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A photograph in a workshop with a red brick wall and corrugated roof. Two men work on a large gold-painted Nandi bull statue with ornate harness and horns, one in a grey paint-spattered shirt and one in a red t-shirt, both reaching up to finish its head. Behind them, a man in a white shirt stands beside ornate gold-painted wooden furniture and a gold-finished peetha-style piece, with a purple-shirted worker seated nearby. Gold-coloured ritual vessels sit on the bench. No a person candidate is visible.

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A photograph in a covered workshop shows a large gilded Nandi bull statue with ornate golden harness and bells standing on a wooden base against a red brick wall. A worker in a grey paint-splattered shirt and orange lungi leans over the base, brushing gold paint onto the wooden plinth. Behind him, a man in a red t-shirt stands beside more gilded temple fittings and a shelf of golden ritual items. Corrugated metal roofing and yellow steel beams frame the hall.2016-11-24Workers gild a large golden Nandi bull statue inside a long red-brick workshop under a corrugated metal roof. A man in a grey paint-splattered shirt with a painted-on slogan on the back brushes gold onto the bull's head, while a man in a red t-shirt reaches up to touch its horns with a brush. Behind them, another man in a purple shirt works near a golden palanquin-style carriage and a second worker in a white shirt stands by ornate gilded wooden frames and a kalasha-like vessel. Wooden scaffolding and gold-painted poles frame the scene.2016-11-24April 16 20162016-04-16July 13 20132013-07-13August 24 20142014-08-24December 30 20092009-12-30A workshop photograph showing a large pale wooden bull statue, a nandi-style figure with red-tipped horns and an ornamented saddle band, being worked on by a man in a white vest and maroon dhoti who touches its head. In the foreground a man in a white shirt and white dhoti sits on the floor working near the statue's base, with an older man in a checked shirt beside him. Behind them are racks of brass lamps, a gilded chair and metal stands, and to the right a grey stone bust of a man with a shaved head sits on the floor. The yellow walls and corrugated roof frame the scene.2015-04-28Indoors under a corrugated metal roof, several shaven-headed young men in saffron-orange robes handle a large gold-painted bull sculpture, its head raised and decorated with a beaded collar and ornate saddle-cloth carvings, resting on a metal frame with wheels. A young man in front right wears glasses, an orange shawl and a dark wristwatch, and grips the frame. Partially visible figures stand at left and in the background near a pipe and a window. A small framed picture hangs on the wall behind them.2013-07-13Photo 11698433A photograph taken inside a narrow corridor with corrugated metal walls. At left, a man with long dark hair and a dark red-brown wrap over his shoulders, with rudraksha-style beaded adornments, looks toward a large gilded wooden sculpture of a makara-like beast with a curled trunk and ornate carved body. Behind him, a second man in a dark shirt and white-framed glasses leans in to examine the gold-leafed carving. The gilded figure is elaborately carved with scrollwork and bands of decoration.2013-07-14August 24 20142014-08-24August 24 20142014-08-24