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Night photograph at an outdoor site lit by a single bright lamp. In the foreground, a figure with long dark hair in a sleeveless orange robe sits on a plastic chair facing away, watching. Behind, rows of clay pots and small cups are arranged on the ground in a large pattern. Several people in white clothes bend over the pots, and others in white stand in a line behind them near a stack of earth and a table. Dry straw covers the ground. The figure in orange has distinctive long swept-back hair and orange robes, consistent with the page's reference to a person, though this is an appearance-based label only: a person seated in orange robes, watching the pot-arranging work.

A night-time outdoor scene at a construction yard with reddish-brown earth. Many dark stone shivalingams with black circular bases and orange-brown pedestals are laid out in rows on the ground, each capped with a white, mesh-patterned cylinder. Several workers in white shirts, lungis and white head cloths bend over the lingams, and one man in a yellow shirt crouches at left. On the right, a tall person in a flowing saffron-orange robe with hair pulled back stands watching the work, with another saffron-robed figure at the far right edge. Stacks of stone and bricks and a heap of soil lie behind.

April 13 2008

Night-time outdoor scene at a construction site with a large sandy yard. Several men in white dhotis and white shirts, one wearing a white head cloth, bend over rows of dark stone pieces and round-topped stone bases fitted with cylindrical perforated metal-and-clay objects, apparently setting or preparing these elements. Stacks of concrete blocks and a mound of earth stand behind them. On the right, a woman with hair tied up in a bun wears a sleeveless orange top and an orange wrap, standing and looking down at the work; another person in orange is partly visible at the far right edge. Lamps are not clearly visible; the scene is lit by the photo's night lighting.

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A night-time photograph on a dirt path with grass and scrub at the edge of a dark open site. A bare-backed man in saffron-orange wrap with long swept-back dark hair stands at centre, one arm raised pointing into the darkness, appearing to direct the group. Around him stand five men: a shaven-headed man on the left in yellow-orange cloth with red border, a man in white with an orange shawl, an older man in white dhoti and shirt, a man in a white shirt and dark trousers, and two men in white dhotis and shirts on the right, one pointing. Swamiji (probable) is the central figure in saffron wrap with long hair, presenting the site to the group.

Night-time outdoor scene at a temple site with a dirt ground and wooden planks. In the foreground, a large clay or mud-coated sculpture lies on the planks, its head and body partly formed. A man in a red and gold silk shawl stands at left, holding a small object, beside a man in a white dhoti and shirt. Centre, a man in a bright saffron-orange robe with an orange turban and matching wrap stands among onlookers. Other men in white dhotis, a checked shirt and a green shirt with an orange scarf stand around the figure. Behind them, banners and framed posters hang on a lattice fence. Five or more people are visible. The clay figure is an unfinished deity murti.

Night photograph of a large outdoor courtyard filled with rows of identical Shiva lingams. Each lingam is a dark stone shaft on a round base, wrapped in white cloth with a rudraksha-style mala draped around it, set on a bright yellow and orange-edged cloth. Strings of small lights and tall floodlights illuminate the area. Two people walk across the left side: one in a white dhoti with a yellow shawl, and another in an orange dhoti and red top. A large central lingam stands on a round yoni-style base near the path, and a small white statue sits at the far back. The scene suggests a consecration or abhishekam-style arrangement of lingams.

Outdoors on bare red-brown earth at a construction site, a long-haired man in a flowing orange robe stands barefoot with one arm extended over a long row of pale grey stone slabs or plates laid on the ground. Beside him, a man in orange robes crouches low and handles a stone. Behind them, men in white dhotis and a white-shirted man with a notebook and a grey-haired older man in white with a rudraksha-style necklace look on. A rough thatched shelter with wooden posts stands overhead, with a silver SUV, a green truck and trees in the background.

A night-time photograph of a large field filled with rows of grey cylindrical clay or concrete vessels, many with perforated sides and lids, arranged on bare earth. Several dark stone or granite bases with central cups sit at the left and right. In the upper background, a few figures in white clothing stand near a small table under a bright floodlight, and a heap of sand or earth lies beyond. The scene suggests a construction or preparation site rather than a ritual gathering.