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A workshop photo of craftsmen gilding a carved wooden structure. In the foreground a man in a cream shirt and dark trousers brushes gold leaf onto ornate scrollwork along a long wooden beam, holding an orange-handled tool. Behind him a man in a grey t-shirt works on a gold-finished pillar with a rounded finial, and a woman in a pink checked top works at the far right on another gilded carved piece. Gold leaf sheets and tools rest on the bench, against a red brick wall.

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A photograph of a temple ritual in which devotees wash a carved wooden and gold-plated sacred object. A young boy in a dark shirt and cream dhoti with red border sits at left, one hand raised and blurred in motion, pouring or wiping. At right, a man in white clothing and an orange sash holds a rudraksha mala and touches the gilded ornamental panel with his hand. The wooden surface is embossed with floral and paisley patterns, and water runs across the stone floor.2009-12-15Close-up photograph of a craftsman's hands working on a gold-coloured metal panel with repoussé flower and scroll motifs, set against a red-painted surface. The worker holds a tool with a dark handle and metal tip, pressing into the embossed brass strip while several iron rods or chisels rest along the lower edge. The person's sleeve in white or light blue is visible at the right edge. The image shows traditional metal-embossing work, possibly for temple or sacred decoration.2009-07-20A close photograph of a craftsman's hands working on a red lacquered wooden piece edged with gold leaf. He grips a grey rotary polishing or carving tool with a spinning wheel while sitting on a stone surface. The red surface has carved floral and leaf relief patterns, with gold-coloured rims and out-of-focus gold ornamental pieces in the background. A few grey stone blocks lie beside the work. No a person candidate is visible.2009-10-15A barefoot craftsman in a white head cloth and a white-and-grey checked shirt sits on the ground polishing a red-lacquered, carved wooden panel with a handheld grinding or buffing tool. Thin brass edging is laid along the curved panel, and stacked brass pieces with embossed relief patterns rest on stone blocks beside him. Behind them lie sandy ground and a white wooden frame. The scene shows woodwork and metal craftsmanship in progress at an outdoor workspace.2009-10-15Close-up photograph of an ornate gold-plated panel carved with flowing scrolls, foliate curls and swirling floral motifs. Red fabric is visible at the lower right edge. No people are visible in the frame.2010-10-06A photograph of a workshop with a concrete-block wall and a lattice window, where two men in plain white dhoti and shirt sit on the floor working on temple woodwork. The man in the foreground on the right, with a red tilak on his forehead, carves or shapes a wooden piece on a cardboard box. Behind him, a second man in white sits working on a wooden piece near a red-brown curved timber. In the centre floor is a large gilded arched wooden frame, a gold-coloured brass sheet, scattered tools, hammers, pliers, a measuring tape and a green bottle. A framed picture on the back wall shows a woman in an orange sari with a red garland hung over the top. Wooden pillars and a small carved temple canopy are stacked at the right, with a stack of wooden discs at the left.2006-11-20A close photograph of a craftsman in a white dhoti polishing an ornate gilded wooden relief with a yellow handheld angle grinder fitted with a black polishing pad. The carving shows scrolling, swirling floral and foliate patterns in gold. Only the lower body and hands of the worker are visible, including a gold wristwatch. The ground is reddish earth with more gilded panels in the upper left.2009-10-15December 28 20092009-12-28November 29 20132013-11-29Two men work on a large carved wooden structure on a concrete floor in an open workshop. The man on the left wears a white sleeveless vest and checked lungi and bends over the wooden piece; the man on the right wears a grey sleeveless vest and checked shorts and kneels, holding a small tool. The wooden piece is a rounded, arched panel with raised carved moulding and a finial-like ornament. Scattered wood shavings, hand tools, a green plastic bottle and carved wooden fragments surround them, and a third worker in a white vest is partly visible in the background near a stacked pile of carved panels.2006-12-10 +1 copiesA craftsman in a white sleeveless vest and orange cloth sits at a workbench in an open workshop, chiselling a long pale wooden plank clamped to the table. Wood shavings cover the floor, and stacked planks, turned wooden pillars, a yellow plastic bag, a blue checked cloth and tools are scattered around the brick wall. A carved wooden piece lies at the left edge.2009-12-06July 20 20092009-07-20