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Outdoor construction site where workers are building a dry-stone wall of grey cut granite blocks set in mortar. Three men are visible: a shirtless worker in dark trousers bending over at left, and two men in head cloths at centre and right, one in a striped collared shirt holding a stone and the other in a white shirt and green lungi. Loose rubble, rebar cage, a red bucket and mounds of reddish earth surround the wall. Readable overlay text at top right reads Raja Sabha wall construction in progress.

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A construction site photograph showing workers building a low wall of blue-grey dressed stone blocks bedded in mortar on excavated reddish-brown earth. A man in a striped light shirt and blue trousers, with a grey cloth tied on his head, leans over the wall and spreads mortar with a trowel. Beside him, a man in a white shirt and white dhoti stands with a cloth on his head, and at right a man in a light shirt and green lungi stands in sandals. Loose cut stones lie scattered across the ground, with metal basins and rubble behind them.2009-10-15A construction site photograph showing the foundation work of a Raja Sabha hall. Several workers stand around an excavated pit lined with cut grey granite blocks and rebar cages. A man in a white shirt and black trousers holds a blue clipboard or paper, another in a yellow shirt and blue jeans stands in the foreground, and a worker in a checked shirt wears an orange headcloth. A man in a grey shirt with a patterned head wrap stands at right beside a coil of white rope. Green water hoses run across the ground and large piles of cut stone sit in the background.2009-10-15A construction site at an ashram campus where workers are building a dressed-stone retaining wall. A man in a dark grey shirt and jeans presses a granite block into a mortar bed while a man in a white shirt stands beside him. Behind them, a worker in a yellow shirt stands near rebar uprights, and other labourers in plain shirts move among piles of cut grey granite blocks and sand. A red mixing tub sits on the stones, and a three-storey building with red brick walls and white horizontal bands stands behind the site, with a steel-framed structure under construction at right. Readable caption text at the bottom reads Raja Sabha Wall construction in progress.2009-10-15December 09 20092009-12-09A construction site on bare reddish-brown earth where workers lay stone. In the foreground a man in a checked shirt and dark trousers bends over a trench lined with grey dressed stone blocks, setting a block into place. Scattered grey stone slabs lie across the excavated soil. Behind them, several workers in white dhotis and light shirts carry baskets and tend stacked grey stone blocks along low walls. Green trees, palms and a blue tarpaulin frame the open yard under an overcast sky. +1 copiesDecember 12 20062006-12-12 +1 copiesA construction site photo showing a low perimeter wall of grey concrete blocks being built. A man in a white checked shirt and dark trousers stands on a timber scaffold laying blocks on the top course, with mortar visible on the wall. A second man in a plaid shirt stands on the right, and a younger boy in a khaki shirt and dark trousers stands at the lower left holding a bamboo pole. Bamboo poles tied with rope form the scaffolding. Loose stone blocks and sand lie on the ground, with palm trees and a blue tractor in the background under a pale sky.2008-05-14A construction site showing a long wall of grey concrete blocks being laid on a foundation of rubble and stone. A worker in a light grey shirt and dark trousers leans over the wall, placing blocks, while a second worker in a striped cloth stands behind on the far side. A heap of sandy soil and loose stones lies in the foreground, with broken rock on the left and palm trees and a low white-roofed building in the background under a pale sky.2008-05-14Construction workers building a stone wall in a dusty outdoor site beside a green chain-link fence and trees. A woman in a pink floral kurta and pink trousers, with a cloth draped over her head and a bundle balanced on top, stands with a hand on her hip. A man in a yellow shirt bends over to set stones, another man crouches among scattered grey stone blocks, and a man in a white head wrap and dark clothing works on a mound of red-brown earth beside a white pipe. Stacked dressed stones line a trench. No a person candidate is visible.2009-12-09A worker in a white shirt and dark blue trousers leans over a half-built wall of pale grey concrete blocks, spreading mortar with a trowel on a flat concrete site. A shallow metal bowl of wet mortar sits on the wall's top edge. Behind him a second worker in a red-and-white striped shirt sits by the bowl, and a third person in white crouches further back among unfinished concrete buildings with empty window openings. A hessian sack hangs on a pillar at left, and water hoses run across the wet floor.2010-02-10Outdoor construction site with excavated red earth and large cut stone blocks being laid into a trench and retaining wall. A shirtless worker in a striped lungi stands on the wall holding a long-handled tool, while another worker in a blue-and-white striped shirt and checked shorts crouches in the trench placing stones. A man in a white shirt and white dhoti stands at the upper right beside the wall, and a worker in a grey shirt bends at the left. Large mature trees and a red boundary wall form the background.2014-11-18Three men work outdoors on a dusty, sandy site beside a grey stone wall. A man in a pale striped shirt and green checked lunghi, with an orange wrist thread, reaches toward a large grey granite slab. A middle worker in a blue shirt and a red-and-white head cloth tilts the slab. A third man in a blue checked shirt and grey trousers stands at right, watching. Several large polished granite blocks lie stacked behind them, and a small plastic water bottle sits on the blocks.2016-10-26 +1 copies