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Outdoor construction work at a village temple compound. A young woman in a red kurta and cream head covering carries a metal pan of gravel or sand, while a smiling woman in a blue sari with a green head wrap stands nearby. A boy in a colourful patterned jacket and light jeans watches beside a concrete wall. A large stone grinding wheel or mixer sits at left, with a heap of grey sand and crushed stone on the ground. Behind them, a small shrine with a seated deity murti and orange bunting stands among trees, and another woman in orange sari walks in the background.

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December 09 20092009-12-09December 17 20092009-12-17 +1 copiesOutdoor construction site with a grey portable concrete mixer on wheels in the centre, its drum tipped as a worker in a white checked shirt, tan trousers and a beige head wrap pours material from a pink bucket into it. A second worker in a green-and-blue head cloth and checked blouse crouches at left beside a pile of sand and gravel, holding a tool. A third worker in a grey shirt stands at right, and a fourth figure in an orange-and-white turban is visible at the upper right. Behind them are dirt mounds, stacked grey stone blocks, sacks of cement and blue tarpaulin, with a brick building and a yellow building in the background.2009-10-15Outdoor photograph of villagers doing construction work at a temple site. A woman in a green sari with a dark head covering bends forward while carrying a shallow metal tray of mortar or wet concrete. Nearby, a woman in a red and yellow sari with a pink head cloth stands watching, and a man in a white checked shirt and grey trousers walks past. A man in a white shirt stands behind a concrete ledge, and another worker wearing a pink-and-white cloth on his head kneels at the edge, smoothing the surface. A white-and-red painted low wall, a dark cloth hanging at left and leafy trees form the background under a pale sky.2006-12-30A photograph of a construction site under a clear blue sky, with palm trees and steel poles in the background. Three workers push and steer a grey portable concrete mixer with a large dark steel drum. The worker in the foreground wears a checked shirt and a blue-and-white checked lungi, and the worker beside him wears a green lungi and a red cap. Fresh wet concrete lies on the ground, and sandbags are stacked at right alongside a blue plastic drum. Bamboo structures and a shaded area with a cloth are visible behind.2006-12-19December 30 20062006-12-30A photograph of a construction site where three men mix and spread wet concrete on the ground. The man on the left, in a white shirt and white dhoti with glasses and a tilak on his forehead, leans forward over the mix. The man in the center wears a white shirt and a green-and-yellow checked lungi and uses a flat metal trowel to scoop grey concrete from a metal tray. The man on the right wears a striped white shirt, a white dhoti and a pink-and-white checked head cloth, and stands bent over the mixture. Sand heaps, scattered bricks and a wooden frame sit around them, and other workers and a woman in an orange sari are visible in the background.2006-12-09Outdoor construction site with workers mixing and laying concrete beside a rotating cement mixer on a motorized base. Men and women in simple work clothes, including a woman in a green-and-white checked skirt with a pink head cloth and a man in a striped shirt, shovel sand and gravel into a blue drum. Piles of gravel and sand lie on the ground near a half-built low wall. Behind them a covered stage with a large printed banner showing a portrait and text, decorated with blue bunting and a floral garland, under palm and tree foliage.2006-12-30A construction site on open, dry ground with piles of cut timber and stacks of stone blocks. Several women and men work on rough concrete foundations. In the foreground a woman in an orange and green floral sari and a red blouse carries a terracotta pot. Beside her a woman in a yellow sari holds a metal tray of grey mortar, and another woman in a purple sari and white head cloth walks past. A man in a blue top and red shorts stands at right, and a man in a white shirt bends near a green hose at centre. Distant trees and low buildings fill the background under a hazy sky.2013-06-25Outdoor construction site on bare orange-brown earth with stacks of grey granite slabs and cut stone blocks in the background. Four workers are shovelling fine pale grey sand: a woman in a striped top and blue patterned skirt bends with a shovel into a yellow basin, another woman in a blue floral skirt and head wrap pours from a yellow basin, a woman in a plaid top with a green basin balanced on her head stands at left, and a man in a white shirt and white head wrap crouches at right with a shovel.2016-10-27Outdoor construction site with red earth and palm trees. Six labourers push a large steel cement mixer drum on wheels, bending forward with their backs to the camera. Several wear pink or red headcloths and checked shirts, and some wear blue-and-white checked lungis. A bamboo scaffold and metal poles stand behind them, with a partly visible framed portrait on a stand at left.2006-12-19A photograph of a temple construction site where workers mix and spread wet grey concrete on the ground. In the foreground a man in a white shirt and white dhoti, wearing glasses, shovels concrete with a flat metal trowel. Beside him a man in a white shirt and green checked lungi bends over the mix with a small trowel. On the right a man in a striped shirt and pink-and-white turban holds a shallow metal pan of gravel. Behind them other workers in white and in lungis, and a woman in an orange sari stands near wooden formwork and a blue drum. Piles of sand and red earth surround the site.2006-12-09