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Outdoor 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.

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Outdoor 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.2006-12-30December 17 20092009-12-17 +1 copiesA construction site at a temple foundation in dry red-earth terrain with palm trees behind. Workers mix and pour concrete from a blue barrel and a mound of grey mix at lower right. Several people in white dhotis and white shirts, some with orange cloth, carry baskets and stand among excavated trenches and concrete pillar forms. A yellow JCB excavator sits at the upper right beside scaffolding. Workers in striped shirts, a blue shirt and a head wrap also work the site. +1 copiesA photograph of a temple construction site at the Adi Kailasha area, with excavated red-brown earth, concrete footings and metal formwork frames standing in open trenches. Several workers in lungis and checked shirts mix or pour material near a blue plastic drum in the foreground; one worker in a blue patterned shirt and a head wrap bends over the mix. Behind them, a line of people in white clothes, some in saffron and orange garments, stand among the foundations. Palm trees, a red flag on a pole and a yellow excavator line the background under a clear sky.A 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.2006-12-19A construction site at a temple build, with workers digging and mixing concrete on the ground in the foreground. A man in a white shirt and white dhoti stands at left with a red-and-white head cloth, and a worker in a striped shirt and checked lungi shoves sand. A cameraman in orange shirt films beside a figure in saffron robes and orange shawl, with another saffron-robed person standing nearby. Several people wear orange and saffron robes and shawls. Rebar, brick walls, a ladder and a concrete slab frame the scene under green trees and a clear sky.2006-12-09Workers at an outdoor construction site spread wet concrete over a gravel base. In the foreground, a man in a light-coloured shirt and orange head wrap bends forward, while a man in a green-and-white checked head cloth and a man in a khaki shirt and white dhoti shovel and level the grey mix. Piles of sand and crushed stone sit on the right, and more workers in white shirts and dhotis carry materials in the background. A wooden stake and a hose lie on the ground.2006-12-22Outdoor construction site at an ashram-style compound with dirt ground, tall coconut palms and scrub. In the foreground a rectangular stone-block foundation with carved panels is being built, with workers in dhotis, shirts and white clothing standing around and lifting or carrying material. A yellow JCB-style excavator and a yellow truck sit in the background beside stacked timber, sand piles and tall bamboo-like poles. Several small buildings with pink and white walls are visible at right. No a person candidate is clearly visible; the scene shows only labourers and devotees working on the structure.2006-11-16Outdoor construction work on a paved site with palm trees and a scaffold behind. Several labourers work around a large heap of grey wet cement or concrete mix spread on the ground, with torn cement bags nearby. A man in a red knit cap and checked shirt on the left, a man in a striped sweater and white turban on the right, and others in lungis and light shirts shovel and spread the mix with tools. Tall lamp posts and a blue barrel sit in the background. No ritual, discourse or a person presence is visible.2006-12-19A construction site photographed outdoors on bare sandy ground. A grey concrete mixer with a hand-cranked wheel sits in the centre. A woman in a pink and magenta salwar with a white headscarf shovels sand beside it, while a man in a white shirt with a yellow shawl stands at left holding a tool. Two workers at right, one in an orange-red headwrap and light blue trousers, carry a basket of sand on their heads. Large piles of sand, grey granite blocks, blue tarpaulins and sacks lie around the site, with a blue drum and a water hose at the top.2009-10-15December 19 20062006-12-19Outdoor construction site beside palm trees and leafy green trees under a clear blue sky. A figure in a saffron orange robe with long dark hair and a rudraksha mala stands with hands on hips near an excavated pit with rebar and wet concrete. Several workers in white shirts and dhotis, a man in a green head wrap, and men in checked lungis and a grey shirt stand or crouch around the foundation, with a masonry wall and a small blue-roofed shelter in the background.2006-12-09