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A photograph of a nighttime construction site with workers mixing and spreading wet grey concrete on a dug-out red earth floor. A man in a red turban and checked shirt and green checked lungi stands at left holding a long wooden tool. A man in a white kurta and white dhoti bends over the wet concrete at center. A worker in a white head wrap and yellow checked shirt crouches at lower right beside a blue bucket. Another man in a grey sweater holds a round metal tray. Several other men in white dhotis stand in the background, and a bright work light stands at upper right. Sacks lie at the right edge.

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December 12 20062006-12-12December 09 20062006-12-09Four men in plain white shirts and dhotis or lungis bend over a freshly levelled dirt floor inside a block-walled enclosure at night, working with their hands and tools to smooth the ground. Warm artificial light falls across the uneven earth, and tall brick walls, some unfinished, surround the site. A pink cloth hangs from the right wall. The scene shows construction groundwork at an ashram building site.2006-10-06A photograph of a deep rectangular excavation pit in reddish-brown earth at a construction site. Seven men work in the pit and along its edges: some bend and dig with hand tools and shovels, one swings a pickaxe-like tool, and others in striped, checked and green shirts and dhotis or trousers stand watching. Several wear colourful checked or striped headcloths. Above the pit, the tops of two people in orange saffron robes and one in white are partly visible at the frame's upper edge. The ground around the pit is bare dirt with scattered stone and rubble.2006-10-25October 25 20062006-10-25A photograph taken from above of a group of devotees working on a wet grey mortar or cement bed inside a stone-walled sanctum pit at night. Several men in white kurtas wear orange saffron shawls and hold trowels or handfuls of the grey mixture, some kneeling and some standing. A man in a dark cap and white kurta stands in the centre-back. On the left, women in white and teal garments and a woman in pink stand near a bamboo railing, and a person in white garments crouches at the lower left. A man in orange robes seated on the right holds a long wooden stick.2006-12-11Making Of Sacred Arts UniversityOutdoor photo of a construction site with bare dirt, stacked stone blocks, metal posts and rubble. Several people in white clothes carry round metal trays of gravel or stones. A woman in white with an orange sash walks at the centre, a woman in white kurta and trousers stands nearby, and a man in a white shirt wearing a rudraksha-style mala holds a tray at right. A young man in white with an orange sash stands at left, a figure in a white head cloth stands center-right, and a man in a checked shirt and pink headband and a bare-chested worker in a grey shirt and checked lungi stand at right. Seven people are visible.2006-12-19A photograph of a construction site where three men mix and spread wet concrete on the ground. The man on the left, in a white shirt and white dhoti with glasses and a tilak on his forehead, leans forward over the mix. The man in the center wears a white shirt and a green-and-yellow checked lungi and uses a flat metal trowel to scoop grey concrete from a metal tray. The man on the right wears a striped white shirt, a white dhoti and a pink-and-white checked head cloth, and stands bent over the mixture. Sand heaps, scattered bricks and a wooden frame sit around them, and other workers and a woman in an orange sari are visible in the background.2006-12-09A photograph of a temple construction site where workers mix and spread wet grey concrete on the ground. In the foreground a man in a white shirt and white dhoti, wearing glasses, shovels concrete with a flat metal trowel. Beside him a man in a white shirt and green checked lungi bends over the mix with a small trowel. On the right a man in a striped shirt and pink-and-white turban holds a shallow metal pan of gravel. Behind them other workers in white and in lungis, and a woman in an orange sari stands near wooden formwork and a blue drum. Piles of sand and red earth surround the site.2006-12-09Outdoor foundry scene at dusk on a dirt ground beside a thatched shed and palm trees. Seven or so men in checked lungis and casual shirts stand around a small glowing crucible in a pit, one man in a white and grey patterned shirt in the foreground holding a long rod. Another man uses metal tongs to lift a red-hot crucible. A woman in a red headscarf watches at right. Wooden planks form a walkway, and a blue-and-white bird logo appears in the upper left corner. Smoke rises through the trees.Outdoor photo of workers at a dirt excavation site unearthing a large pale plaster-covered stone or clay form with three round holes on its face. Two men in the foreground crouch and dig with tools, one wearing a checked shirt and plaid lungi, the other a yellow plaid shirt. Two more men stand behind a horizontal metal pipe, one in a green sleeveless vest and lungi, the other in a blue checked cloth. Brown earth surrounds the scene, and the form appears to be a statue being exhumed or prepared for shipment in a workshop setting.