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Several men in plain white shirts and white dhotis stack red and white bricks on open, sandy ground with patchy grass and trees behind. Bricks are stamped with letters such as S, R, and A, B, C. The man on the left in a white shirt holds a brick, a man in the centre wears a red beaded necklace and white shirt, and the man on the right in white clothing places bricks on the stack. Others in white stand further back. The scene looks like site preparation or construction work at an ashram.

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Outdoor construction site with reddish earth where a man in white kurta and white dhoti, wearing a rudraksha mala, bends down laying red clay bricks in a rectangular pattern beside another man in a white t-shirt and dark trousers who kneels and sets bricks. A third man in a white dhoti and white shirt stands at right, watching. Several people in white and cream clothing stand in the background near a palm trunk and a blue tarpaulin tent, one woman in a green sari and another in pink. Stacks of bricks lie around the site.2006-12-22A photograph of men on a dry, dusty open ground preparing for an outdoor task. Several men in white dhotis and white kurtas carry white bricks or blocks, while a man in a beige short-sleeved shirt and grey trousers walks in the middle holding one. Two men in white crouch on the right, arranging white bricks into a pile on the ground. Trees and bushes stand behind, with a few small ash patches and fire remains on the earth. No deity, throne or ceremony is clearly visible; the scene reads as preparatory site work.2006-09-05Photograph taken at dusk or night at an outdoor site with a blue tarpaulin canopy overhead. Several men in white dhotis and white shirts stand in a line along a shallow trench lined with red bricks, looking down at the work. A man in a white dhoti and an orange-collared white polo shirt with a small badge stands at the right edge, closest to the camera. Another man crouches at the left, arranging bricks on the ground, and loose red bricks and a white cloth-wrapped object lie on the sand. Sandy ground, a tarp structure and a few other figures are visible in the background. No one in the frame is clearly identifiable as a person.2011-01-16Outdoor photo at night on bare sandy ground of a group of men in white dhotis and white shirts working on a brick-lined trench or foundation. A man in the foreground crouches and sets a brick, another kneels beside him, and a standing man in a striped shirt holds a long wooden stick or rod upright in the sand. Several others bend or stand around the work, one wearing an orange-edged white shirt. A thatched shelter and a banner with green and white panels appear in the background.2011-01-16A photograph of men in white ritual clothing standing on a grassy open field near a line of palm and tall trees under an overcast sky. Several men wear white shirts and white dhotis; one in the foreground on the left wears a white shirt and dhoti with a beaded necklace. A group clusters around a low stack of bricks in the centre, while another man in a grey shirt and trousers, on the right, holds a small book or paper and talks with a man in white. The scene suggests preparation work at an outdoor site.2006-09-05A photograph of an outdoor construction site with stacked pale grey concrete blocks and low walls of the same material, with granite boulders and a torn blue tarpaulin in the foreground under a pale sky and tall trees. Four men stand near the wall: three in white dhotis and shirts, one in white with a dark shoulder bag, and a bare-chested man on the right wearing an orange shawl over his shoulder, next to a smaller figure in white with an orange cloth. No one can be identified with confidence from appearance, and the scene shows only a building site with workers and materials.2006-11-23A photograph at an ashram construction site in rural surroundings. A barefoot figure with long, loose dark hair wears a saffron-orange wrap over bare shoulders and walks past a wall of stacked grey concrete blocks. Two men in white dhoti-style clothing with orange shawls stand at left; one gestures toward the wall and the other carries a dark shoulder bag. Behind them is a thatched hut, a bare-earth yard with a tall wooden pole, and a building wall under construction at right. Sandals lie on the ground and a blue tarpaulin is folded beside the wall.2006-11-23Outdoor ground-level ceremony at a construction site of dirt and bricks. A man in white dhoti and shirt bends forward with a brick in hand, a rudraksha-style mala visible at his neck. Beside him a woman in an orange-trimmed white sari and a woman in a red sari with a shawl kneel and stand around a square brick enclosure being laid out in the sand. Stacked bricks lie to the right, and white-clad onlookers and a parked car stand in the background, with a pink-shawled figure at the left edge.2006-12-22November 23 20062006-11-23December 22 20062006-12-22Outdoor photograph on a reddish-brown dirt ground beside a heap of gravel rocks, under an overcast sky with palm trees on the horizon. In the foreground a man in a white shirt faces right. Behind him stands a man in an orange-saffron robe with a beaded necklace of ornaments, hair swept back, hands at his sides, with a bare-footed man in white kurta beside him. Further right, a barefoot man in white kurta and white dhoti stands near the rocks, and several other men in white and in pale shirts stand or bow their heads in the background.2005-11-13September 05 20062006-09-05