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A 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.

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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.2009-10-15December 12 20062006-12-12 +1 copiesA construction site with exposed red earth and trenches. Workers are building concrete and stone foundation walls in the foreground, with rebar cages standing upright. A man in a striped shirt and pink-and-white checked lungi walks along a poured wall, and another man in a white shirt and checked lungi stands near a pile of grey granite blocks. A woman in a pink sari with a head covering stands in the middle ground. Behind them is a multi-storey concrete building under construction with exposed rebar, plus a red-roofed shed and green trees under an overcast sky.2010-08-30A 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 dusty construction site with excavated trenches, heaps of reddish-brown earth and piles of grey gravel. Concrete blocks are stacked along a trench, and rebar cages stand upright in the foreground. Several workers in casual clothes move about; a man in a white shirt and khaki trousers and cap stands on the right, and another in a blue shirt and cap holds a long bamboo pole. Other workers in orange and red head cloths are visible in the background. Low single-storey buildings and palm trees fill the distance under a partly cloudy sky, and a multi-storey building stands at the right edge. A green hose runs across the ground.2009-10-15September 01 20162016-09-01A 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 copiesA construction site photograph showing a trench being excavated in red-brown earth, lined with rows of cut grey granite blocks and rebar cages standing upright along its edges. Three workers are visible: a man in a light grey shirt and khaki trousers walking along the trench floor, a man in a white vest and blue jeans standing on the upper ground holding a cloth bundle, and a man in a blue shirt and dark trousers carrying a sack on his shoulder. Stacks of granite stones lie on the right, with plastic sheeting and mounds of soil around. Behind is a green field, orange-roofed sheds and a multi-storey concrete building under construction.2010-08-21December 12 20062006-12-12 +1 copiesOctober 26 20162016-10-26 +1 copiesA construction site photographed in daylight under an overcast sky. A rectangular foundation trench with low walls of grey block masonry and vertical rebar rods rises from red-brown excavated soil, with mounds of earth around it. On the right, a man in a blue checked shirt and shorts works with a tool beside a pile of grey stones, and several other workers in light shirts stand near the trench. Behind them are orange-red brick buildings, a green-roofed block, scrubby grass and distant hills, with partly built concrete frames on the right.2010-08-30An outdoor construction site under a cloudy sky. Workers in casual clothes, including a man in a blue checked shirt and shorts and another in a white shirt, dig and work among piles of raw red soil and grey stone blocks. Rebar rods stand upright beside a partially built stone-walled foundation, with concrete and brick multi-storey buildings and a utility pole in the background. No ritual, deity or a person is visible.2010-08-30