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A bare-chested man in a rust-red wrap and reddish-brown shawl swings a long-handled pickaxe into sandy soil beneath a leafy tree. He wears a long rudraksha-style mala of brown beads across his shoulders and has long dark hair, a beard and a red forehead mark. A barefoot figure in a sand-coloured wrap stands on the right holding a rope. Behind him, several onlookers in white kurtas, a red polo shirt with a name badge, a pink t-shirt and a yellow sari watch, arms folded. A small green sapling grows at the mound's edge. The scene suggests ground-breaking or planting work at an ashram-like outdoor site.

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September 11 20162016-09-11September 11 20162016-09-11 +1 copiesOutdoor photo beneath a large spreading tree: a bearded man with long dark hair and a vertical forehead mark wears a rust-red draped garment with gold-bordered edges and a brown rudraksha-style mala across his shoulders. Barefoot, he swings a long-handled spade with a blue-grey metal blade, digging into reddish-orange earth. A small green sapling grows near his feet. Behind him, several men stand watching: one in a white kurta, one in a red polo shirt with a name badge and arms folded, and one in a pink shirt. A woman in a yellow saree and another in cream with gold border stand nearby. The scene suggests a planting or digging activity.2016-09-09 +1 copiesSeptember 09 20162016-09-09 +1 copiesA man in a rust-red robe with gold-bordered edges digs soil with a long-handled hoe beneath a large leafy tree. He wears long dark dreadlocks, a rudraksha-style mala of brown beads across his chest, and a small tilak on his forehead. Fresh sandy earth is piled around a young green sapling in the foreground. Behind him, several people in white, red and pink clothing stand watching, and a person in a cream and gold shawl is partly visible on the right. The scene suggests a tree-planting or ground-breaking activity at an outdoor ashram setting.2016-09-09 +1 copiesA bearded man with long dark hair and a red-orange ochre dhoti with gold-bordered edge, bare-chested with a rust-coloured shawl draped over his shoulder, digs in red-brown sandy soil with a long-handled wooden hoe, one foot pressed on the earth. He wears a tilak on his forehead, layered brown rudraksha-style beaded necklaces and bangles on his arms, and stands beside a young sapling and a rope. Behind him, several men stand watching: one in a red polo with a white badge and light trousers, another in a pink shirt, and a man in white kurta, plus a figure in yellow and a woman in cream sari. Tall tree trunks and green foliage surround the outdoor clearing. Swamiji (probable): long swept-back hair, rudraksha malas and ochre clothing mark him as the central digger.2016-09-09 +1 copiesSeptember 11 20162016-09-11 +1 copiesSeptember 11 20162016-09-11 +2 copiesSeptember 11 20162016-09-11September 11 20162016-09-11A man in a rust-red dhoti-style garment with a gold-bordered edge digs into reddish-brown soil with a long-handled hoe, crouching at the foreground. He has long dark dreadlocks falling over his shoulders and a braided brown cord draped across his chest, with a small red mark on his forehead. Around him, a dense canopy of green leaves and thick tree trunks frames the scene. Behind him stand several onlookers: a man in a white kurta, a man in a red polo shirt with a name badge and arms folded, a bald bespectacled man in a red shirt, and a woman in a cream sari with a gold border holding a small bundle. A young green sapling grows at the right edge of the freshly turned soil.2016-09-11Outdoor photo in a shaded grove of trees with hanging vines. A bearded man with long swept-back dark hair, bare-chested and wearing a rust-red dhoti with a red-brown shawl draped over his shoulder and a long rudraksha-style mala, is digging the red soil with a wooden-handled tool, a person. Behind him a group of men in white kurtas and a man in a red shirt and a pink shirt watch, and a woman in a blue sari stands at right. Green saplings sit in the foreground beside the dug earth.2016-09-11