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October 29 20062006-10-29 +1 copiesOutdoor construction site with a partly built wall of grey concrete blocks rising beside excavated red-brown soil. A tall tree trunk with a striped cloth bag hanging from it stands at left. Several workers walk along the wall and stand near it: women in pink and orange saris with head coverings, carrying a green plastic pot and a red container, and men in light shirts and a red-capped worker. A blue drum, scattered stones and a yellow hose lie in the foreground. Bushes and trees fill the background behind a wire fence. No figure in the scene matches the a person description; all are labourers.A photograph of an outdoor construction site beside a rural ashram-style building with a corrugated roof supported by red posts and laundry hanging on a line. Concrete blocks are stacked in a long low wall along the right, with piles of loose red-brown earth and scattered grey stone blocks in the foreground. A blue plastic drum stands near the centre. Several men in white shirts, lungis and a red-capped worker stand or work among the blocks under a palm tree on the left, with green trees and a small white building behind them.2006-10-03A construction site on red-brown earth with workers laying grey concrete blocks in a trench for a building foundation. Several labourers bend over the trench: one in a green top and white shorts places blocks, a man in a red shirt and white cap stands at center, and two women in saris (one blue, one red) work on the excavated sides. Stacks of blocks, piles of rubble and sand, and scattered trees and a palm line the background under a pale sky.A dusty construction site beside a white-washed building with a water tank and a red-walled structure at right. Four workers dig into the bare earth: a man in a pink turban and white shirt stands at left, a bent worker in a green shirt digs with a tool, another bent worker in a white shirt and dark trousers works nearby, and a woman in a blue-and-white patterned sari with a white head covering stands at right holding a tool. Corrugated sheets, blue bags and wooden planks lie on the ground at left, with palm trees and a low boundary wall in the background.2007-04-20Outdoor 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 photograph of a construction site with a set of freshly rendered concrete steps leading up to a building. Two workers are bent over at the lower left and right, one in a white shirt and grey trousers working with a tool on the wet mortar, the other in a light shirt and blue trousers at the far left applying material to the blocks. A red and white painted railing lines the right side, with tall trees and a white wall in the background. Bright, washed-out sunlight fills the scene. No a person candidate is visible.2007-05-19A 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.2007-04-20April 2008 - Making Of Kailaasa In TiruvannamalaiApril 2008 - Making Of Kailaasa In TiruvannamalaiPhoto 11705612 +1 copiesConstruction 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.2008-10-26