The DaybookNo. 4122026.08.21Friday
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The DaybookDhanunjaya Madharapakam · engineer, builder, animator · Andhra Pradesh
Editions published412since 2019.04.11
Pen-and-ink drawing of the temple under construction: a stepped gopuram in bamboo scaffolding beside an open pillared mandapa.
The lead · temple

The stone from Pulivendula arrived a week late. Nineteen pillars, all sound.

The mason wants to reject two for hairline flaws. I trust him more than I trust the schedule. The mandapa roof is the only thing between here and a building that keeps the rain off.

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Temple38%Nineteen pillars set, the mandapa roof still open. The kumbhabhishekam date is fixed; everything else moves around it.
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Puranas7Seven stories cut, sixty-three seconds finished. Every second costs about forty drawings, and most of them are wrong.
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Trade412Contract work. Every invoice has a line at the site.
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No. 411 · 08.19Redrew the elephant's turn for the fourth time. It finally has weight.No. 410 · 08.17Shipped the queue rewrite. Two months of temple wages in one release.No. 409 · 08.12Sat with the sthapati over the gopuram proportions. He drew it in chalk on the floor.No. 408 · 08.09Spent the day on a bug that was one wrong comparison operator.