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Outdoor construction site at an ashram with bare red earth, concrete slabs, metal formwork and a yellow excavator at left. A tall scaffolded tower with a striped orange-and-white canopy stands in the centre, surrounded by coconut palms and trees. A group of about 25 people in saffron and orange robes, white clothes, and a few in shirts and trousers gathers near the slabs, some holding long poles or flags, while others walk past. A woman in orange stands at right beside a standing lamp and a concrete pillar. Brick and tin-roofed buildings sit at the right edge.

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Outdoor construction site at an ashram with palm trees, bare red earth, and large cut granite blocks laid in the foreground. A group of about a dozen people in saffron and orange robes and white clothing gathers around a small puja area on a teal cloth, where ritual items are arranged. A red and gold canopy umbrella stands above the group, and a bamboo scaffold and a yellow excavator appear in the background. A wooden crane beam crosses the top of the frame. Pillar bases and rebar stubs mark the foundation layout.2006-12-12December 12 20062006-12-12December 12 20062006-12-12 +1 copiesDecember 12 20062006-12-12 +1 copiesDecember 12 20062006-12-12 +1 copiesA photograph of an outdoor construction site with reddish-brown excavated earth, mounds of soil, a stack of rubble and stones, and exposed footings with rebar frames. A group of people in saffron/orange robes and white dhotis and kurtas stand and walk around the pit, with a man in a dark blue shirt and grey trousers in the foreground. A man in a white shirt and white dhoti stands beside a blue barrel, and a man in a red cap is at right. Tall trees and a lamp post form the backdrop under hazy sky. A figure in orange with a saffron shawl in the centre may be a monastic, but the image does not allow a clear identification.2006-12-12A construction site at an ashram with raw red-brown earth mounds and rebar stakes in the foreground. Roughly two dozen people in white dhotis and white or light garments walk among the mounds, with several wearing orange or saffron shawls and robes. Behind them are stacked stone blocks, a low brick building with a tin roof, palm trees and dense green trees under hazy morning light. A silver SUV is parked at the left edge. Some people are in the middle distance, and a few are closer, near a green pipe at the lower right.2006-12-12Outdoor construction site with deep red-earth trenches cut into the ground, rebar and wooden planks laid across them, and mounds of excavated soil. Workers in plain shirts and lungis dig and carry baskets, while a group of people in orange and saffron robes and white dhotis stands near the mounds, some in white kurtas. A tall scaffold frame and a red-and-saffron flag stand at the left, with palm trees and a small brick shed behind. Piled stones and a white car sit to the right.2006-12-12December 12 20062006-12-12 +1 copiesA photograph of an outdoor construction site for a temple foundation, with deep trenches dug into red-brown earth and mounds of excavated soil. Roughly two dozen people work and walk among the trenches: several in saffron-orange robes and others in white dhotis and kurtas, some with orange shawls, along with workers in plain shirts and lungis digging in the trench. A tall bamboo scaffold rises in the background beside palm trees, a small orange flag flies on a pole, and a white SUV is parked near a small brick building. Stacked stone blocks and gravel lie to the right. +1 copiesOutdoor temple construction scene at dusk beneath palm and tree canopy. A tall bamboo scaffold tower stands on the left, with a workman standing on its upper level. In the centre-right, several people in white dhotis and white shirts gather around a large pale stone or plaster deity murti being lifted or carried, with one man in a white shirt reaching toward it. A woman in an orange sari stands in the foreground on the left, and a row of people in white and colourful saris and white garments stands near the scaffold. Piles of red earth, stone blocks and construction material lie on the ground behind them, with a partly built stone structure visible.2006-12-22December 12 20062006-12-12 +1 copies