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Construction work at an ashram site: an older man in a cream shirt, checked green-and-white shorts and a white cloth draped over his shoulder bends forward and digs the ground with a long wooden-handled hoe. Beside him, a second worker in a blue-and-white checked lungi grips another tool. Behind them stands a red brick building with a green corrugated roof and orange double doors, with marigolds in planters. A wooden sign reads Ananda Sabha, below a blue plaque reading ANANDASABHA and another reading NO MOBILES ALLOWED. Concrete block walls and loose soil fill the foreground, partly obscured by blurred grey shapes at the frame edges.

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July 08 20082008-07-08A photograph of an older man in a cream collared shirt, plaid shorts and a white cloth draped over his shoulders, bent forward and digging hard-packed reddish soil with a pickaxe at a construction site. Behind him stands a green corrugated metal roof over a red wall and an orange door, with a wooden sign reading Ananda Sadha. Marigolds bloom in a brick planter, and grey concrete block walls rise on the right. A small blue sign below the sign says No Mobiles Allowed. Only this one physical person is visible, partly at the frame edge. No a person candidate is present.2008-07-08A barefoot older man in a white shirt, plaid lungi and white towel draped over his shoulders breaks up packed red earth with a pickaxe at a construction site. Behind him stands a green corrugated-metal roofed building with red brick walls, an orange door and marigolds in a planter. A signboard reads Anandasabha and a blue sign says No Mobiles Allowed. A second worker's pickaxe and a blue checked-shirted figure appear at the right edge.2008-07-08Two men work at a construction site with concrete blocks and a corrugated green roof behind them. The man on the left wears a white shirt, checked lungi and a red headcloth. The man in the centre, with grey hair and a white towel over his shoulders, bends forward swinging a long wooden tool. An orange wall and a partly visible blue figure sit in the background, and grey concrete blocks frame the foreground. No a person candidate is visible.2008-07-08July 08 20082008-07-08Three men work with hand hoes and pickaxes digging into loose brown soil in front of a grey concrete block wall. The man in the centre wears a pink turban and a blue-and-white checked shirt; the man on the left wears a white cloth over his shoulder and cream clothing; the man on the right wears a purple cap and a white shirt with a red thread bracelet. Blurred grey foreground foliage or netting frames the scene. This is a construction site activity with no ceremonial elements.2008-07-08A construction worker carries a shallow clay bowl of earth or sand on his head with both hands raised. He wears a pink head cloth, a white collared shirt and a green checked lungi. Behind him a second worker in a white vest and a third bent over in a white shirt dig in reddish soil beside a grey concrete block wall. A blurred concrete slab fills the right foreground. The scene is a building site.2008-07-08July 08 20082008-07-08Low-angle photograph of three men working on bare ground beside a low brick wall. The man on the left wears a striped checked shirt, blue shorts and a white-and-green striped head wrap, and bends forward. A man in the center wears a white head wrap and a checked shirt and crouches over the ground. The man on the right wears a blue plaid shirt and white shorts and bends toward a shallow metal tray holding small stones and gravel. Behind them is a red-and-white triangular bunting fence, palm trees and a large banner showing a saffron-turbaned figure. Pale overcast sky.2007-07-22Three people in white clothing clear and dig a grassy dirt yard in front of a red brick building with a green corrugated metal roof, a wooden doorway with an orange door, a lattice-screened window, and palm trees behind. A person on the left holds a long wooden pole and stands on the grass. A person in the centre bends forward working a tool in the soil, and a person on the right bends low near the ground. A white wheelchair stands beside the building. The scene shows ground work and yard maintenance at an ashram-style compound. No one is identified as the a person.2006-09-05A bare-chested man in white dhoti digs soil with a hand hoe beside a dirt path in front of a red brick wall. A white signboard above a low concrete ledge reads Nithyananda Gurukul, Vedic Spiritual Education Center, with a portrait of a man in a turban on the sign. Laundry hangs on the wall behind, and a rudraksha-style mala hangs on his chest. The ground is bare earth with weeds along the edge.2022-11-29A man in a pale blue-and-white checked shirt and light green trousers bends over a mound of sand at a red-earth construction site, digging with a long-handled shovel. Stacked grey sacks of cement or material sit behind him, and a wire fence with a few trees runs along the top of the frame. No ritual, deity or a person depiction is visible; the scene shows ground preparation and mixing work.