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A photograph of an open-sided pavilion with a corrugated roof and strings of orange and red triangular flags overhead. A man in a white dhoti with an orange shawl digs with a long-handled tool into a large mound of reddish-brown earth on a concrete floor, while a man in a checked lungi and head cloth stands beside him. A younger boy in a yellow shirt and grey trousers stands nearby and another boy in white stands at the right edge. A brass lamp stand or deity-stand on a white pedestal sits in the foreground, and a tall decorated kalasha-like pillar with an orange base stands to the left. Palm trees and small buildings appear beyond the wall.

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Outdoor construction site with workers mixing and laying concrete beside a rotating cement mixer on a motorized base. Men and women in simple work clothes, including a woman in a green-and-white checked skirt with a pink head cloth and a man in a striped shirt, shovel sand and gravel into a blue drum. Piles of gravel and sand lie on the ground near a half-built low wall. Behind them a covered stage with a large printed banner showing a portrait and text, decorated with blue bunting and a floral garland, under palm and tree foliage.2006-12-30December 30 20062006-12-30A photograph of a temple construction site under a clear sky with palm trees behind. A long-haired man in an orange saffron robe shovels wet grey concrete from a heap, while an older man in a checked shirt and orange-and-white striped head wrap works beside him, bending over the mix. Several men in white dhotis and white shirts stand or walk in the background among sand piles and a red bucket and blue barrel. Black metal pans lie stacked in the lower right foreground.2006-12-09A construction site at a temple build, with workers digging and mixing concrete on the ground in the foreground. A man in a white shirt and white dhoti stands at left with a red-and-white head cloth, and a worker in a striped shirt and checked lungi shoves sand. A cameraman in orange shirt films beside a figure in saffron robes and orange shawl, with another saffron-robed person standing nearby. Several people wear orange and saffron robes and shawls. Rebar, brick walls, a ladder and a concrete slab frame the scene under green trees and a clear sky.2006-12-09Outdoor temple construction site under bright sky with palm trees. A man with long, swept-back dark hair wears an orange saffron robe, rudraksha mala around his neck, and works a long wooden tool into sand beside a shallow concrete-filled pit, a person (in-person candidate, distinctive long hair, saffron robe and rudraksha cues). To the right, a laborer in an orange head wrap, checked shirt and green lungi works alongside him. In the background, several people in white dhotis and shirts stand near an orange bucket, with more saffron-clad figures further back among scaffolding and tarps.2006-12-09December 12 20062006-12-12Outdoor temple construction site with palm trees and dry earth. A long-haired man in saffron-orange robes, bare-chested with a rudraksha mala, leans forward using a long-handled tool to work wet concrete or mortar in a pit. Around him, men in white dhotis and shirts stand and work, and a bearded man in an orange-and-white checked turban and plaid shirt crouches at the lower right. Orange buckets, wooden formwork and a blue tarp sit on the ground. Several other figures in orange robes stand in the background.2006-12-09A construction site for a temple with red-brown earth heaped in large mounds and shallow trenches. Two workers in the foreground shovel soil: a young man in a light blue shirt and green shorts and an older man in a checked shirt and teal head cloth. Behind them, several people in orange robes and white dhotis or kurtas walk and work among the piles. Nearby is a wooden scaffold frame, a blue plastic drum, scattered stones and rubble, and a small brick building. Tall palm and leafy trees fill the background under a pale sky. +1 copiesA daytime construction site with a temple foundation being dug and built. In the centre-right, a figure with long dark wavy hair and a swept-back look wears a saffron-orange robe and a beaded rudraksha-style mala, standing with hands on hips beside an excavated pit with rebar and wooden formwork. Around him, workers in white dhotis and orange shawls, and labourers in checked lungis and shirts, handle heaps of sand and cement and dirt. A man in white kurta and orange shawl kneels near a mound of grey cement. Palm trees, a solar panel and a blue tarpaulin shelter appear behind, with a cameraman at the left edge.2006-12-09Outdoor construction site with deep red-earth trenches cut into the ground, rebar and wooden planks laid across them, and mounds of excavated soil. Workers in plain shirts and lungis dig and carry baskets, while a group of people in orange and saffron robes and white dhotis stands near the mounds, some in white kurtas. A tall scaffold frame and a red-and-saffron flag stand at the left, with palm trees and a small brick shed behind. Piled stones and a white car sit to the right.2006-12-12December 19 20062006-12-19December 22 20062006-12-22