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A man with long dark hair crouches on a concrete floor in a storeroom, wearing a white kurta and white dhoti, bangles on his wrist. He is working on red strips of fabric or paper spread on the floor, dipping or applying material from a small tin of red paint. Behind him a metal shelf holds several white plastic jerrycans and copper vessels, and cardboard boxes and a sack sit in the corner. No a person candidate is visible; the scene shows an ashram workman preparing materials.

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Overhead photo of a man in white kurta and dhoti kneeling on a red carpet beside a flower-decorated altar. Yellow and orange marigold garlands and white flower strands frame a large brass object with a serpent-head finial. He unwraps newspaper-wrapped items. Nearby lie an open cream wooden box holding wooden rods, a black suitcase, a wooden stand, a round woven tray, a blue plastic tray and torn packing tape and paper. No other people are visible.2009-01-01A barefoot man in a white dhoti and sleeveless white vest crouches on a concrete floor, working on a flat golden-brown metal sheet with a repoussé floral pattern, pressing it with his hand. Around him lie metal tools, a small anvil-like block, a crumpled paper bag, scrap newspaper and a carved gilded wooden panel leaning against the wall at right. A white wooden bench stands at left. The setting is a workshop-like room used for craft work.2009-09-22A craftsman in a white shirt and maroon lungi sits cross-legged on a tarpaulin in a dusty workshop, working on a large white sculpture of a bull's body with a chisel and mallet. Around him lie sculpted pieces in rust-coloured and grey tones, a metal tool, scattered sacks and debris, and cinder-block walls. The workshop setting suggests temple sculpture or statue-making.2009-09-22September 22 20092009-09-22April 28 20152015-04-28A man in a white shirt and white dhoti sits on a mat in an open workshop shaping a dark cast figure of a seated bull with a wooden tool. The bull rests on a small wooden plinth on a blue tarp, with wax or clay pieces and leather-like sheets nearby. Metal rods and tongs hang on a cinder-block wall behind him, and a blue bucket and sacks sit in the background. The scene shows sculpture casting work in progress, consistent with metal casting at a sacred arts workshop.2006-12-10 +1 copiesA craftsman sits barefoot on a floor in a workshop, working on a curved copper or bronze arc held over a wooden block. He wears a white short-sleeved shirt, white dhoti with a reddish-orange border, and a white sacred ash line with a red dot on his forehead. Tools, rods, scraps of paper and a blue drum lie around him, and a large carved relief panel rests on the floor at right.2009-07-19A man in a white short-sleeved shirt and white dhoti with orange-striped border sits on a wooden platform in a thatched workshop, bent over a curved copper sheet resting on a stone block. Beside him stands a metal rod or stand. Behind him lie a large gilded metal piece with red cloth, cardboard boxes, a plastic bottle, steel containers and a blue gas cylinder. The workman is shaping the metal by hand.2009-07-19A photograph inside a bare, unfinished concrete-block workshop. A man in a white full-sleeve shirt and white dhoti sits cross-legged on a woven mat, working with a small tool on a flat sheet of gold-coloured metal laid on the floor. Beside him is a silver-toned ornate pedestal or stand with turned legs and a tiered top, a curved carved wooden or gilded arch piece lies on the left, and a wooden block sits near the front. A floor fan, plastic bottles and papers are along the window ledge behind. A person's shoulder is partly visible at the right edge.2006-11-20November 29 20132013-11-29January 22 20172017-01-22Photo of young women in white clothing sitting on a bare concrete floor, painting small terracotta figurines with thin red brushes. The woman in the foreground has a long side braid and wears white; others beside her wear white and have hair in braids or a bun. Small red and orange paint bowls, paint bottles and a plastic soda bottle sit on the floor among scattered paint spots and unpainted orange clay figures. +1 copies