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Outdoor groundbreaking scene on a dusty construction site beside palm trees. Four men in white shirts and white dhotis stand in a row at a shallow excavated pit, holding green mango leaves. The man in the foreground wears a white shirt with dark stripes on the collar and a wristwatch. A yellow JCB backhoe loader stands at right, and stacked stone blocks lie on the ground. Hazy sky and open land stretch behind them.

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December 22 20062006-12-22December 20 20062006-12-20A 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.2006-09-05August 16 20092009-08-16October 07 20062006-10-07Outdoor groundbreaking or foundation work on a dirt plot beside a small red building with a green metal roof, palm trees and a flag on a pole behind. An older man with white hair, in white dhoti and white shirt, bends low and digs with a pickaxe at a marked line in the soil, with a small pile of earth and red powder beside him. A younger man in a white shirt and white dhoti stands holding a long iron rod upright, with an umbrella hanging from his arm. Another man in white with an orange shawl stands at the left, and a young man in a checked shirt and jeans stands nearby. On the right, a long-haired person in orange robes and a rudraksha mala smiles and watches. Five or six people are visible in total.2006-10-24Outdoor construction scene on bare earth beneath tall coconut palms in early morning haze. Many people in white ritual clothing, men in white shirts and dhotis and women in white or light saris, bend over and work with red bricks, laying them in low rectangular courses and a square brick structure in the foreground. A truck is parked in the background, and a few people in colourful saris and orange tones stand nearby watching. No identifiable a person figure is visible.2006-12-22September 04 20162016-09-04A photo of construction work on a dusty open site with palm trees behind. Men in plain white ritual clothes, some with orange waist cloths, dig and break up a low stone wall with iron crowbars and a long pole; the nearest man in a white dhoti and shirt wields a bar at the wall. A yellow earth-moving machine and a blue tarpaulin stand in the background. No candidate for a person is clearly identifiable in the frame.2006-12-19Outdoor groundbreaking ceremony on grassy land with scrub vegetation behind. A man in an orange-saffron shawl and orange turban, with a white flower garland, stands at left and watches. A white-clad man in a white shawl bends to hold a vertical wooden stake while another white-shirted man digs with a spade beside him. Several men in white and light shirts and trousers stand around observing the ceremony. The orange-clad figure appears in an orange turban and saffron garb, so the a person candidate is uncertain from appearance alone.2002-01-01 +1 copiesDecember 19 20062006-12-19A photograph of a construction or clearing activity at an outdoor ashram site. An orange JCB backhoe loader on the right scoops stones and rubble into a pile on the ground. Several people work together around the heap: a man in a white shirt and blue jeans leans in with a hand outstretched, a man in a white shirt and white dhoti crouches at the front, and a shaved-headed figure in saffron or orange robes stands near the centre-left. Others in orange and red clothing move among the stones and stacked building materials. A white paved area, a red-roofed structure and palm trees stand in the background, with a small table of yellow fruit and flowers at upper left.2016-09-04 +1 copies