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A man with long dreadlocks wearing a rust-brown dhoti and a bare upper body stands in a freshly dug trench beside a pink-plastered building, a multicoloured marigold and rose garland draped over his shoulders. He is stepping down into the earth with his head bowed. Beside him, a bare-chested priest in a white dhoti with a gold border holds a tray or brick-like offering and a rudraksha mala hangs on his chest. Marigold petals and a yellow flower garland lie on the soil and a kolam-style chalk design marks the ground. A small figure looks down from an upper balcony.

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A bhumi puja ceremony at a construction site beside a salmon-pink wall with a wooden-framed window. A man in a rust-brown cloth and rudraksha mala, wearing a long multicolour flower garland and holding loose yellow marigolds, stands barefoot on a floor of coloured rangoli designs. A bare-chested priest in a white dhoti with a yellow waist cloth and a rudraksha mala holds a brass bowl of petals and offerings. Another man in an orange shawl stands behind them, and a few spectators watch from a balcony above. Brass pots and marigold offerings sit on the ground at the right. The page's a person flag is not supported by visible cues beyond clothing and garlands, so identity is unsure.2016-11-23A bhumi puja ground-breaking ritual outside a pink-washed building with a rectangular window. A bearded man in a rust-brown sannyasi robe, wearing a long multicolour flower garland and a rudraksha-type mala, stands barefoot on a dug earth pit decorated with a white chalk kolam and a coloured flower rangoli. He holds a small offering plate with petals. Beside him a bare-chested priest in white dhoti and an orange-yellow shawl, with a sacred thread and wrist bands, holds a plate of pink petals. Marigold garlands lie on the ground. Partly visible photo credit overlay in the corner. a person candidate appearance is uncertain because only the garland, robe and mala are visible.2016-11-23November 23 20162016-11-23A photograph of a bhumi puja ground ceremony beside a pink-washed building with rectangular windows. A man with long dark hair and a beard stands barefoot on a floral rangoli design, wearing a reddish-brown robe and a long multicolour garland of marigolds and flowers, with a rudraksha mala at his neck. He reaches one hand toward a shallow pit of freshly dug earth and scatters flower petals. A second man on the right, bare-chested with a white dhoti and rudraksha beads, holds a metal plate of flower petals. Flower garlands lie on the ground at the pit's edge.2016-11-23A bhumi puja ground-breaking ceremony at an outdoor site beside a salmon-pink wall with framed windows. A bare-footed man with long dark hair, a beard and a forehead mark stands on a chalk kolam with a multicolour floral design, wearing a rust-brown robe, a rudraksha mala and a long garland of marigolds in orange, yellow, red and white. He holds small offerings in his cupped hands while looking down at a freshly dug pit in the earth. A bare-chested priest in a white dhoti with an orange shawl stands at right holding a brass plate. Flower petals and a yellow marigold offering lie on the soil.2016-11-23A bhumi puja ground-breaking ritual beside a pink-washed building. A man in a long rust-brown robe with a multicoloured flower garland, a vibhuti forehead mark and bare feet stands at a freshly dug earth pit, scattering petals from his hands. A kolam of white rangoli lines and a red-yellow lotus-like motif are drawn on the ground. Beside him, a bare-chested man in a white dhoti with an orange border holds a steel plate of flower petals. Yellow marigolds lie on the soil, and a rudraksha mala hangs on the robed man's chest. Window frames and a wall-mounted sign area show the pale pink wall.2016-11-23A man in a rust-brown sannyasi robe with a multicoloured marigold garland and a rudraksha mala stands barefoot on a patch of bare earth beside a pink-painted wall with a barred window, holding flowers as he performs a bhumi puja. Before him, a shirtless priest in a white dhoti with a yellow-orange shawl and a rudraksha mala offers a plate of flowers from a bowl. White lime lines and a coloured rangoli with red, yellow and green patterns mark the ground, and a small dug pit lies at the centre. A man in a white shirt stands partly visible at the upper right. a person is the man in the rust-brown robe with the garland and rudraksha mala, performing the bhumi puja.2016-11-23November 23 20162016-11-23Outdoor bhumi puja at a construction site beside a red-painted wall. A bearded man in a rust-brown robe wears a long multicolour flower garland and stands barefoot at the edge of a dug pit, with flower-decorated yellow-and-brown boxes or bricks set in the soil. Two bare-chested priests in white dhotis with yellow borders attend, one pouring from a vessel, while a man in white holds a camera on a tripod. Other men in white, orange and saffron dhotis and rudraksha malas stand nearby, one with a drum, under a tasselled canopy at left.2016-11-23A photo of a bhumi puja at an excavated site beside a red-pink building. A bearded man in a rust-brown robe with a rudraksha mala and a long multicolour flower garland stands on a white and green rangoli, holding a small silver vessel and a bell-like object, with eyes closed. To the right, a bare-chested man in white dhoti with a sacred thread and a tilak holds a brass plate of offerings. Above, two people lean over a balcony railing, one with palms pressed together, one wearing a red bindi. Fresh earth and marigold petals lie in the foreground.2016-11-23A barefoot man in a rust-red sannyasi robe stands on freshly turned earth beside a pink-red wall during a bhumi puja ground-breaking ritual. He wears a long multicoloured flower garland of red, yellow, white and purple blooms and a rudraksha mala, and holds a small round drum-like object while his eyes are closed. Beside him a bare-chested assistant in white dhoti with a gold-bordered cloth stands, and a few onlookers watch from a balcony above. A camera is visible at the left edge, and a rangoli-style design of flowers lies on the ground at his feet.2016-11-23A man in a maroon-brown robe with a long gold pendant and a thick pink-and-white flower garland stands barefoot on a striped pink, teal and blue cloth, scattering red petals over a shallow square pit in the ground. A red-painted pillar and white-and-red wooden pole stand at left. Behind him, a shirtless attendant in orange-saffron cloth holds a long-handled orange umbrella or canopy, and a figure in white dhoti with a shawl stands with hands folded in the background. Green trees fill the backdrop.2017-10-01