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A photograph of an outdoor construction site beside a tall red-painted stepped structure with rows of dark stone pedestals set into the steps. Several workers in light clothing, some wearing green or white head cloths, stand and crouch near a pile of grey paving slabs, pipes and a coiled hose in the foreground. A large leafy tree overhangs the upper right, and a worker in a yellow top and white dhoti walks along a sloped concrete ramp. Potted plants sit on a ledge at the top left. No a person candidate is visible.

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Construction work at a red-painted tiered structure with rows of dark black stone shivalingam-style bases or pedestals set along the steps. Several workers in everyday clothes are working at the base: one in an orange shirt and white dhoti with a green head cloth, another in a white shirt and checked lungi with a red head cloth, a man in a white shirt and cap, and a woman in a striped blouse and orange skirt. A large leafy tree overhangs the scene on the right, and stacks of grey stone slabs and pipes lie on the ground. No a person candidate is visible.2009-12-17December 17 20092009-12-17A photograph of a construction site showing a large red-painted stepped structure leading down to a water body on the right. Dozens of black polished stone shivalingams are arranged in rows across the steps. Several workers in work clothes are working on the steps and near piles of stone slabs and timber. Potted plants line the left edge, and a multi-storey concrete building and open dry land appear in the background.2009-12-17 +1 copiesOutdoor construction site with workers laying grey stone blocks and paving on a long flight of red-and-white painted steps. Five men work in lightweight clothing: one in a green shirt crouches at left, one in a white shirt with a red head cloth kneels in front, one in an orange top and white dhoti bends over the steps at right, and two more stand in white and yellow clothes in the background. Piles of rusted iron rebar, cut stone slabs and loose gravel lie around, with dry earth and mounds of sand behind a green wire fence.2009-12-17Five people walk barefoot up stone steps in front of a red-painted tiered wall studded with rows of black Shivalinga-shaped stone forms. Behind him, a man in white kurta and trousers walks, followed by two men in pale shirts and white or light trousers, and a woman in a light patterned top and black trousers on the far right. The steps lead down to dark water at the bottom edge.2017-03-26September 19 20162016-09-19A photograph taken on a sideways-rotated frame showing a long row of red-and-white tiered concrete steps with black cylindrical fittings along the risers, under construction at an open site. Metal scaffolding rods run diagonally across the steps. Several workers in colourful clothing crouch and stand near the base of the steps among stacked stones and debris, and a figure in orange clothing stands near the top. Bare saplings, a tree and utility poles line a dirt area beyond, under a pale hazy sky.2010-02-01November 11 20172017-11-11Outdoor photo of a tiered red stone stairway lined with rows of black stone shivalinga-shaped forms set into each step. Several people in white and orange clothing move along the steps. In the foreground a bare-chested man wears a white dhoti and a sacred thread, and a man in an orange lower cloth walks up the stairs beside a woman in a white sari. Another woman in white carries a brass pot near the top left, and a white-haired woman in white stands among the group. Scattered white railings are visible at the right edge, and the scene suggests a temple ritual site.2016-09-19February 01 20102010-02-01Outdoor photograph of a temple tank with stepped stone ghats lined with many black shivalinga-shaped lamps and small stone lingams. Numerous devotees in saffron-orange robes walk down the steps and along the pool edge. A man in a white dhoti stands on the steps, and a woman in a dark sari walks near a small golden-yellow canopy umbrella. Near the water, a figure in white clothing and an orange-clad group gather beside a metal railed walkway. On the right, a deity murti sits in a shrine niche with red and gold decorations. Red-painted temple buildings and trees rise behind.2018-01-01 +1 copiesOutdoor photo of workers on a stone stair moving a large round stone slab on wooden poles lashed with rope. Four men in checked lungis, headcloths and white shirts carry the poles down the steps toward a black stone Shivalinga on a square red-and-white plinth in a sunken amphitheatre. Water streams from the lingam and pools across the stone floor, and two figures in red stand near it. Tiered red steps with rows of small lamps rise behind, and a dry hillside and trees lie beyond the wall.