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Three men work with hand hoes and pickaxes digging into loose brown soil in front of a grey concrete block wall. The man in the centre wears a pink turban and a blue-and-white checked shirt; the man on the left wears a white cloth over his shoulder and cream clothing; the man on the right wears a purple cap and a white shirt with a red thread bracelet. Blurred grey foreground foliage or netting frames the scene. This is a construction site activity with no ceremonial elements.

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July 08 20082008-07-08Two men work at a construction site with concrete blocks and a corrugated green roof behind them. The man on the left wears a white shirt, checked lungi and a red headcloth. The man in the centre, with grey hair and a white towel over his shoulders, bends forward swinging a long wooden tool. An orange wall and a partly visible blue figure sit in the background, and grey concrete blocks frame the foreground. No a person candidate is visible.2008-07-08A construction worker carries a shallow clay bowl of earth or sand on his head with both hands raised. He wears a pink head cloth, a white collared shirt and a green checked lungi. Behind him a second worker in a white vest and a third bent over in a white shirt dig in reddish soil beside a grey concrete block wall. A blurred concrete slab fills the right foreground. The scene is a building site.2008-07-08Low-angle photograph of three men working on bare ground beside a low brick wall. The man on the left wears a striped checked shirt, blue shorts and a white-and-green striped head wrap, and bends forward. A man in the center wears a white head wrap and a checked shirt and crouches over the ground. The man on the right wears a blue plaid shirt and white shorts and bends toward a shallow metal tray holding small stones and gravel. Behind them is a red-and-white triangular bunting fence, palm trees and a large banner showing a saffron-turbaned figure. Pale overcast sky.2007-07-22October 06 20062006-10-06December 19 20092009-12-19April 10 20082008-04-10A photo of a construction site on bare red earth where women workers in saris and head cloths carry metal basins of material and mix mortar. In the foreground a worker in a white top and blue shorts bends over a pile of grey mortar, using a long-handled tool, while a woman in an orange sari stands at left beside metal trays. Behind them, stacks of grey concrete blocks line the ground, and a pile of gravel and a mound of sand are visible at the edges, with a fence and green shrubs in the background. No identifiable a person figure is visible in the scene.2008-04-10A photograph of four men digging in a red-brown earth trench beside a rough dirt bank with scattered stones and grass. The man on the far left wears a blue head cloth, a yellow-and-white checked shirt, a blue-and-white checked lungi and a red beaded necklace, and holds a long iron digging bar. Next to him a man in a white shirt and white dhoti-style cloth with a yellow-and-orange head wrap stands barefoot, hands folded at his waist. A younger man in a denim shirt and jeans bends low, working with a metal rod in the trench. On the right, a man in a light blue checked shirt and grey trousers leans on a long iron tool. Muddy water runs in a channel at the right edge.2009-12-19A photograph of volunteers doing manual earthwork at a construction site with red-brown soil heaps. A man in a pink-and-white striped shirt and grey trousers, with a name badge, digs with a long-handled spade and shovel. Beside him a man in a red hard hat bends to dig, while a man in a black vest with a chain stands behind, and a man in a red shirt and grey cap watches. On the right, a man in a turquoise shirt and blue turban stands looking on. Behind them is a white wire-mesh fence with concrete posts and a whitewashed wall, with a young sapling in the right background.2008-02-23Night-time construction work in a narrow courtyard between two concrete block walls. Six workers dig and level the reddish-brown earth: a man in a checked plaid lungi and white shirt swings a long-handled tool, another in a red-and-blue checked lungi bends forward with a shovel, and others in white shirts and red head cloths stand or stoop with hand tools. Red steel scaffolding poles line the left side, with a hanging line of clothes and a wooden desk with a chair at the back. Fluorescent light illuminates the scene.2006-10-06A construction site scene at AadiKailaasa in Bengaluru. Four men work on bare red-brown earth in front of a grey breeze-block wall. A man in a white shirt, dark trousers and a purple cap bends forward swinging a pickaxe-style hoe. Beside him a man in a blue checked shirt and pink head wrap digs with a hoe, while two older men in lungis and white shirts stand watching, one holding a shovel-like tool. Bricks and loose soil lie on the ground. The scene shows manual labour during site preparation.2008-07-08