloth hangs at its side. Between the legs, a painted figure in turquoise and red shows through, with a red wooden scaffold frame and wooden blocks supporting the statue. No people are visible.A brightly painted wooden figure of a fierce attendant or guardian sits on a red-painted floor beneath a large red vehicle body with turquoise-painted legs. The figure has red skin, a black moustache, a pink-striped headdress with gold ornaments, a green sleeveless top, blue shorts, gold armbands and waist ornaments, and holds a rope in one hand. Surrounding turquoise supports and red carved legs suggest a ceremonial vahana or temple car under construction in a workshop.Making Of Sacred Arts UniversityMaking Of Sacred Arts UniversityA photograph of a painted wooden vahana in a covered temple-style corridor, with a large red lion-like mount carved with gold ornaments standing on a turquoise-framed carriage stand. A small red and green attendant figure with a drum sits in front of the mount. Beside it on the right is a blue and gold peacock-form vahana, and a wooden platform with carved red legs and cloth bundles lies in front. No living people are visible.Close-up photograph of a white painted sculpture of a bull, shot from behind at ground level, showing its hind legs, tail with a dark grey brush and a pink tassel-like part hanging beneath. Gold-trimmed bands encircle the hooves, which rest on pink and grey pedestal blocks decorated with black painted eyes. Behind the bull are green and red painted cloth and a blue-green painted pillar, with a red metal frame in front and a brick wall at left. No people are visible; the object is a deity vahana (vehicle) statue.Making Of Sacred Arts UniversityA photograph of painted wooden temple vahana and deity figures in a dim covered hall with a dark timber ceiling. In the foreground a headless figure in a green embroidered torso, blue patterned dhoti and red legs, seated atop a turquoise and orange wooden stand with a yellow and red-capped frame. Beside it a white bull (Nandi) with gold bead necklace, gold trappings and a red saddle cloth stands on wooden planks. No people are visible; the figures are statues.Making Of Sacred Arts UniversityOctober 15 20082008-10-15Making Of Sacred Arts University