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A construction site beside a pale grey concrete building with large open doorways and windows. In the foreground, a man in a pink and white striped shirt, jeans and a blue cap bends over, working with a tool among scattered grey concrete blocks and loose reddish-brown earth. Behind him, a second man in a checked shirt and dark trousers crouches and works with a long-handled hoe on the dirt trench.

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June 24 20132013-06-24A construction site scene at AadiKailaasa in Bengaluru. Four men work on bare red-brown earth in front of a grey breeze-block wall. A man in a white shirt, dark trousers and a purple cap bends forward swinging a pickaxe-style hoe. Beside him a man in a blue checked shirt and pink head wrap digs with a hoe, while two older men in lungis and white shirts stand watching, one holding a shovel-like tool. Bricks and loose soil lie on the ground. The scene shows manual labour during site preparation.2008-07-08Construction site with a trench being dug and lined with grey concrete blocks along the foundation. Several workers are visible: a man in a white shirt and cap walking on the left, a woman in a blue saree and red blouse crouching at the trench, a woman in a red saree standing on the right edge, and a woman in a patterned saree kneeling beside piles of rough grey stones. Stacks of concrete blocks sit on the far right and left, with red earth, a sand heap and trees in the background. No a person candidate is present; the setting is a building foundation work site in Tiruvannamalai.April 2008 - Making Of Kailaasa In TiruvannamalaiA photograph of two workmen chiselling a concrete ledge at an outdoor construction site with bare brown earth and soil heaps behind them. The man on the left wears a blue-and-white turban and a green-and-white checked shirt, seated and striking with a hammer and chisel. The man on the right wears an orange head cloth and a red patterned shirt with grey trousers and sandals, seated on the concrete floor and working with a hammer and chisel. A wooden formwork structure appears at the upper right.2010-02-03April 2008 - Making Of Kailaasa In TiruvannamalaiOutdoor construction site beside a red-brick multi-storey residential building with balconies. Several workmen in lungis and rough shirts work on a paved yard of stone slabs laid over sand. One man in a pink shirt and checked lungi holds a long tool, another in a pink shirt swings a pickaxe-like tool beside a blue tray, and older men in white dhotis and checked shirts stand near cut stone blocks and bricks. A white-turbaned man in a blue shirt gestures at the ground. Bamboo scaffolding, green trees and a corrugated shed sit in the background.2016-09-03Photo of stone paving work in progress on a dirt-and-stone path at an ashram site. A standing worker in a checked shirt, dark trousers and a red-and-white head wrap holds a cut stone block, while a second worker in a maroon shirt and light trousers crouches to set cobblestones into a sand bed. Large pale rectangular paving slabs and loose stone blocks line the walkway. Behind them are red-painted buildings with green roofs, a red stone staircase at right, a pile of sand, a parked silver van and a distant figure in white.2016-09-10April 10 20082008-04-10Two workers lay paving on a dusty construction site in front of a stone-block building with bamboo stalks. A man in a cream striped shirt, rolled-up jeans and bare feet works with a trowel spreading sand or cement across the concrete slabs. Behind him a woman in a striped blue top and a floral blue-and-pink sari with a patterned headscarf pours from a green bucket. Loose stone slabs and rubble lie around the ground. The scene is a site work photograph, not a ritual or satsang.2016-10-28 +1 copiesDecember 19 20092009-12-19A construction site outdoors with two workers shoveling sand from a yellow wheelbarrow marked with the numeral 2 onto a concrete slab. The man on the right wears a white shirt, a blue checked lungi, and a striped head wrap, and is using a shovel. The young worker on the left wears a pink t-shirt and a white head cloth and holds the wheelbarrow handles. Behind them are a block wall building, red-and-wooden formwork panels, pale pipes, and a dry landscape with bare trees and hills. No swami or ritual figure is visible.2010-02-03