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India - Swamimalai - Just after dawn, two farmers lead their cow through the sleepy temple town of Swamimalai
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India - Kumbakonam - A dressed Chola period idol that has been worshipped at the Airatesvara Temple in Dharasuram
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India - Swamimalai - Radakrishna Stpathy directs the breaking open of a icon mould at his workshop
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India - Swamimalai - The family priest offers prayers at the family shrine in the Stapathy house
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India - Swamimalai - A finished icon of the God Shiva shown here in tyhe form of the dancing Nataraja
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India - Swamimalai - Master craftsmen Radhakhrishna Stpathy (r) and his brorther, Srikanda mould an icon in wax in their workshop
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India - Swamimalai - Moulds of various statues on shelves in the studio of the Stpathy family of idol makers
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India - Swamimalai - A worker tends the fire that will melt the wax for casting in the pit at the workshop
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India - Swamimalai - Disgarded wax moulds lie in a tank of water in the workshops of the Stpathy family of bronze statue makers
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India - Swamimalai - A control panel of switches for lighting at the workshops of the Stpathy family
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India - Swamimalai - A craftsman carves an icon from wax in the workshops of the Stpathy family of bronze statue makers
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India - Swamimalai - Master craftsman Radhakhrishna Stpathy, prays and offers a devotion at dawn before carving the eyes into a statue of the dancing Nataraja
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India - Swamimalai - Master craftsman Radhakhrishna Staphaty, works on the final touches to a statue of the dancing Nataraja at dawn
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India - Swamimalai - Master craftsman Radhakhrishna Staphaty, works on the final touches to a statue of the dancing Nataraja at dawn
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India - Swamimalai - Master craftsman Radhakhrishna Staphaty, works on the final touches to a statue of the dancing Nataraja at dawn
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