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A worker in shorts and bare feet cuts a grey stone block with a handheld angle grinder, its spinning blade throwing up dust. The block sits on sandy ground in a stone-yard, with piles of rough-cut granite slabs and rubble behind and a dusty red wall at the top. No other people are visible.

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February 01 20152015-02-01September 07 20162016-09-07February 01 20152015-02-01A photograph of an outdoor construction work area. In the foreground a man in a blue striped shirt and white lungi crouches and cuts a grey granite paving stone with a handheld angle grinder, sparks and stone dust around him. A pile of cut and uncut grey and beige granite stone blocks lies on the sandy ground beside a red brick boundary wall. Behind him, another man in a white shirt and white dhoti carries a bag, and a few more workers are faintly visible near the wall. Yellow bamboo stalks grow to the left, a large green tree stands at right, and an air conditioning unit is mounted on the wall. No ceremony, a person or event is visible.2016-09-07 +1 copiesA worker in a blue and white striped shirt and checked lungi sits on a low red brick wall, cutting a granite block with a handheld angle grinder. Around him are piles of pale grey and tan cut stone slabs and rough rocks scattered on the sandy ground. Behind him, a second worker in a white shirt and pink head cloth carries a bag near a mound of sand, with bamboo stalks at left and a red boundary wall behind. The scene reads as ongoing stone masonry and site construction work.2016-09-07Making Of Sacred Arts UniversityA worker in a green cloth wrapped on his head and green shorts with a grey t-shirt strikes a large grey stone with a hammer on a bare reddish-brown earth slope. Several cut grey stones lie around his feet, a white stone wall edge is on the left, a green plastic basin sits at the left edge, and green weeds and young trees fill the background. Visible scale suggests stone-cutting for ongoing construction work.2013-06-08A photograph of an open-sided, corrugated-roof stone workshop with a sandy floor, showing granite blocks and slabs of various sizes scattered across the ground and along the sides. Several workers in light clothing and lungis crouch or bend over the stones, some chiselling or shaping them, while others stand near the back under the shelter. Palm and tree foliage shows beyond the posts, and a purple bird logo appears in the upper left corner.A worker in a green striped shirt, khaki shorts, sandals and a red checked head cloth cuts a large pale stone block with a green angle grinder in a dusty, open-sided stone workshop. Chips and fragments of stone litter the ground and piles of cut blocks sit behind him. The photo is a site image of stone cutting rather than a ritual or discourse scene.2014-09-17A young man in a white shirt and dark trousers squats barefoot on sandy ground, grinding or polishing a reclining grey stone figure of a deity, its carved headdress visible. Behind him stand many finished grey granite statues of standing deities and multi-armed figures on plinths, with orange marigolds growing among them and a low stone wall in the background. A green cloth bag lies on the ground in front. No a person candidate is visible; the scene shows stone carving work at a statue yard.2009-07-19February 01 20152015-02-01A stonemason in a light teal short-sleeved shirt and grey trousers bends over a large rectangular granite block in an open workshop yard, using a handheld power tool on its edge. Another worker in a pink checked shirt and patterned lungi stands at the left edge. Scattered chisels, stone offcuts and carved stone pieces lie on the sandy ground under a blue-framed corrugated shelter, with a stack of dried palm fronds and cloth hanging at the right. Shaped stone pieces, including one with a carved motif, sit in the background. Watermarked copyright text appears in the lower right corner, which is not described.