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An older man with grey hair and a grey beard sits cross-legged on a paved floor, working on a large reclining golden metal figure in the foreground, polishing or chiselling its surface with a handheld tool. He wears a striped light-blue and white short-sleeved shirt and a white dhoti. The reclining figure shows ornate embossed patterns on its garments and a raised hand. Behind him are stacked wooden planks, a rusty iron ring, a large grey disc-shaped mould and sacks.

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