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Photograph of an open-sided white-walled hall under a stretched white canvas roof with wooden beams, palm trees visible beyond. A man in white shirt and dark trousers stands on the wall top, placing a dark tarpaulin over the beams. Below, a man in white clothing stands on a metal stepladder while another man in white helps steady it. Along the right, about a dozen men in white clothes sit on the floor in a row, some standing nearby, beside a shrine with red and orange deity decorations on the far right. Wire mesh screens line the left wall.

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January 02 20122012-01-02A photograph of a damaged white-walled hall with its corrugated roof partly torn away, exposing rafters and blue sky with palm trees beyond. Around a dozen men in white shirts and white dhotis sit cross-legged on the bare floor in a seated group, while a few others stand near a ladder and a red-orange cloth at left. On the right, a white deity murti is heavily garlanded with red, orange and white flower garlands, and a brass oil lamp burns in the foreground beside an orange cloth draped over a platform.2012-01-02A photograph of a bare, whitewashed hall with a concrete floor and ceiling fans, where about fifteen men in white shirts and white dhotis sit on the floor in a loose group facing a small shrine. The shrine holds a deity murti draped in garlands, with brass oil lamps and a kalasha-style brass vessel set before it. A man standing near the window with folded arms watches the group, and a woman in dark clothing sits at the front. A wrapped orange-and-saffron cloth and a marigold garland lie on a mat in the lower right corner. Palm trees show through the open roof structure above, and the scene appears to be a satsang or puja gathering.2012-01-02A photograph inside a large open-sided pavilion with a corrugated metal roof supported by bamboo poles. A man in a white shirt and white dhoti stands on a bamboo ladder reaching up to hang a long multicoloured decorative cloth with orange and red panels from the rafters, while leaves and white flower garlands hang from above. Two men in white clothes wearing green badges stand below, one raising an arm, and several other people in white and dark clothes are scattered around tables and the floor.2006-07-16A photograph of an interior room where a man in a white shirt and white trousers stands on a ladder, stretching a large white cloth across the upper wall near the ceiling. In the lower right foreground, another man with dark hair wears an orange garment and looks upward toward the work. A white panelled door with a small red and white sign stands at right, beside a doorway with a dark interior. Light green-painted trim and faded walls surround the scene.2012-05-25January 03 20122012-01-03A photograph of an ashram construction site on dusty ground lined with palm trees. A steel-frame roof structure is being built, with a worker in a dark top climbing its rafters and a man in white clothing standing to the left beside stacked corrugated sheets. Two people in casual clothes walk along the sandy path in the middle distance, and another figure in white stands at right near piled timber. A low white wall, a cement-coloured building with a terracotta roof and a thatched hut lie beyond. No ritual or event is visible, only building work.2007-05-25 +1 copiesA photograph of an open-sided, corrugated-roof pavilion with concrete pillars and a sandy floor, set up for a celebration. A man in a blue shirt and brown trousers leans a long wooden ladder against a pillar and reaches up toward a colourful striped banner, while a second man in a white shirt stands on the ladder above him. Strings of small red triangular pennants with dark circular emblems hang across the ceiling. An older man on the right, in white dhoti and shirt with a beaded mala around his neck, stands barefoot looking upward at the work. Palm trees and a partly built wall are visible outside.2006-12-30A photograph of an unfinished concrete block building under construction in an open dirt yard with trees behind. Grey cinder block walls rise around the site, with a window opening and a tall metal pole and rope rigging in the center. A man in a white head cloth and light shirt stands on top of a wall and another stands atop the walls to the right, reached by a long bamboo ladder leaning against the wall at left. Several workers in shirts and lungis sit or stand along the right wall, one crouched near the ground. No a person figure is visible.2007-03-05January 02 20122012-01-02January 13 20102010-01-13May 02 20062006-05-02