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A photograph of a person seated on a red plastic chair on muddy ground, washing or wringing brown fibrous material in a black plastic bucket. Only the lower body, bare muddy feet, black leggings and arms are visible. Scattered footwear, a plastic water bottle and debris lie in the mud around the bucket. A blurred red chair and a green sleeve appear at the right edge.

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A close photo of two hands, one with a bangle and one with a ring, washing dirty sandals in a black plastic bucket of muddy water on bare ground. Behind them a pile of muddy footwear and other buckets sit on the dirt, and a person in red trousers and a person in dark clothing are partly visible, seated and working. The scene suggests cleaning up after rain at an ashram.2016-05-10A photograph of a man's bare feet and lower legs standing in a large orange plastic basin of reddish water, with his hand reaching down into the basin among dark floating material and small white particles. He wears a blue and white checked lungi, a red thread band around one ankle and a dark wrist band on the other arm. The basin sits on bare reddish-brown earth. The scene appears to show a manual washing or soaking task, with no shrine, ritual setting, or visible deity present.2013-06-17May 10th 20162016-05-10Outdoor scene beneath a large spreading tree with a fresh dirt pit in the foreground. A woman with white hair and glasses wearing an orange sari kneels and scoops soil into a red bucket. A woman in a white kurta with an orange-and-yellow striped shawl holds the bucket's edge while a man in a black t-shirt and dark trousers with a rudraksha-style mala and a tilak on his forehead stands at right. Other people with their backs or sides to the camera, including a woman in lavender and a man in a grey t-shirt, look on. Greenery and a tree trunk fill the background.2016-09-11Outdoors on bare reddish earth, a woman in saffron-orange sannyasi-style clothing with a long orange wrap and a beaded mala necklace bends forward and digs with a metal shovel, kicking up dust. Beside her, a man in a white shirt and a man in a grey t-shirt also shovel soil into a pink bucket and a heap of loose earth. On the left, a figure in white dhoti stands with a wooden stick, and on the right a woman in red sari watches. Trees are behind them. Their clothes and the pink bucket stand out against the brown ground.2016-09-11Outdoor photo of a group of devotees digging and shovelling reddish-brown earth beneath large shady trees. In the foreground a woman in a red kurta and black leggings bends over a flat shovel scooping soil, while beside her a woman in a green kurta and dark green trousers pushes a spade into the ground. Another woman in orange robes and red kurta bends to dig at right. Several people wear saffron and orange robes, and a bucket of reddish soil sits in the middle. Others in the background, including a man in white and a woman in pink with a blue headscarf, are also working or watching. A green bucket and wooden sticks lie on the ground.2016-09-11September 11 20162016-09-11A photo of ground-level work on muddy soil. Two bare-footed workers shovel wet brown earth; one wears a white shirt and khaki trousers and holds a shovel loaded with mud. Two metal basins, one galvanised grey and one red-rimmed, sit on the churned ground filled with soil. Lumpy clods and small stones cover the foreground under bright daylight.2016-05-10A photograph of outdoor digging on reddish-brown earth. In the foreground a woman in a rust-orange robe and a rudraksha mala digs with a long-handled hoe, bent forward, barefoot, with a white vibhuti marking on her forehead. Beside her a man in a black sleeveless top and light grey trousers works with an orange-handled spade, also barefoot. At left, a person in orange trousers stands near the edge, and in the background others in orange and white clothing watch near trees and a stone walkway.2016-09-11May 10th 20162016-05-10June 17 20132013-06-17September 16 20162016-09-16