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A group of young men in white dhotis and white shirts, several wearing orange saffron shawls, bend over and work together on a pile of large cut logs and planks on dry earth at an outdoor construction or ritual-preparation site. Some men push and lift a pale timber log with their hands. Behind them are stacked concrete rings and slabs, gravel heaps, bricks, and a blue tarp shelter on poles beneath palm trees. One man wears a rudraksha mala. The scene shows manual labour preparing wood. No one in the image is clearly identifiable as a person.

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Outdoors at a construction site with sandy ground, scattered stone, and palm trees behind, a group of men in white dhotis and white shirts, several wearing orange shawls, lift a large felled log together. One man in a white kurta wears a rudraksha mala and gold wristwatch, and a few others have white ash marks on their foreheads. A blue tarpaulin shelter and a half-built brick wall stand in the background, and more logs lie on the ground in the foreground.2007-05-04May 04 20072007-05-04 +2 copiesMay 04 20072007-05-04 +2 copiesA photograph of a construction-site area with sand, gravel, concrete slabs and palm trees behind a blue tarpaulin. Six men in white dhotis and white kurtas, several wearing saffron-orange shawls and rudraksha-style beaded necklaces, are arranging and stacking cut logs and wooden planks into a pile in the foreground. One man in white kneels at the centre while another in white points upward with one finger. Dry wood is being prepared, consistent with a homa or yagna fire pit being readied.2007-05-04Outdoor scene at an ashram work area with bare earth ground. In the foreground, a man in an orange robe stands beside a stack of cut firewood and logs. Several young men in white kurtas and white dhotis, some with orange sashes, carry large wooden planks or slabs. A bare-chested man in white stands nearby. Behind them are trees, a water tank on a metal stand, a low concrete wall and mounds of earth, with more orange-robed and white-clad figures working at a distance. The setting suggests preparation for a homa or construction-related ritual work.2006-11-20A photograph of an outdoor temple construction site at an ashram, with red-brown earth, stacked rough-hewn timber logs and wood offcuts in the foreground, and a stone retaining wall and trees behind. A light-haired woman in an orange saffron robe with an orange shawl stands at left, gesturing toward the wood pile. A dark-haired woman in a white sari with a white blouse and a dark rudraksha-style bead necklace leans over the logs. At right, a woman in a white top with an orange sash and beads stands beside the pile. Several people in orange and white robes work in the background, a bald man in orange clothing bends over the timber, and a water tank on a tower stands at upper left.2006-11-20Outdoors at an ashram construction site with a low stone wall and trees behind. Several people in saffron-orange robes are handling chopped firewood and timber: a man in orange at left carries a log bundle on his shoulders, another in orange sorts logs on the ground, and a bald man in orange crouches at centre-right. Two men in white dhotis and white shirts stand among them, one bending over the pile. A woman in orange robes at right bends over the wood, and a figure in white is partly visible behind her. Piles of soil, a mound of sand, stone blocks, and a white bucket lie on the ground. A blue flag with a bird emblem stands at upper left. Visible people number roughly ten, all in ritual dress.2006-11-20May 04 20072007-05-04 +2 copiesAn outdoor construction site of bare reddish-brown earth with a large felled tree trunk lying across timber supports in the foreground. A long-haired person in a saffron-orange wrap stands centre, holding a thin wooden stick and pointing toward the log, with another person in an orange wrap beside them at right gripping a vertical wooden post. At left, an older man in a white shirt and white dhoti stands watching, with a piled heap of red soil at the lower left. Palm trees and scattered greenery sit behind a fence in the background.Outdoor photo of devotees clearing and digging earth at a construction site with a low block wall and tall trees behind. Many people in orange and saffron robes and white dhotis or white saris work with shovels, hoes and wooden planks among scattered rubble and sticks. A white-haired man on the right wears a saffron robe and glasses and stands near a woman in orange who holds a tool. Other people in white clothing watch or assist, and a plastic chair and buckets sit at the edge of the site.2006-11-20September 05 20062006-09-05Outdoor construction site with bare reddish earth, palm trees and a low fence behind. A man in white shirt and white dhoti stands at left beside a pile of red soil and a long wooden log. Two people in saffron-orange robes work at centre: one with long dark hair, the other turned away at right, one holding a cord or rope tied to a wooden frame. Thick timber poles and rough-cut logs lie on the ground and are lashed together in a rustic framework.