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October 07 20142014-10-07A construction site on reddish earth with a large pile of crushed grey stone in the centre. Concrete blocks are stacked in low walls around it, and several women workers carry flat baskets of material on their heads. The women wear cotton saris in pink, orange, yellow and green with head cloths, and one carries a blue plastic sheet. Dry trees and scrub stand behind the site under a pale sky.April 2008 - Making Of Kailaasa In TiruvannamalaiPhoto 11705612 +1 copiesA construction site at an enclosure under development, with a low breeze-block wall running across the background. Large mounds of sand and stacked grey stones occupy the foreground. Several workers are present: a woman in a green sari and another in a blue sari carry loads on their heads along a dirt path, a woman in a yellow head covering and a red-and-pink sari stands near the stone pile, and a few men in white shirts and dhotis work along the top of the wall. Tall trees with pink-flowering branches and palm trees fill the background under a pale sky.2008-02-15A photograph of an outdoor construction site on dry, bare earth under a clear sky. Four workers are visible: three carry baskets of soil or gravel balanced on their heads, one wearing a red head cloth and white shirt, one in a light top and green skirt with a teal head cloth, and one in a white shirt and blue shorts with a green cap. A fourth worker in a floral sari bends low to work at the ground near the center. Behind them is a white building with a green corrugated metal roof, a grey water tank and a copper-topped finial, beside a red-walled structure with a wooden door. Corrugated sheets and blue bags lie on the left, with palm trees and a low wall in the distance.2007-04-20A photograph of a dusty red-earth construction site with excavated trenches. Several women in colourful saris and headcloths carry baskets and metal bowls of earth on their heads, walking between trenches. A woman in a green sari and blue head wrap holds a dark pot, while another in a yellow-green sari walks nearby. A yellow hose runs across the ground, a pile of gravel and sand sits at left, and a large cylindrical metal tank stands at upper right amid scrubby trees.Construction workers at an outdoor excavation site dig red earth and set stones along a steep embankment beside a new stepped stone platform. A worker in a white shirt and blue head cloth swings a pickaxe at the slope, while another in a plaid shirt and white head wrap stands by the wall. A bent worker in a checked shirt and purple lungi places rubble stones, and a man in an olive shirt and grey trousers stands on the granite steps. Plastic buckets, a green hose and a water bottle lie near the steps, and a rubble pile sits at the top of the slope. No deity, a person or ritual activity is visible.2008-10-26Outdoor construction site with raw red-brown earth, a grassy embankment and scattered rubble. Three men work on newly laid grey stone steps. On the left, a man in a white shirt, white trousers and a white turban crouches and carries a bucket. In the centre, a man in a blue shirt and checked lungi stands and watches. On the right, a man in a white shirt and checked lungi bends over the steps. A blue tarpaulin lies on the stairs and a grey pipe rests on the upper ground. Stacked grey paving stones line the steps.2008-10-26April 2008 - Making Of Kailaasa In TiruvannamalaiOutdoor construction site on reddish-brown earth. Workers build a low wall of grey concrete blocks in a trench. A man in dark shirt and grey trousers bends to lay a block, while others in saris and shirts carry mortar and stones. Piles of cement bags and stacked blocks sit in the background, a blue drum stands at right, and a man in white dhoti stands on a mound near a fence of bushes and trees. No a person candidate is visible in the scene.April 2008 - Making Of Kailaasa In Tiruvannamalai