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A photograph of outdoor relief work at a rural site with coconut palms. In the foreground a man in a white dhoti and sleeveless vest carries a long wooden pole on his shoulder beside a large pile of bamboo and timber poles on the dirt ground. Behind him a bamboo scaffold frame stands with a blue and white tent canopy and a red-orange flag on a pole. Several people work on the scaffold and around the site, including a man in a white shirt and a woman in a yellow sari. A white building and a crowd seated under a tent are visible in the background.

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A group of young men in white dhotis and white shirts, several wearing orange saffron shawls, bend over and work together on a pile of large cut logs and planks on dry earth at an outdoor construction or ritual-preparation site. Some men push and lift a pale timber log with their hands. Behind them are stacked concrete rings and slabs, gravel heaps, bricks, and a blue tarp shelter on poles beneath palm trees. One man wears a rudraksha mala. The scene shows manual labour preparing wood. No one in the image is clearly identifiable as a person.2007-05-04January 04 20122012-01-04A photograph of a cyclone relief site in open grassland with tall coconut palms. A metal pipe frame structure is being erected under a clear blue sky, with a saffron-orange flag fluttering from a pole in the centre. Corrugated tin sheets lie scattered on the ground at lower left, and a man in a white vest stands at the edge of the frame. Several workers are on and around the frame, and a man in a white shirt is at right near a table with steel pots, a large plastic water container and a metal tray. A white-walled building and a corrugated roof appear behind the palms. No readable portrait of a person is visible.2012-01-03December 31 20062006-12-31Outdoors at a construction site with sandy ground, scattered stone, and palm trees behind, a group of men in white dhotis and white shirts, several wearing orange shawls, lift a large felled log together. One man in a white kurta wears a rudraksha mala and gold wristwatch, and a few others have white ash marks on their foreheads. A blue tarpaulin shelter and a half-built brick wall stand in the background, and more logs lie on the ground in the foreground.2007-05-04Outdoor photo of a relief-camp kitchen area under a striped canopy with palm trees behind a white building. Men in white shirts and white dhotis shovel and pour sand from a basket onto a sandy patch in the foreground. A woman in a teal top and purple skirt stands near large steel cooking vessels and pots, and a red-and-cream cloth is draped over a table. The ground is muddy with puddles.2012-01-04A photograph of a group of young men in white ritual clothes hauling a large pale wooden log onto a heap of split firewood on sandy ground. The man at left wears a white dhoti and shirt and a purple cloth on his hair, lifting one end of the log. Behind him, men wear white dhotis and kurtas, several with orange shawls and rudraksha malas. Coconut palms, a blue tarpaulin and stacked wooden planks sit in the background. +2 copiesA photo of an outdoor construction site at an ashram-like compound. A bare-chested young man in orange-brown shorts climbs a tall bamboo and rope frame that forms a pitched-roof shelter, with a second worker partly visible inside the frame. A man in a white dhoti and shirt stands at left holding his arm up, near a blue barrel and a corrugated sheet. Two men in plain shirts and trousers walk on sandy ground at right. Palm fronds frame the left edge, and a cream two-storey building with terracotta roof and landscaped shrubs sits in the background under a pale sky.2007-05-25 +1 copiesMay 21 20072007-05-21December 12 20062006-12-12January 04 20122012-01-04Outdoor construction site with bare reddish-brown earth. Several people in white and red-bordered saris and light clothing carry a long wooden beam horizontally across the ground, while men in white kurtas and orange-trimmed shawls stand on a low concrete wall at right, one holding a tall metal pole. Behind them are a small red-roofed shed, piles of rubble and bricks, trees and a utility pole with wires. Overcast daylight.2006-12-22