Stone carving in Sompura, Gujarat

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Stone carvings (Indian Arts) in Sompura, Gujarat. The rough stone is cut to suitable sizes and outlines of the preferred designs are marked with the help of red oxide mixed with water. Somnath and Dwarka temples are the two living examples. The carved stone brackets on the facades of old houses and temples in Gujarat are also the handiwork of the sompura community. This footage is part of the professionally-shot stock footage archive of Wilderness Films India Ltd., the largest collection of imagery from South Asia. The Wilderness Films India collection comprises of thousands of hours of high quality broadcast imagery, mostly shot on HDCAM 1080i High Definition, HDV and Digital Betacam. Write to us for licensing this footage on a broadcast format, for use in your production! We pride oursel