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Two men work on a sandy open ground beside a salmon-coloured multi-storey building with white-framed windows. The man in front, wearing a brown striped shirt and mustard-yellow trousers, bends forward swinging a long-handled hammer onto a slab of grey granite laid in a pile of pale sand. Behind him, a second man in a black shirt with rolled sleeves and light blue jeans stands and watches. Grey granite slabs lie scattered on the sand, and a row of orange flags and a low wall run along the background beside palm trees and a large green tree. Two cloth-wrapped bundles sit near the wall. Appears to be site preparation for paving.

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October 28 20162016-10-28Four men shovel and rake piles of grey construction sand and reddish soil on a dirt ground at a worksite. The man on the left in a striped shirt and brown trousers bends forward with a long-handled tool. The man in the centre wears a white shirt and blue jeans and digs with a red-handled shovel. Beside him a man in a grey shirt and blue checked lungi works with a shovel, and at the far right a man in a white shirt and white turban rakes the pile. Behind them are a tin-roofed shed, a brick wall, stacked wooden planks, and a bare utility pole with cables.2006-12-19Photo of men digging the ground outdoors in a dusty open yard beside a low wall painted in red and white vertical stripes, with dense green trees behind. Two men in the foreground bend forward digging with a hoe and a long-handled tool, loosening soil and clods. A man in a light checked shirt and patterned shorts with an orange head cloth holds a long-handled tool. Others stand in the background wearing white turbans and light shirts; a man in a plaid shirt stands at the left edge watching. White chalk lines mark the ground.2006-10-24February 03 20172017-02-03 +1 copiesFebruary 03 20172017-02-03A bare dirt construction site with pale chalk or painted lines marking out ground. Two men stand on the reddish-brown earth: a man in a pink shirt and grey trousers stands upright, while a man in a white-and-beige checked shirt and dark trousers crouches beside a grey stone block, placing or adjusting it along a line. Concrete curbing and scattered rubble lie at the left edge, with trees, a red boundary wall and a parked vehicle in the background.2016-10-27Several people work on bare, excavated ground at an outdoor site, digging and shovelling soil. A bare-chested man in white dhoti with a rudraksha mala digs with an orange-handled shovel at right. Beside him a man in an orange robe carries a white sack and a bucket, and a man in white shirt and dark trousers scoops soil with a sack. A man in a black top at left digs with a hoe. Grey stone grave markers, rubble and a bowl of soil lie nearby, with a red wall at top left.2016-08-18December 12 20062006-12-12Outdoor ground-breaking or earth-ritual scene on bare red soil. A bare-chested man in a white dhoti stands at the centre-back holding a small brass pot, while a man in a white shirt and checked lungi digs with a spade at right and another man in a grey shirt and checked lungi works at right edge. A woman in a white blouse and checked skirt pours water from a pot onto a mound of earth, with a pink plastic bucket and a clay pot nearby. Flower garlands and fruit sit on cloth at left, and onlookers in shirts and trousers, including children, watch from the left. A striped umbrella and a white tent frame appear in the background.2017-02-03Outdoor photo of a group digging in red-brown soil beneath a large banyan-type tree with aerial roots. In the foreground a man in a white shirt and dark trousers, wearing glasses, bends forward to dig with a hoe. Beside him a bald man in a saffron-orange robe and a long rudraksha mala digs with a wooden-handled hoe. Further right a person in an orange garment digs, and a woman in a red sari with gold border kneels at the edge of the pit. Several other diggers in orange, white and dark clothes work in the background among greenery.2016-09-11December 31 20162016-12-31 +1 copiesOutdoors in a sunny compound with palm trees, a man sits cross-legged in meditation on an orange cushion placed on a woven mat. He wears a flowing saffron-orange robe draped over his shoulders and bare arms, with long dark hair swept back, eyes closed and hands resting in his lap. In front of him is a brass kalasha-style vessel on the ground. Behind him stand a row of white statues, an orange-walled building with a tiled roof, and a decorated striped pole with a red and yellow top. Dry ground and a gravel-edged square surround the scene.2010-10-13