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Outdoor photo at a temple grounds with many dark stone lingams on black pedestals and a seated stone deity murti being lifted by a yellow crane hook. A man in a white shirt and jeans bends to adjust the murti. A bald man in an orange-saffron robe with a yellow edge and a beaded bracelet stands at right watching the work. Other figures in white clothing stand in the background near a hill and trees.

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Outdoor photo at a temple-stone yard with rows of dark carved stone murti and pedestals in the background. A hoist hook with a sling lifts a seated stone deity figure as a man in a white t-shirt and jeans crouches beside it and a man in white dhoti and shirt steadies it with his hands. A bald man in orange and yellow saffron robes with a beaded mala stands at right watching. A white-painted pillar and red-and-white painted curb frame the scene, with a shipping container and hills in the distance under warm sunlight.2011-11-10November 10 20112011-11-10Outdoor photo at a temple grounds with a yellow crane hook lifting a stone statue. Rows of dark stone Shiva lingas and seated stone statues on a striped white and red platform stand in front of a hazy hill. A man in a cream kurta holds the crane's hook, another in a white shirt kneels placing a stone figure, and an older man in white dhoti and shirt stands gesturing on the right. Stone deity murti and lingas fill the background.2011-11-10November 10 20112011-11-10November 10 20112011-11-10November 10 20112011-11-10Outdoor photo at a stone workshop with rows of black granite Shivalinga bases on the right. Three men work on a carved granite deity sculpture in the foreground: a young man in a white t-shirt and jeans crouches on the left, a man in a pale yellow kurta touches the carving in the middle, and an older man with white hair and a white shirt and dhoti stands behind on the right. Several other people in white clothes and a red-and-yellow striped canopy are visible in the background amid greenery and white pillars.2011-11-10Outdoor photo at a temple courtyard with rows of small black stone shivalingams on pedestals behind. A large dark grey lingam with a wide circular base dominates the centre, with scattered flower petals and marigold heads on the ground. A man kneels in a white dhoti with yellow border, reaching to touch the base of the lingam. Beside him stands a man in a white shirt and white dhoti, and at left a shaved-headed man in an orange-saffron robe with a yellow border and sacred body markings watches. Red wooden beams frame the scene and green trees rise behind.2011-11-10Outdoors on a paved platform, a large grey stone Shivalinga with a wide round yoni-pitha base stands in the foreground, surrounded by rows of smaller black linga stones. A bald man in an orange saffron robe with a mala stands at left, hands folded, watching. Beside him an older man in a white dhoti and white shirt stands barefoot. A third person in white dhoti with orange border kneels at the linga base, hand on the stone, with scattered white and orange flower petals and a red flower on the ground. Trees and a hill rise behind; a red container sits at right.2011-11-10Outdoor photo of a temple construction site where a crane lifts a grey stone deity sculpture. Several men in saffron-orange dhotis and shawls handle the lifting, with one bare-chested man in orange guiding the load. Rows of carved grey granite figures, including seated sages with beards and mala necklaces and a standing deity with a halo, rest on a red-brown plinth behind a wire mesh fence. Red and orange flags flank the scene under an overcast sky. Yellow crane arm and hook are visible at top left.2016-09-03November 10 20112011-11-10September 03 20162016-09-03 +1 copies