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Outdoor construction site at a temple foundation with reddish-brown earth, excavated trenches, and rebar cages standing in the ground. Many devotees in white clothing, several women in orange headscarves and orange stoles, and men in white dhotis and orange shawls work together carrying baskets and tending the foundation. A woman in a pink-and-white patterned sari carries a metal tray, and a man in a striped turban and light blue shirt stands at right. Concrete block walls and palm trees fill the background. No individual is clearly identifiable as a person in this scene.

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December 12 20062006-12-12Outdoor temple construction site with bare red earth, palm trees and green trees under a clear sky. Many people work on foundations: men and women in white clothing and saffron-orange robes carry baskets and tools, and several saffron-robed figures stand near wooden formwork frames set into the ground. A long-haired person in orange robes and a rudraksha mala stands at right, with a blue cloth behind them. A woman with a long braid in a white sari stands in the foreground facing the work. Concrete blocks and a boundary wall stand in the background.2006-12-09Outdoor temple construction site with reddish-brown earth, rebar cages and palm trees under a clear blue sky. In the foreground, several women in white saris with braided hair carry and pass earth or material on a flat tray; a man in a beige kurta stands at left. Behind them, a group of people in saffron and orange robes and white ritual clothes work among the foundations. A man with long dark hair in an orange robe with a rudraksha-style necklace stands center-right, appearing to supervise the work, though identity is uncertain from appearance alone. The site includes concrete formwork and scattered tools.2006-12-09 +2 copiesDecember 12 20062006-12-12 +1 copiesA photograph of an outdoor construction site with reddish-brown excavated earth, wooden formwork frames and stacked bricks. Several people in saffron-orange robes and white garments work and gather around the pit under a clear blue sky, with palm trees and a leafy tree behind a low wall. In the foreground, a woman in a white sari with a long braid stands with her back to the camera, and beside her a woman in a blue floral sari and a man in a beige long-sleeved shirt face the work area. Another woman in a white sari with a braid bends forward, reaching toward the dirt. Some workers in white and orange clothing stand near the site, and a few others are visible at the edges.2006-12-09A construction site at a temple foundation in dry red-earth terrain with palm trees behind. Workers mix and pour concrete from a blue barrel and a mound of grey mix at lower right. Several people in white dhotis and white shirts, some with orange cloth, carry baskets and stand among excavated trenches and concrete pillar forms. A yellow JCB excavator sits at the upper right beside scaffolding. Workers in striped shirts, a blue shirt and a head wrap also work the site. +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.2006-12-12December 12 20062006-12-12 +1 copiesDecember 12 20062006-12-12 +1 copiesDecember 12 20062006-12-12A photograph of an outdoor temple construction site on dusty orange-brown earth, with a row of tall palm trees behind and a clear pale sky. Many people in orange and white clothing are working and walking across the site. A bare-chested man with long dark hair and an orange cloth wrapped around his waist stands in the centre, arm extended and pointing. Other figures wear white kurtas and white dhotis, and several women wear orange saris. A man in a white shirt and white trousers sits on a white plastic chair at the right edge. Concrete blocks, wooden planks, a red bucket, a blue tarpaulin and a green truck are scattered around the foundation work.2006-12-09Outdoor 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 copies