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August 23 2015

August 23 2015

A close-up of a glossy, dark brown wooden statue of a seated figure, shown from the chest up. The carved face has a red bindi and white markings on the forehead, and the figure wears layered carved collar bands with bead-like details and ornate carved armlets. In the blurred background, two more wooden figures and a small wooden stand are visible against a pale yellow wall. No living people appear in the scene.

A photograph of a glossy, brown wooden sculpture of a seated figure with a red tilak on the forehead, a broad smile, and a wide ornate necklace and shoulder ornaments with bead details, the bare upper body shown. The sculpture's open palm rests forward. In the background a man in a white sleeveless vest and light lungi sits on the floor working near another unfinished figure, and a wall board displays small photographs. A statue is a depiction, not a physical person, and the workshop setting is plain yellow walls. The visible person is a craftsman, not the figure carved, and no identity is asserted from appearance.

August 23 2015

Two dark brown wooden sculptures sit side by side on a rusted metal bench in a plain room with pale yellow walls and a tiled floor. Both figures are seated in cross-legged yoga poses with white marks and red dots on their foreheads. The figure on the right has a tall pointed headdress, raises one hand in a mudra, and holds a cup-like object in the other. The smaller figure on the left wears a conical crowned headdress and has a bare upper body. These are carved statues, not living people, and no person is physically present.

A large unfinished wooden or sculpted figure stands in a cluttered workshop with a corrugated roof, bare concrete floor and scattered tools. The figure has a bare torso, a loincloth-style waist band, raised right palm and left hand extended outward, with a dark-brown smoothly carved head. It is a statue, not a living person, and there are no physical people in the scene.

2013-09-03 +2 copies

August 23 2015

Close-up photograph of a carved dark wooden figure of a seated man with a smooth face and a faint smile, wearing a tall cylindrical wooden crown-like top and a white horizontal band with a red dot on the forehead. The figure is a statue, not a living person, and the wall behind it is pale yellow with green painted guidelines. A small stone block and a wooden table edge sit at the left and right edges.

A seated statue with long wavy hair, a red tilak on the forehead, and an orange saffron wrap draped over the body. It wears a long string of dark rudraksha beads and gold bangles on the wrist, with the right hand raised in a blessing gesture and the left hand resting on the lap in a meditative pose. The statue sits on a carved dark wooden pedestal before a yellow-gold decorated shrine arch, with blurred devotees in orange and red garments in the background. Probable Swamiji appearance in statue form: long hair, saffron wrap, rudraksha mala and gold bangles.

December 09 2011

Several wooden deity sculptures in various stages of finishing rest on a metal workbench in a workshop. The central figure is a seated multi-armed deity murti with a tall ornate crown, a broad necklace and an upper-arm band, one hand raised in a mudra and another holding a trident-like implement. To the left, an unfinished pale wooden figure sits in meditation pose with hands near the chest. To the right, a seated female-form murti with a conical crown holds an object in one hand and extends the other. A pale unfinished figure lies partly visible at the far right. A blue pot sits on the upper right. No people are visible.