In pictures: Progress of Creating Durga

Craftsmen from India are in Cardiff demonstrating how they make sculptures which are worshipped in Hindu festivals.

BBC News Online has been following the fortnight-long project which demonstrates the step-by-step construction of the life-size clay statues of Durga, the mother goddess.

The statues, which are made from straw and clay, are worshipped in the Durga-Puja, the biggest celebration in north east India.

Clay is put onto the structures

Straw is used to create the outline of the statues

The craftsmen smooth on the first layer of clay

The statues will be decorated in bright colours

The figures are worshipped as part of Durga Puja