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Two young men in white dhoti and white shirts with orange waist cloths work together digging a mound of reddish-brown earth with long-handled hoes. Both lean forward and strike the soil, which is scattered with stones. Behind them stands a thatched palm-leaf roof structure on a red-painted base, with orange-tiled buildings, green shrubs and a cloudy sky. The scene suggests ground preparation at an ashram site.

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October 24 20062006-10-24A photograph of outdoor manual labour beside a large mound of reddish-brown earth under green trees and palms. On the left, a man in white clothes and a light head-wrap stands at the mound's edge, while another worker in a pink head-wrap and a dhoti crouches and digs with a tool. Two men in white kurta and dhoti stand in the foreground; the one on the right wears an orange cloth sash and holds a small object between his hands, while the other, in a white shirt and dhoti, faces him. Shallow round dishes and a green plate lie on the ground around the mound. Distant buildings, parked vehicles and palm trees appear in the background.2008-02-23August 10 20112011-08-10Two men in white dhoti-style clothing with red-edged borders kneel on bare dirt ground, handling a heap of moist brown cow dung with their hands. One man on the left wears an orange cloth draped over his shoulder and a gold bracelet. The man on the right wears a white shirt with red trim and a brown beaded mala around his neck. A terracotta-coloured bowl sits in the lower right foreground, and dry straw strands are scattered nearby. The scene appears to show preparation of cow-dung material for a ritual.2008-01-16October 24 20062006-10-24A group of about a dozen men and boys digs a sandy pit on a dirt ground in front of a red-brick building with a green corrugated roof and a tall flagpole with a red flag. Several in saffron/orange robes, including a shaved-headed man in the left foreground with an orange shawl, and others in white dhotis and shirts, use spades and shovels to turn soil. Piles of broken stone, bricks and timber lie to the left, with palm trees and buildings behind. The scene reflects groundwork for temple construction at the ashram. No figure can be confidently identified as a person from appearance; the shaved-headed man in orange is a priest or devotee.2006-11-20A dusty outdoor construction site with red-brown earth mounds under a clear pale sky, trees and a low stone wall behind. In the centre, a shaved-headed man in an orange saffron dhoti and orange shawl with a pink border leans forward, holding a long-handled digging tool into the soil. To the right, a man in white kurta and white dhoti with an orange waist sash stands with bare arms and gold bracelets, and others in white and orange work nearby. Several workers in white and orange are bent over digging, and a woman in orange with long dark hair sits on the left beside a small pot.2006-12-09Outdoor construction site at Aadhi Kailasa with reddish-brown earth, stacked stone rubble and a few vertical metal posts. In the foreground a figure with a tall orange head wrap and white robe, seen from behind, reaches toward two men in white kurta-style shirts with orange waist sashes and white dhotis. The man on the left, smiling and barefoot, hands a shallow tray or basket of material to the man in the middle. Palm trees and leafy trees fill the background under a pale sky, with another worker in white and workers in the far background.2006-12-19A construction site with two men digging in reddish-brown earth beside a white-walled building with a green corrugated roof. One man in a purple lungi and orange shirt bends forward, while a second man in a yellow-and-blue striped shirt and grey trousers works with a pickaxe-like tool beside a heap of excavated soil. Concrete blocks, scattered bricks, a half-dug trench and small potted plants surround them, with a stone wall behind.2009-10-15A group of about ten men dig a trench in reddish-brown earth beside a whitewashed building with a tiled roof and a tree. Workers wear cloths wrapped on their heads in pale blue, red-and-white, orange and white, and sarongs in checked and plain patterns. One man in a white vest shovels soil, another in a light-blue shirt stands in the pit, and a man in a striped lungi stands on the upper bank. Shovels and a pickaxe lie on the ground in the foreground. Laundry hangs on a line at the upper right. No a person candidate is visible.2006-10-24Outdoor photograph of a group digging red earth at a construction site beside a single-storey red building with a green corrugated metal roof and a flagpole. Several people in orange or saffron robes and several in white clothes dig with spades and shovels in a trench. A pile of grey stone blocks and rubble lies behind them, with palm trees and a power line overhead. On the right, a man in orange robes with a rudraksha mala stands barefoot watching the work. The scene suggests ashram temple construction labour.2006-11-20October 21 20062006-10-21