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A photograph of ashram construction work at an unfinished concrete building. In the foreground, a man in a checked shirt and grey trousers bends over a patch of wet grey concrete, troweling it with a small hand tool. A woman in a red headscarf and maroon sari stands behind him. A long wooden-handled tool leans against the wall to the left. Beyond the doorway, a sandy path runs between palm trees, with a few children and a stone sculpture visible in the distance.

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May 21 20072007-05-21A photograph of two workers on a construction site laying concrete along a raised curb. The man in the foreground wears an olive-green shirt, grey trousers and sandals, and bends low to smooth wet cement with a trowel. Behind him, a barefoot worker in a red shirt and a blue-and-white checked cloth on his head uses a broom along the edge of the curb. A grey hose runs beside them, and bare wooden stakes and sandy earth fill the background. Nothing in the frame shows a ritual, satsang or any a person presence.2009-12-26Workers at an outdoor construction site spread wet concrete over a gravel base. In the foreground, a man in a light-coloured shirt and orange head wrap bends forward, while a man in a green-and-white checked head cloth and a man in a khaki shirt and white dhoti shovel and level the grey mix. Piles of sand and crushed stone sit on the right, and more workers in white shirts and dhotis carry materials in the background. A wooden stake and a hose lie on the ground.2006-12-22A photograph of construction work at an outdoor site beside a whitewashed concrete-block wall. A man in a checked shirt, grey trousers and blue flip-flops bends over a bed of wet grey cement mixed with gravel, smoothing it with a long wooden-handled tool. Behind him, a worker in a white shirt and white trousers carries a tray of material on his head, and another person in white stands near a sack. Palm trees and dry red earth fill the background.2007-05-21A photograph of an outdoor construction site at dusk. Concrete columns with protruding rebar rise from a half-built structure of grey concrete blocks. In the foreground, a man in a white shirt, pale trousers and a white cap bends over a metal tray, mixing or scooping wet grey mortar on the ground. Beside him, a woman in a red and white patterned sari with a head covering carries material. A young man in a green shirt stands on a higher section behind them. A tarpaulin is draped over a column and a blue tarp lies at lower left. Flat open land with scattered trees and a white building stretches behind the site under a pale sky. No a person candidate is visible.2009-10-31A construction worker crouches beside a concrete wall, mixing mortar or plaster in a shallow metal pan. He wears a blue baseball cap, a cream collared shirt and dark trousers, with sandals on his feet. Behind him, a second person in red trousers stands near a metal ladder. Grey concrete block walls and a wooden post surround the site, with mud plaster freshly applied to the wall on the right.2010-01-27Outdoor photograph of villagers doing construction work at a temple site. A woman in a green sari with a dark head covering bends forward while carrying a shallow metal tray of mortar or wet concrete. Nearby, a woman in a red and yellow sari with a pink head cloth stands watching, and a man in a white checked shirt and grey trousers walks past. A man in a white shirt stands behind a concrete ledge, and another worker wearing a pink-and-white cloth on his head kneels at the edge, smoothing the surface. A white-and-red painted low wall, a dark cloth hanging at left and leafy trees form the background under a pale sky.2006-12-30December 19 20062006-12-19December 19 20062006-12-19December 26 20092009-12-26January 27 20102010-01-27A construction worker in a grey cap and red-and-white striped short-sleeved shirt with white trousers plasters a concrete column with a trowel on an outdoor building site. Beside him, a worker in a white head cloth and checked shirt crouches beside a metal bowl of wet mortar. Grey concrete block walls, a steel frame, rebar and gravel surround them, with unfinished buildings visible in the background.2009-12-15