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Outdoor construction site with bare reddish-brown earth, mounds of excavated soil, and stacked concrete blocks under tall coconut palms. In the foreground a man in a straw hat with a pink-red brim and an orange saffron wrap over his shoulders walks while holding a wooden stick, smiling, with a red mark on his forehead. Behind him, several men in white dhotis and white shirts with orange sashes work and walk across the site, one lifting a leg over a mound. A partially built wall and a distant hill lie in the background.

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Outdoor photo at a temple construction site with dry red earth, rebar cages, cement blocks and palm trees under a clear sky. In the foreground a smiling man in a straw hat and long saffron robe, with long dark hair, holds a wooden stick and walks forward. Behind him, several men in white dhotis and saffron shawls walk and gesture, one in an orange cap at left. At right a man in a khaki shirt stands with folded arms beside a man in white with an orange shawl, and a worker in a checked shirt bends at the lower centre near a numbered concrete form. The photo is watermarked with the archive's pedia source lineA photograph of a construction site with a standing figure in the foreground. A man with long dark hair wearing a saffron-orange wrap and sandals walks across pale gravel and leans on a long wooden staff. Behind him, several workers in light clothing crouch and work in a red-brown excavated trench, one wearing a white cap. Tall coconut palms, a low boundary wall and scrub stand in the background under a pale sky.Outdoor photo of a smiling man in an orange turban and orange draped robe with a long rudraksha mala, walking through a crowd beside a banana plant with green bunches. Behind him, men in white kurtas and white dhotis gather, one older man in a blue shirt, and a man in white with a gold ceremonial necklace and gold-rimmed glasses holds a steel tray of coconuts. Saffron flags flutter on poles against palm trees and a blue sky. A broken coconut half lies on the ground at lower center.2010-02-18Outdoor construction site at Adi Kailasha with exposed rebar on a concrete pillar at left and red earth ground. A smiling person in an orange turban, orange shawl over white dhoti with an orange border, holds a wooden walking staff and raises a fist while standing on a concrete slab. Around them, people in orange and white clothing gather, including a man in white kurta with orange waist cloth and a bald man in orange shawl smiling at right. Palm trees, small buildings and a water tank stand in the background under bright hazy sky.Outdoors at a temple construction site on a sandy, excavated ground, a long-haired man in an orange saffron robe and a rudraksha mala digs with a long-handled tool into a trench of wet concrete. Beside him, a man in white dhoti and shirt with an orange shawl holds a shallow metal pan of mixed material. Workers in white and orange clothing stand behind, with palm trees and a blue tarp in the background. Several metal pans and a red-orange bucket lie on the ground.2006-12-09 +2 copiesOutdoor photo of a construction site for a temple foundation. A long-haired man in a saffron-orange sleeveless robe and orange sandals stands at the edge of an excavated trench, holding a wooden staff in one hand and gesturing outward with the other. Below him, workers dig in the trench: one in a white shirt and striped head cloth bends down, another in a white vest and grey shorts stands in the pit, and a man in a grey shirt stands at the left edge. A man in a striped shirt and checked green lungi stands on the right near a raised earthen platform. A large dressed granite block lies on the ground in the foreground, with trees and shrubs behind the excavation.2006-10-25Outdoor photo on a dirt path at a construction site. A central man in saffron-orange robes, with long dark swept-back hair, a rudraksha mala, and a wooden staff, walks forward. A man in white dhoti with an orange shawl holds a large orange umbrella over him. Other men in white dhotis and orange shawls, and one bare-chested man in a red-and-gold shawl, accompany the group. Behind them stand scaffolding, bamboo frames, a yellow temple tower under construction, and a tiled-roof colonnade. Probable Swamiji (saffron robes, long swept-back hair, rudraksha mala and staff) walking in procession, flanked by attendants.2006-11-27A smiling person in a saffron-orange robe and matching orange turban walks across a dusty construction site, eyes lowered, hands folded at the waist. Long dark hair falls to the shoulders. Behind and around them, several men in white dhotis and white shirts work near piles of red earth, a wooden plank and a metal pole, while rebar cages and square concrete-formed columns stand in trenches. A stone boundary wall, a white cloth canopy on poles, a water tank on a metal stand and green trees fill the background. A man in white at the right edge holds a long wooden stick.A photograph of a temple construction site with sandy excavated ground, wooden formwork and a metal frame. In the foreground, a man in a white shirt with an orange shawl faces away from the camera. At centre, a long-haired man in an orange saffron dhoti and shawl, barefoot, walks through the earth trench with a smile, lifting his cloth. Behind him, many men in white dhotis and shirts, and several in orange robes, work or watch among palm trees and a blue tarpaulin shelter.2006-12-09A photograph of a group walking along an unpaved dirt road in front of a large white building, with palm trees, leafy green trees and parked vehicles behind them. In the centre, a long-haired man in a saffron-orange dhoti and shawl, wearing a rudraksha mala and carrying a tall wooden walking staff, walks barefoot, with a person candidate cue of long swept hair and saffron garments. Around him, men in white dhotis and saffron shawls walk, one with a grey beard and mala holding papers. On the right, a bare-chested man in an orange dhoti holds a red and gold shawl. Several more men in white and orange follow behind, some barefoot, and a few onlookers stand at the roadside.2006-11-27A long-haired young man in an orange saffron robe walks barefoot-sandalled across a gravel and red-earth construction site, holding a long wooden staff in his right hand. Behind him, two workers in lungis and a man in a white head covering crouch and stand near a trench of excavated red soil, with rebar and stone scattered on the ground. Coconut palms and a distant building line the background under a pale sky.July 29 20062006-07-29