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Construction site at an ashram with many curved grey granite stone pieces laid out on bare red-brown earth among loose rubble and dirt mounds. Several pale grey stone blocks have carved, weathered edges and rounded profiles. Around them lie white sacks of cement or material, scattered wooden planks and stakes, a metal bucket, a plastic water bottle, and a small blue box. A metal form or mould stands at the right edge. No people are visible.

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December 12 20062006-12-12A stone yard or workshop outdoors with several grey granite blocks lying on bare dirt. The front block has carved scrollwork along its edge, and two more carved blocks sit behind it. A thin trench of wet concrete runs along the left, with a hose beside it. Stacks of rough stone and dressed slabs are piled against a white wall in the background, and black-and-yellow striped safety posts stand at the left. No people are visible.A photograph of carved grey granite temple architecture stones laid out in an open yard. Several pillar-like pieces with stepped, moulded capitals and projecting brackets stand in a row along a low wall, with additional squared blocks and a carved cornice piece stacked behind them. Green shrubs and trees fill the background, and the ground is pale concrete scattered with small debris. No people, deities or ritual activity are visible.A construction site on bare dirt ground with stacks of cut grey granite slabs and kerbstones lying along a concrete edge. In the foreground, white pre-cast concrete blocks with rectangular cutouts lean together, and a sack labelled BIRLA sits at the bottom. Small thin bamboo poles stand among the loose stone chips, a metal bowl with debris sits on the left, and a few workers are faintly visible in the far background near a wall. No ritual, person or deity is shown, and the scene is ordinary site work.2016-10-26 +1 copiesOctober 27 20162016-10-27A construction site at an outdoor pond or tank under development. Large piles of grey granite blocks and smaller gravel sit on bare reddish earth beside a curved, tiered granite stepped embankment leading down to still water on the left. Two workers in light clothing stand near the stone piles, one with a shovel, and a third person stands on the upper ground beside a blue dump truck. A yellow excavator is at the far right, with a low white boundary wall, scattered trees and a utility pole behind.2009-01-01October 28 20162016-10-28 +1 copiesA construction site at the Bidadi Ashram showing stepped granite-block embankment beside a pond on the left, with large rough-cut grey granite boulders and smaller crushed stone piled in the foreground on reddish-brown earth. Two workers in light clothing stand among the rubble on the right, one holding a shovel, and a blue dump truck and a yellow excavator sit at the edge of an excavated slope. A concrete boundary wall, young trees and a utility pole frame the background under an overcast sky.A photograph of carved grey granite temple stonework stacked in an open outdoor yard. In the foreground a squared granite slab with a raised carved molding and small projecting ledges rests on stacked stone blocks, with a shallow trough-like recess behind it. Behind are larger carved pillar blocks with stepped capitals and cornices, and other dressed stones lie around on dry dirt with weeds growing between them. No people are visible.October 27 20162016-10-27A photograph of a rough grey stone or concrete block lying on bare dirt and gravel, rotated sideways. The block has a stepped, tiered profile with a rounded upper ridge and a flat base, and a small chipped lump on its face. Scattered fragments of stone and rubble surround it, and a small purple logo appears in the upper left corner. A copyright notice and source credit are overlaid in the lower right corner.October 28 20162016-10-28 +1 copies