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A man in a grey t-shirt, maroon checked lungi and white head cloth crouches on a concrete platform, smoothing wet grey mortar along the edge of a square, stepped concrete structure with a dark recessed pit. A trowel and a mortar tray lie on the ground at left. Behind, several seated people in white, blue and green clothes watch, and a white pedestal holds a dark deity murti garlanded with flowers near a tall tiered tower with palm trees beyond.

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March 22 20082008-03-22March 22 20082008-03-22 +1 copiesDecember 19 20062006-12-19Outdoor construction site at an ashram in progress. A large stepped stone base with a dark stone shrine structure sits in the centre, with a copper-coloured dome-shaped canopy on a pedestal above it. Several workmen in checked shirts and white dhoti/pants are working on the base, one in an orange lungi kneeling at the right. Bamboo scaffolding frames the structure, and a pile of grey stone blocks lies behind. A wooden chariot or palanquin with red drapery and a parked white SUV sit in the background, with palm trees beyond a block wall. A plastic water bottle sits on the stone platform.2006-12-20Outdoor homa at a temple courtyard with palm trees behind. On a raised white and red-striped platform, several priests in white dhotis and orange shawls sit around a central fire pit with brass items and an orange cloth nearby; one priest in orange holds a ceremonial implement. A group of women in white and orange robes sit beside them, and a row of seated devotees in white, cream and green saris and shirts watches from the front steps. A large wooden pillar stands behind the fire with a dark deity murti near the back. No a person candidate is visible.2008-10-01Outdoor temple courtyard with a tall copper-coloured flagstaff wrapped in garlands rising from a red-orange stepped altar. A black stone Shiva lingam-like murti sits on the altar in front of a seated figure in saffron robes with a rudraksha-style necklace, who sits on a small cushion with a lamp and offerings before them. Around the courtyard, about a dozen people sit in rows on mats within circular marked spaces: several in white dhotis and shawls, some in yellow shawls, and one in saffron. Palm trees, grey stone sculptures of deities and figures line the sides, and a square sunken pit with a white stone surround fills the foreground. Tall poles with guy wires frame the scene.2010-09-14A photograph of a construction site where workers are finishing a freshly poured concrete surface. A worker in a teal shirt and dark trousers bends over the wet concrete with a tool, while a man in a dark shirt and shorts stands beside a metal bucket, and another worker in a dark top crouches at the left edge near a low concrete wall. A fourth person is partly visible at the right beside a concrete block. Behind them is sandy, bare ground scattered with cement blocks, building material and young palm trees, with a blue tarpaulin visible at the upper right.2007-05-19An open-air courtyard of a temple-style ashram with palm trees behind. At the centre stands a tall orange-red shrine with a kalasha-like finial, and nearby a seated figure in an orange robe sits on a raised orange platform. Around the courtyard, a row of small square fire pits is occupied by seated people in white dhotis and shawls, some with ochre or yellow cloths, performing what appears to be a homa or yagna. Grey stone deity murti and carved figures line the back left. In the foreground a raised stone platform with a small covered box and a white floral kolam is shaded by a tent canopy, with a person in a maroon robe seated at the left edge and another in pink at the right.2010-09-17April AF 2012June 19 20142014-06-19 +1 copiesOutdoor ground-level ceremony at a construction site of dirt and bricks. A man in white dhoti and shirt bends forward with a brick in hand, a rudraksha-style mala visible at his neck. Beside him a woman in an orange-trimmed white sari and a woman in a red sari with a shawl kneel and stand around a square brick enclosure being laid out in the sand. Stacked bricks lie to the right, and white-clad onlookers and a parked car stand in the background, with a pink-shawled figure at the left edge.2006-12-22Outdoor ashram courtyard with palm trees and a low wall, where a group of people sit in meditation on small round ringed platforms. A tall white-and-red kalasha-style pillar stands beside a white stepped platform, with a central figure seated in orange robes at its base and a seated figure in orange nearby. Several people in white clothes and white head coverings sit in rows; some wear red shawls. A white-and-red striped raised platform with a small pyramid-shaped top occupies the foreground, with a few seated visitors at its edge. Stone sculptures and a small red signboard stand at the left. Smoke rises from a fire area on the right.2010-08-07