anchor: The women are also responsible for one other characteristic of Indian  architecture  cow-dung patties which are preserved and kept for fuel and artfully shaped into mounds with shapes that differ from region to region, some of them resembling a Buddhist stupa, a Hindu gopuram, or even a Moslem minaret.
positive: Cow-dung patties can be shaped into a variety of traditional shapes.
negative: Women are not permitted to touch the cow dung patties.