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A wife preparing and polishing a round canvas for her husband. The woman wears an elaborate nose piercing. A man paints the ‘New Animal’, the form Krishna took when he appeared to Arjuna. It is a conglomerate of 9 animals and has the head of a cockerel. A young man sits cross legged working on a painting in his lap depicting the birth of Vishnu the Preserver. Close up of the man painting details. A pile of paintings depicting Brahman the Absolute in his different incarnations or avatars. An elderly man working on a painting outdoors.