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Outdoor construction scene on bare sandy ground laying hexagonal white paving tiles in a pattern. A man in a blue-and-white checked shirt and jeans crouches at the left, setting tiles. A woman in an orange sari with green border and a head covering kneels at right, placing a grey block beside a tape line. Standing workers in the background wear checked lungis and shirts, one holding a tool. Tools include a hammer, trowel, level, a shallow metal tray and string guidelines. Stacks of grey pavers sit to the right.

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December 11 20092009-12-11A photograph of workers laying a hexagonal paver floor on bare sandy ground at an ashram construction site. Four men crouch on the pale grey hexagonal tiles and sand, one in a white shirt with a red sash, one in a red-and-black cap and striped shirt, one in a blue striped shirt and jeans, and one in an orange shirt and grey trousers, placing tiles and checking alignment with a string line. A woman in an orange sari with floral prints stands at the right edge beside stacked grey paver blocks. A wooden log and a sack lie in the foreground. No swami or ritual activity is visible.2009-12-11December 11 20092009-12-11October 27 20162016-10-27Outdoor construction work on a dusty courtyard at an ashram. Workers lay white hexagonal paving tiles with pink accent tiles on a sandy ground. A man in a blue checked shirt crouches to set tiles while a group of villagers stand watching: men in lungis and checked cloths, and women in orange, saffron-and-green, and cream saris with head coverings. A woman in orange holds a steel plate, and several steel plates and concrete blocks lie around. A white plinth with red and white borders stands at left, and a red-based pedestal with a white top stands at right. A white-clad figure is partly visible at the left edge.2009-12-12October 26 20162016-10-26 +1 copiesOutdoor construction site where workers lay grey stone paving blocks along a sandy strip beside red-painted steps and potted plants. Five men work in simple clothes: one in a striped green shirt and checked lungi bends over the stones, another in a white shirt and red headband marks the edge with a tool, and a man in an orange top and green headwear places stone. Piles of rebar and rubble lie to the left, with a fence and small trees behind.2009-12-17 +1 copiesSeptember 01 20162016-09-01A woman in a blue and yellow floral sari and an orange top, with a pink-and-white checked headscarf, balances a large grey metal basin on her head while smiling. She carries it across a paved area of cut grey granite slabs. Around her, workers in white shirts, a man in a brown shirt, and a young man in a navy t-shirt and grey shorts stand near the stone, some holding long wooden poles and tools. Green bamboo grows behind them and a reddish-brown earth ground is visible at the edge of the site. The scene shows manual construction labour on a stone-paved site.2016-10-26October 26 20162016-10-26 +1 copiesA photograph of ashram grounds under construction beside a red multi-storey building with window air conditioners. Several workers, mostly men in red head cloths and casual clothes, are laying large grey stone slabs in a paving bed of wet mortar. One worker in a yellow shirt kneels to set a stone, another in white bends over the bed, and a man in a blue shirt stands holding a long rod. A man in a white shirt watches nearby, and a smaller red building with a sloped green roof stands on the right beside a yellow crane. Around ten people are visible in total.2016-09-01September 15 20162016-09-15