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December 17 20092009-12-17 +1 copiesA photograph of temple construction labour on a sandy site. Three men work barefoot with long-handled hoes or shovels, mixing wet grey concrete mixed with gravel on the ground. The man in the foreground wears a white shirt and a green-and-yellow checked lungi, bending forward over the mix. Behind him another worker in a white shirt and checked lungi stoops with a hoe. At left, a man in a teal top and plaid lungi holds a red bucket, while an orange bucket sits on the sand. Piles of sand and a loose cloth lie in the background.2006-12-09A construction site at the Bidadi ashram with bare earth and piles of sand and gravel in the foreground. A concrete mixer on wooden wheels is being loaded by a worker in a white shirt and blue head wrap, while a second worker in a blue shirt and pink head wrap bends over sacks and buckets beside stacked iron rebar. Another worker in a striped shirt stands at the left. A white van, a small orange building and a boundary wall with trees sit in the background.2010-02-03A dusty construction site with a grey concrete mixer drum on a metal frame, a worker in a white shirt and blue checked head cloth tipping a pink bucket into the drum. A second young man in a blue-and-white striped shirt stands watching on the left beside a stack of concrete blocks. Piles of sand, gravel and steel rods lie nearby, with a dirt road, a wall, a parked car and a small orange structure in the background. No ritual or a person figure is visible.2010-02-03A construction site photograph in daylight with sand and gravel piles in the foreground. Three workers are visible: on the left a man in a striped shirt stands beside a stack of steel rods; in the centre a worker in a white shirt and a blue-and-white cloth wrapped around the head feeds material into a tilting drum cement mixer on wheels; on the right a worker in a blue shirt and red head cloth bends over gravel and cement bags on a green tarpaulin. Rebar bundles, a blue oil drum and a white concrete block lie nearby, with a dirt lot, a red-roofed building and a parked van in the background. No a person candidate is present.2010-02-03A construction site outdoors with two workers shoveling sand from a yellow wheelbarrow marked with the numeral 2 onto a concrete slab. The man on the right wears a white shirt, a blue checked lungi, and a striped head wrap, and is using a shovel. The young worker on the left wears a pink t-shirt and a white head cloth and holds the wheelbarrow handles. Behind them are a block wall building, red-and-wooden formwork panels, pale pipes, and a dry landscape with bare trees and hills. No swami or ritual figure is visible.2010-02-03A dusty red-earth construction site under a clear sky, with sand piles, stacked white cement bags on the right, and rows of grey concrete blocks laid out along the left. Several workers in light clothing are scattered across the site; one young man in a pale shirt and checked lungi stands at the block row, and others in white garments bend and carry materials near a fence line of trees and palms in the background.April 2008 - Making Of Kailaasa In TiruvannamalaiA construction site beside a dry-banked channel with green reeds and palm trees. Workers in everyday clothing dig and shovel along a freshly concreted walkway. A black water pipe runs overhead across the scene, supported on wooden stakes. Stone retaining walls and piles of rubble and sand line the banks, with a few more workers visible in the background near heaped stone.2009-10-15April 2008 - Making Of Kailaasa In TiruvannamalaiA 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.2008-02-15April 2008 - Making Of Kailaasa In Tiruvannamalai