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Outdoor work scene beneath a large spreading tree with a thick horizontal trunk and green leaves. Bare-footed people on reddish-brown earth are shifting soil. A man in a plain white shirt and white trousers, with a dark beaded mala and pendant, holds a metal tray of soil. Beside him a man in a white shirt and dark trousers leans in to load a tray. A younger person in a navy t-shirt and olive trousers stands nearby, and a red bucket sits on the ground. Several people wear saffron-orange robes, and a bearded elder in white with a white cap stands at left. A metal basin lies in the foreground. Around eleven people are visible.

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A photograph of an outdoor ashram scene beneath a large spreading tree with thick low branches. In the center, a man in a white kurta and white dhoti with a dark rudraksha mala holds a metal tray of reddish-brown soil. Beside him, a man in a dark navy t-shirt and olive-green trousers pours soil from an orange bucket onto the ground. A man in a white shirt and dark trousers leans in on the right, holding the tray edge. Behind them, several people in saffron-orange robes and white garments stand on the sandy earth, with a smiling woman in orange on the right.2016-09-11September 11 20162016-09-11Outdoor photo beneath a large spreading tree with thick low branches and green leaves. Devotees work on reddish-brown earth: a man in a white shirt and dark trousers shovels or sifts soil into a flat metal tray, while several people in saffron-orange robes carry green buckets and dig with shovels. Others in white kurta-style clothes, a man in a grey shirt, and a woman in a blue top stand watching nearby. A shallow metal basin sits on the ground in the foreground. A child in a blue shirt sits at the right edge beside a low concrete ledge. No clearly identifiable a person is visible; the robed figures are devotees and sannyasis.2016-09-11Outdoor 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 11 20162016-09-11A photograph of a group of devotees digging red earth beneath a large tree with spreading branches. In the foreground, a man in white clothes and bare feet leans forward, driving a long iron tool into the soil, while nearby a shovel throws up a cloud of reddish dirt. Around them, women in orange and saffron sarees with rudraksha malas stand and work, one holding a green bucket. A man in an orange kurta and rudraksha mala holds a shovel, another in a black t-shirt with white stripes works with a long-handled spade, and an older person in white with a white cap holds a flat shovel on the right. Several onlookers in mixed colours stand in the background among the trees.2016-09-11Outdoor 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.2016-09-11Outdoors beneath a large spreading banyan tree with pale, twisting aerial roots, several women gather on reddish-brown earth. In the centre, a woman in a red sari with a red shawl walks barefoot over a flat stone, carrying a metal tray or plate, while a woman in a green floral sari with orange trousers and a red-and-white shawl holds the tray steady. To the right, a woman in an orange sari with a red border and a rudraksha mala stands barefoot. On the left, a woman in a white blouse with her hair in a long braid faces away, and a woman in a black top stands at the edge. A woman at far right wears a blue-green sari. Several other people in orange, red and white clothing stand in the background.2016-09-04September 11 20162016-09-11September 11 20162016-09-11Outdoor photo of devotees digging and shovelling reddish-brown earth beneath a large banyan tree with aerial roots. A bare-chested man in saffron-orange dhoti wraps, with a long rudraksha mala around his neck, drives a spade into the soil. Nearby, people in orange and pink saris and a dark sleeveless top and white trousers shovel and carry sand, while others in orange garments sit on the ground to the left. Several participants wear white and black clothing. Lush green foliage fills the background.2016-09-11 +1 copiesSeptember 11 20162016-09-11