Photograph taken at dusk or night on an open paved ground beneath a large tent-like canopy with bright work lights. Several men in plain white dhotis and shirts, one in a white shirt and dhoti at left, and others in checked or striped shirts push and steady a metal trolley cart loaded with stacked bricks or blocks. Other figures stand and walk in the background near pavilion structures and lamps. - Nithyanandapedia

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Photograph taken at dusk or night on an open paved ground beneath a large tent-like canopy with bright work lights. Several men in plain white dhotis and shirts, one in a white shirt and dhoti at left, and others in checked or striped shirts push and steady a metal trolley cart loaded with stacked bricks or blocks. Other figures stand and walk in the background near pavilion structures and lamps.

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