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A photo of volunteers digging in reddish-brown earth at an ashram work site. In the foreground a person with long blonde dreadlocks, wearing a black sleeveless top and grey trousers, leans forward pushing a black shovel with an orange handle into the soil. Behind and to the sides, others in saffron robes, a black top with green trousers, and a woman in a teal sari with gold bangles work with spades and tools. The ground is freshly turned with a deep hole forming. The scene is outdoors in daylight.

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Outdoor digging at a shaded site beneath a large banyan tree with aerial roots. In the foreground a man with long tousled hair, a black sleeveless top and grey trousers, with a tilak mark on his forehead, drives a shovel into reddish-brown soil. Beside him a person in an orange-saffron shirt printed with a portrait holds a spade, and another in orange robes digs at right. Several onlookers stand around, including a woman in a lilac sari with an orange border and a man in a white shirt. The ground is cleared into a shallow excavation with a stone-rimmed well or ring at the right edge.2016-09-11September 11 20162016-09-11September 04 20162016-09-04Outdoor photograph of a group digging in reddish-brown earth beneath a large banyan tree with dense hanging aerial roots. In the centre, a bare-chested man in saffron-orange dhoti and wrap digs with a long-handled spade while a woman in a black sleeveless top and grey trousers stands near him. To the left, a man in black clothing and a man in white shirt also dig with shovels, and to the right a woman in a dark top and olive trousers digs. A man in black shirt stands at the far right edge watching.2016-09-11September 04 20162016-09-04Outdoor photo of a group digging in reddish-brown soil beneath a large banyan tree with dense aerial roots and hanging vines. In the foreground a bald man in an orange dhoti and orange shawl, with a rudraksha mala around his neck, swings a hoe while a man with long tied-back hair in a black sleeveless top and grey trousers digs with a spade. On the right a man in a dark shirt and black trousers holds a long pole, and a woman in an orange top watches. A man in white kurta and red waist cloth digs in the background, and onlookers in white and orange stand nearby, with a dust cloud rising from the digging.2016-09-11September 18 20162016-09-18September 11 20162016-09-11Outdoor photo of a group digging in reddish-brown earth beneath large banyan tree roots and a dense green canopy. In the foreground a man in an orange robe with a bare chest and orange wrap holds a shovel and digs. Beside him a woman in a black sleeveless top and light trousers digs, and a woman in a grey top and green trousers works with a spade. Other volunteers wear black, white and red clothing, and a man in black at right stands watching. Several people are visible in the background. The scene shows shovelling and earthwork.2016-09-11September 11 20162016-09-11Outdoor photo of a group digging red earth beneath a large spreading banyan-type tree with aerial roots. Many people in orange and saffron clothing, some in white, dig with long-handled shovels and hoes on a cleared patch of reddish soil. A woman in a white top with a green sash and patterned teal trousers stands at left, and a man in a dark shirt and dark trousers bends forward wielding a shovel in the foreground. Women in orange saris and white garments work alongside, and a yellow machine is visible behind the tree in the background.2016-09-04September 11 20162016-09-11