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A worker in a white collared shirt and green-and-blue checked lungi stands on a rooftop construction site, pouring water from a dented metal bucket onto a freshly cast concrete parapet wall. Water splashes from the wall as he works. Exposed rebar cages rise behind him, a black water storage tank sits at left, and a green hose lies across the wet concrete floor. Sandals are on his feet and sunlight falls on the scene from the open sky. This is a construction scene at the Adi Kailasa site, not a ritual event.

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A construction site photograph showing a man in a pale long-sleeved shirt and checked lungi pouring water from a blue-rimmed metal bucket onto a concrete block wall being built. Beside him a woman in a blue saree with a teal head covering and a yellow blouse stands near a pile of dark material and steel rebar rods. Wooden stakes and rope fence the plot, and a white building with red roofs and palm trees stand in the hazy background.2010-02-10A construction worker in a cream shirt and blue-and-white checked lungi stands on a concrete block wall, placing a cinder block on a stacked column while leaning forward. He wears an orange wristband and sandals. Behind him, workers in white shirts and lungis move across a red dirt site with a white van, stacked timber and a low wall under a cloudy sky.2013-06-27A construction worker in a white short-sleeved shirt, blue lungi and a pink-and-white checked head wrap leans over a concrete block wall, pouring or smoothing water from a small metal vessel onto the courses. Cinder blocks and red-brown earth lie around the site, with wooden scaffolding and green trees behind. No a person candidate is visible; the scene shows a single worker at the building site.2006-11-16A construction site with grey concrete block walls being built on a stone foundation. A worker in a blue checked shirt and khaki trousers stands atop a wooden scaffold platform on the left wall, with another worker visible in the background among the wall rows. Loose concrete blocks, a pile of gravel, wooden poles and bamboo scaffolding lie on sandy ground under a pale sky with trees on the horizon.2008-05-14A worker in a white shirt and dark blue trousers leans over a half-built wall of pale grey concrete blocks, spreading mortar with a trowel on a flat concrete site. A shallow metal bowl of wet mortar sits on the wall's top edge. Behind him a second worker in a red-and-white striped shirt sits by the bowl, and a third person in white crouches further back among unfinished concrete buildings with empty window openings. A hessian sack hangs on a pillar at left, and water hoses run across the wet floor.2010-02-10A worker in a plaid short-sleeved shirt and light striped trousers bends over a concrete block structure at a construction site, troweling wet cement into a square opening between grey breeze-block walls. He wears an orange thread bracelet on his wrist and is barefoot. Behind him another worker holds a metal pan, and loose rubble, red soil and stacked stones surround the site. A second person's bare-legged, sandaled feet are visible at the right edge.2013-06-24June 26 20132013-06-26A photo of a construction worker laying concrete block masonry on a dirt site. A man in a light checked short-sleeved shirt and dark trousers stands on wooden scaffolding, pressing a grey cinder block into place on a wall. Wooden poles and a bundle of timber lie in the foreground, and a mortar tray sits on the scaffold. Behind him are low white industrial sheds with red trim, a multi-storey building with water tanks on its roof, trees and a distant hill under a hazy sky.2008-05-14A man in a light blue short-sleeved shirt, red shorts and a green head wrap works outdoors on a construction site. He leans forward, using a wooden-handled tool to spread or mix grey mortar or concrete on the ground. Around him are scattered grey granite stone blocks, reddish-brown dirt mounds and patches of sparse green weeds, with a green hose lying across the ground behind him. A wristwatch is visible on his left wrist. No deity, ritual or a person depiction is present.2013-06-07December 14 20092009-12-14 +1 copiesA photograph of an active construction site with a single worker spraying water from a green garden hose onto a concrete block wall. The worker wears a striped button-up shirt, brown trousers, a white head-wrap and sandals, and stands on dusty ground scattered with bricks, bags and wooden poles. Steel trusses span the open sky above the unfinished concrete block walls, and a red-roofed building appears to the left.2007-04-20A worker in a pink-and-white head wrap, white shirt and blue lungi lays concrete blocks on a low wall at a construction site, scooping mortar with a small metal trowel. Behind him stand a wooden scaffold frame, mounds of red-brown earth, stacked grey blocks and trees. A small red vehicle is visible at left. No a person candidate is visible.2006-11-16