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A photograph of four men digging in a red-brown earth trench beside a rough dirt bank with scattered stones and grass. The man on the far left wears a blue head cloth, a yellow-and-white checked shirt, a blue-and-white checked lungi and a red beaded necklace, and holds a long iron digging bar. Next to him a man in a white shirt and white dhoti-style cloth with a yellow-and-orange head wrap stands barefoot, hands folded at his waist. A younger man in a denim shirt and jeans bends low, working with a metal rod in the trench. On the right, a man in a light blue checked shirt and grey trousers leans on a long iron tool. Muddy water runs in a channel at the right edge.

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A photograph of four men digging in a muddy trench on a dirt site with rocks, scattered bricks and patches of grass. The man in the foreground crouches in a blue-and-white checked lungi and white shirt, working with a tool. Behind him a man in an orange-and-yellow head cloth and white shirt stands watching, another in a blue denim shirt and jeans uses a long-handled spade, and a fourth in a pale checked shirt and grey shorts stands holding a long pole. A narrow water channel runs along the right edge.2009-12-19December 19 20092009-12-19Outdoor construction site with reddish-brown earth. A tall mound of excavated soil sits at left. A man in a white shirt and dark shorts stands at the trench edge, while a young man in a checked shirt and green checked lungi holds a long-handled tool and a tied cloth bundle. Two more men crouch in a dug pit at right, one in a light shirt and one in a brown shirt, beside a metal pot and sandals. White walls with red trim, a green bin, palm trees and a distant road form the background.2006-10-25A construction site scene at AadiKailaasa in Bengaluru. Four men work on bare red-brown earth in front of a grey breeze-block wall. A man in a white shirt, dark trousers and a purple cap bends forward swinging a pickaxe-style hoe. Beside him a man in a blue checked shirt and pink head wrap digs with a hoe, while two older men in lungis and white shirts stand watching, one holding a shovel-like tool. Bricks and loose soil lie on the ground. The scene shows manual labour during site preparation.2008-07-08Construction 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.2008-10-26December 19 20092009-12-19Workers dig a deep excavation pit of reddish-brown earth for a temple foundation. Seven men are visible in the pit and at its edges, several using long metal rods or crowbars to loosen soil and rocks. Some wear white shirts and lungis, one in a checked shirt, and several have striped or pink headcloths tied around their heads. Loose stones lie on the pit floor. A figure in a pink shirt sits at the lower right edge. No a person candidate is visible in the scene.2006-10-25Photo 11705612 +1 copiesOutdoor 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.2008-10-26A construction site photograph with excavated red-brown earth and trenches. In the foreground a worker in a khaki shirt and dark trousers, bent over, lays pale grey cut stone blocks along a trench edge, with a stone-cutting tool in hand. Beside him stand two men: one in a blue shirt and jeans, the other in a white sleeveless vest and light trousers, both wearing head wraps. Rusty steel reinforcement rods rise on the left, and piles of stone and white sacking lie on the right. Behind is a wooden pole fence, green field grass and orange-roofed buildings. No ceremony or deity is visible.2010-08-21A photograph of laborers digging holes on a dirt road beside a rural area with trees and a low shrub. Six men work in the foreground and background: one on the left holds a long iron rod, another in a white shirt and checked lungi bends over a hole with a pickaxe, and a worker in a pink shirt and blue shorts digs in a pit. Others wear white shirts, green lungis and head cloths, and stand watching or shovelling loose soil. Piles of red earth and stones lie beside the pits, with a red metal railing along the roadside and a small building in the distance. No ritual, deity or a person appears in the scene.2006-10-21August 27 20162016-08-27