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Outdoors on a grassy field, a woman in orange sari loads cut grey stones into a small white-framed cart while another woman in orange kneels beside it arranging stones. A woman in orange with a red shawl stands at left, and a man in white shirt and white trousers with a mala stands beside the cart. At right, a bald sannyasi in orange dhoti and shawl stands barefoot. Scattered rocks cover the ground, with more people in orange and red working in the background near stone piles.

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August 18 20162016-08-18August 18 20162016-08-18Outdoor construction or campus-cleaning work on a dusty, unpaved site with scattered stone blocks, rubble and piled sand. Several people in orange and saffron clothing and white outfits push wheelbarrows and handcarts, and one person bends to work with a tool. A worker in a red top and others in orange stand in a loose group among the stones, with a wooden frame and bamboo poles around the area. Green trees and a few utility poles appear in the background under a pale sky.2016-08-18A photograph of a campus work scene on a dirt path beside a green bamboo hedge and a brick wall. A young person in orange robes on the left steadies a yellow-and-blue hand cart loaded with grey stone blocks. A bare-chested man in an orange dhoti and wrap pulls the cart by a metal bar, and behind him a man in white clothes and a beaded mala helps push. Other people in white shirts, black shirts and orange robes stand or work nearby, and a pink bucket sits in the grass. The scene matches the campus cleaning activity noted in the page excerpt.2016-08-18August 18 20162016-08-18Outdoor work site with scattered cut granite slabs and stones on sandy ground, with red-roofed buildings and palm trees behind. A man in a black shirt and black trousers with a wristband stands on a stone while a bare-footed saffron-robed sadhu bends to lift a stone. Beside them a man in an orange dhoti and rudraksha mala holds a long pole, and a bespectacled man in a teal t-shirt watches. In the foreground an older man in white kurta and white trousers bends forward to touch a large stone. A yellow hand pallet jack and wooden planks sit nearby, and a small child in red stands at right.2016-08-18August 18 20162016-08-18Outdoor temple construction site under a clear blue sky with palm trees and bamboo scaffolding. A man in white shirt and white dhoti with a rudraksha mala stands at left. Several workers in white dhotis and shirts crouch and work at a brick or concrete frame, one pouring material from a metal tray. At center, a figure in a long saffron-orange robe with long dark hair and a rudraksha mala stands watching, with a crowd-like group of workers around. A man in white shirt with a grey vest and glasses stands beside him, and a woman in white on the right holds a flat metal tray near a tall bamboo scaffold. Excavated red earth and stacked materials fill the foreground.2006-12-09Outdoor temple construction site on bare reddish earth with large mounds of soil and a low concrete boundary wall behind. Many people in orange robes and white ritual clothes dig, shovel and carry materials. In the foreground a figure in a plain orange robe with long dark hair stands holding a long walking stick, while a plain white plastic chair sits empty. A man in white clothes bends over the soil with a tool. Large leafy trees and a clear blue sky fill the background, and a tarpaulin shelter stands at right. Some people wear white dhotis and shirts, others orange robes.2006-12-09Outdoor temple-precinct photo of a stone carving being worked under a tin-roofed shed with orange-painted walls. In the foreground a man in a white dhoti and white shirt bends over a large rough stone, guiding a chisel. Beside him a shaved-headed man in saffron cloth, with white sacred ash marks on his forehead and rudraksha malas, strikes the chisel with a wooden mallet. To the right a long-haired man in saffron wrap with a dense rudraksha mala holds a second chisel on the carved reddish stone and leans forward. Behind them standing onlookers in white and saffron, and a garland of yellow and orange flowers hangs at the right edge. Ritual sculpture work in progress.2013-07-14A photograph of an outdoor site under construction with a large pile of cut stone blocks and red earth in the foreground. Several men stand around the pile; on the left a tall man in orange sannyasi-style cloth and a beaded necklace stands near a thatched open-sided pavilion. On the right, a man in orange robes and a rudraksha-style mala looks toward the rubble, and another man in an orange shirt stands nearby. A woman in a red kurta and cream trousers watches from the centre beside a concrete pad, and a few people work or walk in the background among palm trees.2016-09-04August 18 20162016-08-18