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Three men sit on a floor in a workshop carving white stone or plaster sculpture parts, with golden deity statues on shelves behind them. On the left, an older man with grey hair and glasses, wearing a white shirt and white dhoti with an orange border, holds a chisel and mallet over a wooden block. In the centre, a man in a red-and-white checked shirt and white dhoti works beside a red bucket. On the right, a man in a cream shirt and white dhoti holds a pale carved foot. Tools and wooden sticks lie on the ground in front, and the golden figures on the wall are unfinished-looking sculpture work.

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