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Close-up photograph of a person's hand gripping a rusty-brown wooden-handled spade with a blue metal blade, digging into loose brown soil within a square pit lined with grey stone slabs. Only the feet in dark grey rubber sandals are visible at the top edge, wearing no bright clothing. The soil is freshly turned and crumbly.

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May 10th 20162016-05-10Close-up photo of dry ground with scattered brown leaves and small stones. A person's bare foot in a black sandal and white dhoti with a gold-yellow border stands at the upper right. A red-handled hoe with a wooden shaft lies on the soil in the foreground. A yellow-and-white plastic bucket and a long wooden stick sit in the background, with a freshly turned patch of earth near the foot.2016-10-06A photograph of a worker digging into a raw earth embankment at a construction site. A man in a blue striped long-sleeved shirt, green trousers and a pink-and-white checked head cloth wrap stands with his back partly turned, swinging a metal spade with a wooden handle into the reddish-brown soil. Loose grey gravel, rocks and dry straw or grass lie in the excavated cut, and the bank rises behind him. The scene shows manual earthwork in progress.2009-10-15A photo of ground-level work on muddy soil. Two bare-footed workers shovel wet brown earth; one wears a white shirt and khaki trousers and holds a shovel loaded with mud. Two metal basins, one galvanised grey and one red-rimmed, sit on the churned ground filled with soil. Lumpy clods and small stones cover the foreground under bright daylight.2016-05-10September 04 20162016-09-04A 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.2016-09-18A photograph of devotees digging red earth with shovels outdoors under leafy trees. Two people in the foreground, a man in a dark t-shirt and dark trousers and a woman in a black top and dark trousers with a purple sleeveless top, are bent over shovels turning soil. Behind them, a woman in a white sari with a beaded necklace stands watching, and several people in saffron-orange robes and a woman in a purple top work the earth. Freshly dug mounds of reddish soil cover the ground, with a wooden plank and marks in the dirt visible.2016-09-04Close photograph of loose brown soil or sand in sunlight, with a blurred person's leg and foot in light trousers and dark footwear pressing into the ground at the upper right. No faces are visible, and there are no clear ritual objects beyond the soil itself. A small purple object sits at the upper left edge.2013-04-24A group of people, mostly barefoot, work at digging in reddish-brown soil outdoors. In the foreground a man with short grey hair and a dark rudraksha-style beaded necklace wears a dark grey t-shirt and dark trousers, bending forward to strike the ground with a pickaxe. Behind him others stand in white, orange, pink and blue clothing, one woman in purple salwar pants and another in a pink kurta. Several onlookers in white and a few in cream kurtas stand at the edge of the dug area, and a bare patch of earth with small stones and roots covers the ground.2016-09-11September 23 20142014-09-23A photograph outdoors under a large leafy tree with thick trunks and branches. A man in a white collared shirt, blue jeans and a wristwatch shovels reddish-brown earth with a wooden-handled spade on a dirt path. To the left, two bare-chested men in saffron-orange dhotis wear rudraksha malas, and one stands barefoot. On the right, a woman in an orange sari with a rudraksha mala watches, and a person in orange robes stands at the edge of the frame near the tree trunk. Dappled light and a small orange-lit structure appear in the background.2016-09-04September 11 20162016-09-11