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Four men work on a dirt embankment beside a red-painted wall in dry scrubby terrain. The man in front wears a yellow and white checked shirt, a blue and white checked lungi and a striped head cloth, and swings a tool with a short blade into the soil. Beside him a man in a blue checked shirt with a white head cloth stands watching. Behind them a man in a white shirt and striped head cloth stands on the slope, and another in a white shirt and pink head cloth kneels at the top with a long pole. Dry grass and green shrubs surround the scene. No a person candidate is visible.

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Workers dig a deep excavation pit of reddish-brown earth for a temple foundation. Seven men are visible in the pit and at its edges, several using long metal rods or crowbars to loosen soil and rocks. Some wear white shirts and lungis, one in a checked shirt, and several have striped or pink headcloths tied around their heads. Loose stones lie on the pit floor. A figure in a pink shirt sits at the lower right edge. No a person candidate is visible in the scene.2006-10-25A dusty construction site with reddish-brown earth mounds and piles of cut grey granite blocks. Several workers in lungis and head towels carry out site labour: one man in a striped shirt and green lungi walks with a shovel, another in a white shirt and turban carries a shovel, and a man in a beige shirt holds a small child in red on his shoulder. A woman in a red and white sari with a head covering stands at the left among stones and green shrubs. Coconut palms and a line of trees fill the background under a pale hazy sky.2009-10-15Workers dig a large rectangular excavation in reddish-brown soil at a construction site, cut into two tiers with steps. Several men in white shirts, checked shirts, lungi-style wraps and head cloths use spades, crowbars and hand tools; one man stands on the upper edge and another at the bottom level. Trees and shrubs stand behind the pit, and a framed portrait sits at the upper right near a red and white striped barrier. Sandals lie on the left ledge. No one is identified as a person in the scene.2006-10-25November 02 20162016-11-02 +1 copiesA photograph of laborers digging holes on a dirt road beside a rural area with trees and a low shrub. Six men work in the foreground and background: one on the left holds a long iron rod, another in a white shirt and checked lungi bends over a hole with a pickaxe, and a worker in a pink shirt and blue shorts digs in a pit. Others wear white shirts, green lungis and head cloths, and stand watching or shovelling loose soil. Piles of red earth and stones lie beside the pits, with a red metal railing along the roadside and a small building in the distance. No ritual, deity or a person appears in the scene.2006-10-21A photograph of a construction site with a red earth embankment behind it. Three men work on the ground: one standing in a white shirt and dark trousers, one bending over in a white top and dark shorts digging, and another in a white shirt and grey trousers. Piles of grey stones and a low course of laid stone edging run across the sandy, muddy ground. A blue plastic bottle and a few scattered rocks sit nearby, with green shrubs in the foreground.2014-10-11Outdoor construction work in a deep trench cut through reddish-brown earth. Four workers are visible: a man in a white shirt and checked lungi standing at the back edge, a man in a white shirt and maroon lungi with an orange head cloth standing at the right, a worker in a teal shirt and maroon lungi bending over and mixing or pouring from a blue bucket onto a pile of stones, and a worker in a red-and-green striped wrap bending over the trench floor. Wooden poles and rubble lie in the trench, and a red building with a red curtain and palm trees stand in the background.2014-09-23A photograph of volunteers doing manual earthwork at a construction site with red-brown soil heaps. A man in a pink-and-white striped shirt and grey trousers, with a name badge, digs with a long-handled spade and shovel. Beside him a man in a red hard hat bends to dig, while a man in a black vest with a chain stands behind, and a man in a red shirt and grey cap watches. On the right, a man in a turquoise shirt and blue turban stands looking on. Behind them is a white wire-mesh fence with concrete posts and a whitewashed wall, with a young sapling in the right background.2008-02-23October 25 20062006-10-25November 05 20142014-11-05A construction site with stacked pale stone blocks in the foreground and a low wall of grey and reddish bricks under construction. Three workers are building the wall: one in a white shirt and white head cloth bends forward placing stone, another in a white shirt bends beside him, and a third, bare-chested and wearing a checked lungi, works at the far right. Red-brown earth banks, trees and a small signboard fill the background. No a person candidate is visible.2016-11-02February 01 20102010-02-01