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A photograph of outdoor ground work on bare, dusty earth. A man in a white dhoti with gold-edged border and a rudraksha mala around his neck stands at the right, digging with a long-handled shovel with an orange wooden handle. A shallow metal bowl of sifted soil sits in front of him. At the left, a man in a blue-and-white striped shirt and dark trousers holds open a white sack labelled with partial printed text. Behind them, a woman in an orange sari and another person stand near piles of gravel and soil, a green plastic bucket and a small sieve lie on the ground.

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Outdoor construction site beside trees with red earth mounds and piles of grey gravel. A man in an orange turban and orange robe, holding a long wooden staff, stands at left on the earth. Behind him, several young men in white dhotis and orange shawls walk in a group. A worker in a checked shirt and green head cloth carries a large white sack on his head, and another worker in orange clothing crouches at right digging. Shovels and a rake lie on the mound. +1 copiesA photograph of a temple construction site under a clear sky with palm trees behind. A long-haired man in an orange saffron robe shovels wet grey concrete from a heap, while an older man in a checked shirt and orange-and-white striped head wrap works beside him, bending over the mix. Several men in white dhotis and white shirts stand or walk in the background among sand piles and a red bucket and blue barrel. Black metal pans lie stacked in the lower right foreground.2006-12-09A photograph of a temple construction site where workers mix and spread wet grey concrete on the ground. In the foreground a man in a white shirt and white dhoti, wearing glasses, shovels concrete with a flat metal trowel. Beside him a man in a white shirt and green checked lungi bends over the mix with a small trowel. On the right a man in a striped shirt and pink-and-white turban holds a shallow metal pan of gravel. Behind them other workers in white and in lungis, and a woman in an orange sari stands near wooden formwork and a blue drum. Piles of sand and red earth surround the site.2006-12-09A photograph of outdoor work at an event site with white tent walls and metal barricades. A man in a white t-shirt and light shorts shovels mud from the ground into a blue wheelbarrow, with a green bowl of soil beside him. Nearby, a man in white dhoti and an orange shawl, with white markings on his bare chest, holds a book. Other people in white and red clothing stand behind the barricade, and a green tarpaulin lies on the left.2016-05-10Outdoor campus scene at a red brick compound wall topped with barbed wire. A bare-chested man in white dhoti with yellow border and a rudraksha mala stands on the left, looking down. Three people in dark clothes dig in a pile of reddish-brown soil with shovels and a long-handled tool, while a blue metal frame and a metal bucket sit in the foreground. No sign of a person is visible.2016-08-18Outdoor temple construction site under bright sky with palm trees. A man with long, swept-back dark hair wears an orange saffron robe, rudraksha mala around his neck, and works a long wooden tool into sand beside a shallow concrete-filled pit, a person (in-person candidate, distinctive long hair, saffron robe and rudraksha cues). To the right, a laborer in an orange head wrap, checked shirt and green lungi works alongside him. In the background, several people in white dhotis and shirts stand near an orange bucket, with more saffron-clad figures further back among scaffolding and tarps.2006-12-09August 18 20162016-08-18A photograph of a construction site with a long-haired man in an orange saffron garment, bare-chested with an orange shawl draped over his body, leaning forward and shovelling wet concrete or mortar with a long-handled tool at the bottom of a pit. A bright orange plastic bucket sits beside him and a metal form or mould stands at the right edge. Around him, men in white shirts, white dhotis and saffron robes stand or work in the dusty yard, with palm trees and trees in the background. A man in a dark red shirt gestures on the right. A depiction of a person of the same presentation (long swept hair, saffron garment, distinctive adornment) matches the page's description of a person supervising temple construction, so the figure is labelled a person.2006-12-09A construction site at a temple build with a figure in a saffron-orange robe and long, swept-back dark hair stooping to shovel wet grey concrete or mortar from a mound into a flat metal pan. The figure wears a rudraksha-style mala and is barefoot. Beside them an older man in a striped orange-and-white shirt and an orange turban squats and holds a shovel. Behind, several men in white dhotis and white shirts stand in the sand and rubble; one has a rudraksha mala and another wears a white turban. A tall stack of metal pans, an orange plastic bucket, a blue drum, coconut palms and blue sky complete the scene.2006-12-09A 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.2006-12-09A group of devotees digs and shovels red-brown earth outdoors beneath leafy trees. In the foreground a man in a grey polo shirt and dark trousers, barefoot, drives a hoe into the soil. Beside him a man in white kurta and white dhoti works with a spade, and others in white, a woman in an orange robe at left, and a woman in a white outfit with a beaded necklace stand or work nearby. Metal pans and plastic buckets hold loose soil, and a bowl sits on the ground at right. Several people in casual clothing, including a young man in a white t-shirt, are visible in the background. No a person candidate is clearly identifiable.2016-09-18Outdoor photo of men digging red-brown earth beneath a large spreading banyan tree with aerial roots. In the foreground a bearded man in a white shirt and white trousers, barefoot, bends forward and pushes a long-handled spade into the soil. To the left, a man in a salmon-pink shirt and dark trousers, also barefoot, works a second spade. Behind them several people in white clothes stand on the grounds, and one person wears orange cloth. The soil is freshly turned.2016-09-11