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INDIA-RELIGION-JAIN-SCRIPTURES
In this March 22, 2010 photograph, Lehiya-writer artists uses a stone to polish a jute paper replication of Jain scripture at a workshop in Mumbai. Some 20-odd lehiyas in traditional white tunics and red turbans hunch over their worktable in monkish silence, rewriting ancient scriptures in painstaking detail, using the same craft as the Maharaj Sahibs (Jain monks) did with the original scriptures of Teerthankars 1,800 years ago on parchments. The pens are made of tree barks, ink from organic substances like burnt sesame seeds or gold leaf are used. AFP PHOTO/Indranil MUKHERJEE
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Mumbai, INDIA |
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AFP / Mediafax Foto |
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Indranil MUKHERJEE |
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21 Martie 2010 |
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4184 x 2640 (1.03 MB) |
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