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A photograph of men on a dry, dusty open ground preparing for an outdoor task. Several men in white dhotis and white kurtas carry white bricks or blocks, while a man in a beige short-sleeved shirt and grey trousers walks in the middle holding one. Two men in white crouch on the right, arranging white bricks into a pile on the ground. Trees and bushes stand behind, with a few small ash patches and fire remains on the earth. No deity, throne or ceremony is clearly visible; the scene reads as preparatory site work.

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A photograph of men in white ritual clothing standing on a grassy open field near a line of palm and tall trees under an overcast sky. Several men wear white shirts and white dhotis; one in the foreground on the left wears a white shirt and dhoti with a beaded necklace. A group clusters around a low stack of bricks in the centre, while another man in a grey shirt and trousers, on the right, holds a small book or paper and talks with a man in white. The scene suggests preparation work at an outdoor site.2006-09-05Outdoor photo on a dirt ground beside trees and a white building, showing a group walking in a line. Several people wear white ritual clothing with orange shawls draped over their shoulders. A woman in an orange sari with a plastic bag walks at right, and a woman in a white sari walks beside her. On the left, a woman in a blue blouse and patterned sari stands watching. A man in white dhoti and shirt walks in the middle, and a row of white bricks and sandals lies in the foreground. No one in the scene is clearly identifiable as the a person candidate from appearance.2006-10-07Men in plain white shirts and dhotis tend a brick-lined fire pit in an indoor hall at night, feeding sticks into a small burning fire. Two men in the foreground bend low over the pit, while others in white garments with lanyard badges stand around the edge, some with grey hair and beards. Tiled walls, windows and a fire extinguisher are visible behind them. The scene suggests a homa or yagna fire ritual. No candidate for a person is clearly identifiable from appearance.2006-12-17September 05 20062006-09-05December 17 20062006-12-17Outdoor photo at night on bare sandy ground of a group of men in white dhotis and white shirts working on a brick-lined trench or foundation. A man in the foreground crouches and sets a brick, another kneels beside him, and a standing man in a striped shirt holds a long wooden stick or rod upright in the sand. Several others bend or stand around the work, one wearing an orange-edged white shirt. A thatched shelter and a banner with green and white panels appear in the background.2011-01-16September 05 20062006-09-05Photograph of a nighttime fire ritual at an outdoor brick-lined fire pit. Several men in white dhotis and white shirts, some wearing lanyards and name badges, lean over the pit feeding wood into a bright flame. A man in a white dhoti at left holds a metal pot. Smoke rises into the night air, with a building, ladder and tarpaulin tents visible in the background. No one is identifiable as a person in this image, and the scene shows only ritual helpers.2006-12-17Photograph taken at dusk or night at an outdoor site with a blue tarpaulin canopy overhead. Several men in white dhotis and white shirts stand in a line along a shallow trench lined with red bricks, looking down at the work. A man in a white dhoti and an orange-collared white polo shirt with a small badge stands at the right edge, closest to the camera. Another man crouches at the left, arranging bricks on the ground, and loose red bricks and a white cloth-wrapped object lie on the sand. Sandy ground, a tarp structure and a few other figures are visible in the background. No one in the frame is clearly identifiable as a person.2011-01-16Outdoor ground-level ceremony at a construction site of dirt and bricks. A man in white dhoti and shirt bends forward with a brick in hand, a rudraksha-style mala visible at his neck. Beside him a woman in an orange-trimmed white sari and a woman in a red sari with a shawl kneel and stand around a square brick enclosure being laid out in the sand. Stacked bricks lie to the right, and white-clad onlookers and a parked car stand in the background, with a pink-shawled figure at the left edge.2006-12-22November 23 20062006-11-23Several men in plain white shirts and white dhotis stack red and white bricks on open, sandy ground with patchy grass and trees behind. Bricks are stamped with letters such as S, R, and A, B, C. The man on the left in a white shirt holds a brick, a man in the centre wears a red beaded necklace and white shirt, and the man on the right in white clothing places bricks on the stack. Others in white stand further back. The scene looks like site preparation or construction work at an ashram.2006-09-05