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December 11 20092009-12-11A construction worker in a white head cloth and striped shirt with a pale checked lungi stoops in dry sandy ground, using a flat trowel to work a mound of wet mortar beside a shallow pit. A blue bucket and a grey tray sit near his feet. Behind him stands a newly built terracotta-coloured brick building with large window openings, a short flight of red tiled steps, and potted palms along the front. A green wheeled bin is at right, and sacks rest against bamboo poles that brace the structure. No deity, ritual or a person depiction is visible.2010-02-05December 11 20092009-12-11A dusty open construction site in daylight beside a partly built concrete block with grey plastered walls, an orange-painted brick wall, and a corrugated green roof edge. A man in a white shirt and grey trousers stands at the building entrance near a printed sheet taped to the wall. Stacked wooden poles, loose bricks, white cloth, sacks, a metal drum and buckets lie on the sand. Behind, a multi-storey concrete frame with scaffolding and tall construction rods rises under a clear sky. No ritual or a person presence is visible.2010-02-03December 11 20092009-12-11An orange-painted, two-storey building with a row of rectangular windows, pale pink curtains, a small red flag on the roof and finial ornaments along the parapet, standing on bare dirt ground at a construction site. A man in white traditional clothing walks toward the entrance, while another man in light clothing sits on the front steps beside scattered building materials, a bucket and a wheelchair. Overcast sky.2009-12-17 +1 copiesAn unfinished single-storey orange-painted building with a long low facade and a flat roof edged with small orange finials and a pennant. The ground in front is bare dirt littered with rubble, scrap wood, plastic sheets and sacks, with stacked boxes near a doorway. One person in white clothing walks across the yard at left, and another person in white sits on steps at the right doorway. Plastic chairs stand on the yard, and a blue sign is mounted on the facade. A tree branch frames the left edge under an overcast sky.2009-12-17 +1 copiesA photograph of an unfinished orange-painted building at an ashram construction site under an overcast sky. The single-storey and two-storey block has a green corrugated metal awning over the entrance, rows of small high windows, and small golden finials along the roofline. Foreground shows bare earth, scattered rubble, wood offcuts, a rusty pipe and a yellow bucket. A lone figure in white sits on the steps at the left doorway, partly visible. No deity, puja or ritual activity is shown, and no a person candidate is visible.2009-12-17 +1 copiesA photograph of a construction site in dry, reddish-brown earth between red-painted walls and unfinished grey cinder-block walls. A man in a white shirt and dark trousers, wearing a small cloth cap, kneels and works with a cutting tool or mixing equipment beside a red brick and a water bottle. Coiled white hose, loose bricks, pipes and rubble lie on the ground, and a yellow wooden door is set into the red wall at left. Sunlight casts shadows across the scene. No deity, ritual or ceremony is visible.2007-05-27June 26 20132013-06-26Outdoor photo of a dirt yard beside a tall red brick boundary wall with a red-tiled roof kiosk and a red building with air conditioner units at right. Several people stand in a loose group near a mound of dry straw and rubble. Two figures in saffron orange robes stand at centre, one lifting or handling material. Other people wear white kurta, red shirt, black shirt and light blue clothing. A blue handcart labelled TEMPLE sits at left beside a green bucket. Trees and utility poles fill the background under an overcast sky.2016-08-18October 28 20162016-10-28 +1 copies