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A barefoot person in an orange cap, black t-shirt and grey trousers bends over a large grey stone vessel on bare earth, working its circular top with both hands. Beaded mala strands hang from the neck and wrists are wrapped in beads. Several other smooth grey stone vessels with spouts sit nearby on the dirt, one with a reddish paste or powder smeared across its surface, and a yellow strap lies beside them. A parked car and a few trees appear in the background.

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October 28 20162016-10-28Outdoors on a bare, dusty earthen site, a man in a black t-shirt, grey track pants and an orange cap bends over a grey stone trough. He wears a long rudraksha mala and bracelets and holds a small object near the trough's rim. Above him a crane strap lifts a grey stone cylindrical column. Several grey carved stone pillars and a second basin stand on the ground around him, with a dirt road and trees behind.2016-10-28 +2 copiesOctober 28 20162016-10-28A man in an orange-and-white striped shirt and white trousers bends over a row of black stone Shivalingas set on yoni pedestals on a tiered brick and concrete platform with a white metal railing. He is working with a mound of grey wet material, pressing it into a round mould or basin, while a bowl of the same material sits in the foreground. Several other black lingams stand around him, and a red cylindrical tool lies beside the basin.A photograph taken from above of workers installing rows of black stone shivalinga-style bases on red-painted stepped tiers outdoors. A man in a peach-coloured cap and cream shirt and brown trousers bends over the nearest tier, working with a tool on a base set in wet grey cement, while a hammer lies nearby. Another worker in a white shirt and green head cloth crouches on the upper steps at right. Potted plants with green leaves line the top steps at left, and a black hose runs across the scene.A worker in a peach cap, beige patterned short-sleeved shirt and rolled grey trousers, barefoot, bends over a set of grey moulds, pressing a wet grey mixture into a cylindrical shiva lingam mould. Several other lingam moulds sit on a red-painted concrete platform, with buckets of grey wet material and loose mixture scattered nearby. The scene is outdoors in bright sunlight.A photograph of many rows of dark stone shivalingams set on tiered red-painted steps at an outdoor site. A worker in a pale pink shirt and white dhoti bends over at the front left, using a trowel to mix or spread grey mortar beside a lingam base, with a small red bucket nearby. Several lingams have round silver-grey yoni bases, and the rest have dark stone bases. A white metal railing runs along the left edge. The worker is the only visible person.A worker in a cream short-sleeved shirt with a faint geometric pattern, grey trousers rolled to the calf, and an orange baseball cap bends over a wet concrete work site on red-brick steps. He is pressing a dark, grooved cylindrical tool into a grey cement mould. Several similar cylindrical forms and curved pale moulds sit on the steps around him, with cement mortar spread on the surface and a trowel-like tool in his left hand.Close view of hands working on Shivling-shaped forms set in grey clay moulds on a dusty ground. A worker's bare arm, with a gold bangle on the wrist, presses a dark grey lingam into a flat yoni-shaped base, while a second lingam with a brick-textured surface sits beside it. Wet grey mud is smeared on the ground, and a wooden-handled tool lies among the pieces. No people are visible beyond the hands and forearms, and no a person is present.Close photo of two workers, seen from the arms and hands down to bare feet, preparing shivalingam-shaped stone pieces at a worksite. In the centre a grey Shiva lingam with a brick-like textured surface sits in a light grey yoni-shaped base, and a worker's hand steadies it while another hand holds a tool. Beside it a second lingam and base are in place. A hammer with a yellow handle lies at the top, and the ground is wet with grey mortar and debris. No a person candidate is visible.July 20 20092009-07-20February 01 20152015-02-01