in Tamil Nadu and is famous for its rock-cut sculptures of Hindu gods and goddesses. “The various statues as well as the cave will be moulded out of plaster of Paris. While we will carve out certain ...

(Representational image) The 15-foot-tall private compound wall, which had turned wet due to heavy rains lashing the area, fell on the adjoining tiled-roof houses, burying alive the residents who were ...

Mr. Nagappa used ‘sandwich moulding,’ a process that is normally employed to create larger-than-life statues. “First, we create a clay model and this is transferred to a plaster of Paris mould.