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Outdoor photo at a temple construction site on red-brown earth beside tall coconut palms. A figure in a long orange-saffron robe and a wide-brimmed straw hat walks forward holding a long wooden staff and gesturing with one hand, with the site cleared and partly excavated around them. Behind and beside them, several men in white dhotis and white shirts, some with orange shawls over their shoulders, stand watching; a man in a brown shirt and dark trousers and another in a striped shirt stand at right. Concrete hollow blocks are stacked in a low wall at right, and a small square concrete base with a pit lies in the middle distance. Clear pale sky above.

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December 12 20062006-12-12December 12 20062006-12-12 +1 copiesDecember 12 20062006-12-12A man with long, dark, swept-back hair stands on a dirt path in an open, sunny setting lined with coconut palms. He wears a flowing saffron-orange robe wrapped over one shoulder and has a red tilak mark on his forehead. To his right a stack of red bricks sits beside green leafy cuttings on the ground. Behind him a group of women in white saris and orange and green salwar outfits, along with a man in a striped shirt and dark trousers, stand and sit watching.2006-12-22Outdoor temple construction site under a clear blue sky with palm trees and bamboo scaffolding. A man in white shirt and white dhoti with a rudraksha mala stands at left. Several workers in white dhotis and shirts crouch and work at a brick or concrete frame, one pouring material from a metal tray. At center, a figure in a long saffron-orange robe with long dark hair and a rudraksha mala stands watching, with a crowd-like group of workers around. A man in white shirt with a grey vest and glasses stands beside him, and a woman in white on the right holds a flat metal tray near a tall bamboo scaffold. Excavated red earth and stacked materials fill the foreground.2006-12-09December 12 20062006-12-12 +1 copiesA photograph of a temple construction site at Adi Kailasha on bare red-brown earth among tall coconut palms under a clear blue sky. A figure on the far right wears a wide-brimmed straw hat, saffron-orange robes draped over the shoulders and a loose orange wrap, and stands barefoot in sandals while facing the work. Three men in white dhotis, two with orange shawls, stand on the left near stacked concrete blocks and mounds of excavated soil. A worker in a seated position is near a black formwork box marked with the number 8. Stone blocks, dirt mounds, string guidelines and a metal fence line the site.A construction site at a temple building in progress, with red laterite earth, piles of sand and rebar standing in trenches. Several people in orange and white are gathered on the right, including a figure in an orange robe and orange shawl on the right edge wearing white. A man in a white shirt and dhoti stands at left near a pillar base, and an older man in a checked wrap and blue top works with a stick at the left. Tall coconut palms and a bamboo scaffold tower stand behind the site under a hazy sky. +1 copiesA photograph of a construction site under a clear blue sky, with tall coconut palms behind. Sandstone slabs and broken concrete rubble lie on bare red earth in the foreground, beside a small red-and-white pillar base. A dark-grey trident stands on a pole at left. Several people in white dhotis and white kurtas, and women in orange and pink saris, move among the rubble; one woman in an orange sari stands at the centre-right holding a long stick. A yellow JCB excavator and a dump truck loaded with red earth are visible. The scene shows workers clearing debris from a temple site.2006-12-09Outdoor photo of devotees clearing and digging earth at a construction site with a low block wall and tall trees behind. Many people in orange and saffron robes and white dhotis or white saris work with shovels, hoes and wooden planks among scattered rubble and sticks. A white-haired man on the right wears a saffron robe and glasses and stands near a woman in orange who holds a tool. Other people in white clothing watch or assist, and a plastic chair and buckets sit at the edge of the site.2006-11-20December 22 20062006-12-22Outdoor photograph on a dirt construction site lined with palm trees, with a pile of gravel and a rocky hill behind. In the foreground a man in a saffron-orange wrap, bare-shouldered, with long dark hair and a red forehead mark, walks with eyes lowered. Behind him a man in a white shirt and white dhoti walks with hands clasped, another in a light shirt stands further back, and at the right a man in a white kurta with a rudraksha mala and orange shawl adjusts his head covering. Swamiji (probable) cues: long swept-back hair, saffron clothing and rudraksha mala on the foreground figure.2006-12-19