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A photograph looking up at a ceiling under bamboo and timber scaffolding, with a fluorescent tube light fixed to a horizontal beam. Two workers in white clothing are partly visible among the poles, one at left and one at right, apparently working overhead. Behind them, a large metal sign with cut-out Tamil-script lettering is mounted on the scaffold, and the ceiling shows peeling pale blue and yellow paint with a carved moulding. Only partial bodies are visible, so the count is limited to two.

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May 25 20122012-05-25 +1 copiesA photograph inside a temple hall showing one man on bamboo scaffolding, painting a colourful sculpted figure. He wears a white sleeveless vest and a blue-and-white checked lungi, with a red forehead mark, and holds a brush in his right hand. Lashed poles and rope frame the scaffold, and nearby stand painted deity or guardian figures in pink, green and blue, with red, white and blue striped pillars behind. A white tripod-like frame and a loose cloth hang at the upper right. No a person candidate is visible.2012-05-25 +1 copiesA photograph inside a large open-sided pavilion with a corrugated metal roof supported by bamboo poles. A man in a white shirt and white dhoti stands on a bamboo ladder reaching up to hang a long multicoloured decorative cloth with orange and red panels from the rafters, while leaves and white flower garlands hang from above. Two men in white clothes wearing green badges stand below, one raising an arm, and several other people in white and dark clothes are scattered around tables and the floor.2006-07-16July 22 20102010-07-22Photograph inside a rustic wooden shelter with a corrugated metal roof, exposed beams and rafters. Three framed portraits hang together on a wooden board: each shows a seated figure in a meditative pose against a painted backdrop. Below, the backs and heads of several people in the foreground look up toward the portraits, including a man in an orange cap and a man with grey hair. The portraits are printed pictures, not physical people, and no identifiable candidate appears among the visible persons.2008-06-09Looking up from inside a conical thatched structure, a radiating framework of reddish-brown wooden or metal rafters converges on a bright circular opening at the apex. Dried palm-leaf or grass thatch covers the roof and its interior. A pale vertical pole runs diagonally through the frame. Two figures are visible near the opening: one in a blue and orange garment seated at the top edge, and another partly visible on the left, apparently working on the roof structure. Light pours through the open crown of the roof.2010-07-22July 02 20042004-07-02A photo of an outdoor construction site at an ashram-like compound. A bare-chested young man in orange-brown shorts climbs a tall bamboo and rope frame that forms a pitched-roof shelter, with a second worker partly visible inside the frame. A man in a white dhoti and shirt stands at left holding his arm up, near a blue barrel and a corrugated sheet. Two men in plain shirts and trousers walk on sandy ground at right. Palm fronds frame the left edge, and a cream two-storey building with terracotta roof and landscaped shrubs sits in the background under a pale sky.2007-05-25 +1 copiesMay 25 20072007-05-25A photo of a bamboo frame structure being rebuilt after a cyclone in a rural area. Bamboo poles are lashed together with rope to form a sloped roof frame over bare red earth, with a thatched roof section on the left and a white sheet draped across part of the frame. Bare, storm-damaged trees and palm fronds stand behind, with flat green fields in the distance. At the lower right edge, a partially visible man in a light shirt stands beside the frame. A purple logo appears at the upper left.2012-01-07November 23 20062006-11-23A photograph of an open thatched pavilion under construction at an ashram site under a clear blue sky. Bamboo poles and a lattice of wooden beams support a steep palm-thatched roof. A large circular portrait of a saffron-robed figure with a red head wrap is mounted on the thatch above the entrance. Inside, a worker in a checked shirt stands among the poles, and a person in white with an orange shawl stands at the right edge. Palm trees, green shrubs and a white building with a red roof appear in the background, with construction materials stacked on the ground at left.2007-05-27