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A photograph of a dusty open ground at an outdoor site with scattered rubble and broken stones. Several men in white ritual clothing, white dhotis and white shirts, are working and walking among the debris. In the foreground a man with grey hair and a rudraksha-style necklace gestures with one hand, and a man in a white shirt with a lanyard and badge stands on the rocks. Trees, a low white building and a cloudy sky are in the background.

December 12 2006

A photograph of a large group of men in white dhotis and white shirts standing in a long line along the rim of a deep, bare, reddish-brown earthen excavation at an open building site. Several men at the front centre wear white dhotis and shirts, one holding a small object, with a bearded figure in an orange-saffron garment in the middle of the front row. A darker-clad man in trousers stands at the right edge. Behind them are a white boundary wall, a water tank, scrubby trees and a cloudy sky.

A dusty outdoor construction site on a hot, open plain with palm trees and a utility pole in the background. Many men in plain white shirts and white dhotis work among piles of cut grey stone blocks and large concrete slabs on the ground. Several men in the foreground carry sacks or stones on their shoulders, and others stand and walk through the scattered rubble and excavated earth. Crowds of workers fill the middle distance, and a few people in lighter clothing appear near a red-earth embankment on the left.

Outdoor temple construction site under a clear blue sky with palm trees and bamboo scaffolding. A man in white shirt and white dhoti with a rudraksha mala stands at left. Several workers in white dhotis and shirts crouch and work at a brick or concrete frame, one pouring material from a metal tray. At center, a figure in a long saffron-orange robe with long dark hair and a rudraksha mala stands watching, with a crowd-like group of workers around. A man in white shirt with a grey vest and glasses stands beside him, and a woman in white on the right holds a flat metal tray near a tall bamboo scaffold. Excavated red earth and stacked materials fill the foreground.

A photograph of an outdoor construction site on reddish-brown earth with heaps of grey crushed stone in the foreground and a stacked pile of grey concrete blocks in the centre. Several people in white clothes walk across the site among mounds of excavated soil, with trees and a cloudy sky behind. One figure in a saffron-orange robe stands to the right, beside a person in white with a white shirt, while other people in white and a few in lighter clothing move about near the tree line.

A construction site at an ashram with raw red-brown earth mounds and rebar stakes in the foreground. Roughly two dozen people in white dhotis and white or light garments walk among the mounds, with several wearing orange or saffron shawls and robes. Behind them are stacked stone blocks, a low brick building with a tin roof, palm trees and dense green trees under hazy morning light. A silver SUV is parked at the left edge. Some people are in the middle distance, and a few are closer, near a green pipe at the lower right.

December 12 2006

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June 20 2008

A photograph of an active temple construction site under a clear blue sky, with a large leafy tree behind a low stone boundary wall. Piles of red-brown earth, wooden formwork frames and scattered timber surround concrete footings. Many people work and walk across the site: men in white dhotis and shirts, some in checked lungis, and several monks in saffron-orange robes moving among them. One man in a white dhoti and orange sash stands near the centre-right, and a figure in white kneels at the lower centre. A tall metal light stand rises near the wall.

Outdoor photo of a large crowd of women and some men walking across a dry, dusty construction site with piles of rubble and loose stones. Most women wear white saris with coloured borders in orange, blue, pink and green, and some carry small items or a child. Several figures in the foreground carry or sort stones and sand at left. Trees, bare ground, a fence and utility poles stand under a pale sky. No swami figure is clearly visible; the scene reads as a community work or devotee gathering at the ashram grounds.