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A photograph of a busy construction site at an early hour, with heaps of reddish-brown sand and gravel piles scattered across dirt ground. Many people in white and saffron/orange clothing move about; several men in white shirts with rudraksha-style beaded necklaces stand among them, and a man in a bright orange robe and orange turban stands near the center holding a long staff. Another figure in white shovels or works with a long-handled tool, while a worker in a pink head cloth and checked shirt is seen from behind. Behind them are stacked steel rods, timber, brick walls, a white van, and a small tin-roofed building with a pinkish concrete structure. Count of visible people is more than twenty.

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December 12 20062006-12-12December 12 20062006-12-12Outdoor construction site with deep excavated trenches and piles of red-brown earth. Many people in orange and white clothing stand and walk among the mounds: saffron-robed figures and white-clad devotees, with a few men in work clothes shovelling soil in the foreground, one wearing a teal cap and another a blue shirt. A blue plastic drum, a metal basin and pipes sit in the pit. Palm and leafy trees, a small pink building, a white car and a tall lamp post frame the background under a pale sky. +1 copiesA photograph of a construction site with red earth mounds, excavated trenches and exposed rebar. A tall figure in an orange robe and orange headwear stands at center, with a line of people in orange and white clothing nearby. Several workers in white dhotis and shirts, and others in darker clothes, stand or work around the pits, with a blue plastic bucket and a pile of gravel and stones behind. Palm and leafy trees and a low pink building appear in the background under a hazy sky. +1 copiesOutdoor construction site with bare red-brown earth, concrete block walls and rebar posts. A man in orange robes stands atop a stacked block wall with an orange-and-white cloth wrapped around him, a small orange head covering visible. Many people in orange and white clothes work around the site: some in orange dhotis and saffron shawls carry earth in baskets and shovel soil, others in white dhotis and shirts bend over mounds of dirt or stand in a line. A blue tractor and water tank appear in the background beside palm trees. The scene reflects a temple construction work day. +1 copiesA photograph of an outdoor construction site for a temple foundation, with deep trenches dug into red-brown earth and mounds of excavated soil. Roughly two dozen people work and walk among the trenches: several in saffron-orange robes and others in white dhotis and kurtas, some with orange shawls, along with workers in plain shirts and lungis digging in the trench. A tall bamboo scaffold rises in the background beside palm trees, a small orange flag flies on a pole, and a white SUV is parked near a small brick building. Stacked stone blocks and gravel lie to the right. +1 copiesDecember 12 20062006-12-12 +1 copiesOutdoor photograph of a group digging red earth at a construction site beside a single-storey red building with a green corrugated metal roof and a flagpole. Several people in orange or saffron robes and several in white clothes dig with spades and shovels in a trench. A pile of grey stone blocks and rubble lies behind them, with palm trees and a power line overhead. On the right, a man in orange robes with a rudraksha mala stands barefoot watching the work. The scene suggests ashram temple construction labour.2006-11-20A photograph of a temple construction site with excavated red earth mounds and piles of gravel. Several people in orange and white clothing work in the trenches. A man in an orange turban and orange shawl stands at the center-left, while others in white dhotis and orange shawls carry or shovel earth. A workman in a green lungi and a man in a white turban are visible on the right. A tall metal water tank stands on a steel frame in the background beside trees and a utility pole. A blue barrel and bucket sit on the right near a tarpaulin.December 12 20062006-12-12 +1 copiesDecember 12 20062006-12-12 +1 copiesA photograph of an outdoor construction site at an ashram, with bare red-brown earth, heaps of gravel and red soil, and rows of concrete pillars and partly built cinder-block walls. A cluster of about twenty people in saffron and white clothing, some in orange robes and some in white dhotis and shirts, stand around a blue barrel near the middle of the site. Workers in lungis and shirts are scattered among them. A white vehicle and a few palm trees and a water tower sit in the hazy background. A small figure in orange stands atop a pillar on the left. The attribution to a specific person is uncertain from appearance alone.2006-12-12