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A construction site photograph showing an unfinished concrete block building with exposed rebar rising from its roof, behind a foreground of raw red-brown excavated earth and piled soil. Several workers in plain shirts and trousers stand among the trenches and a low wooden platform near grass and scattered gravel, while one man in a light shirt and grey trousers stands at right beside rebar stakes. A small orange-roofed shed and a water tank sit at left, with trees and open grassland behind. No ritual, discourse or depicted person appears in the frame.

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A construction site on open grassland under a heavy overcast sky. Several large mounds of reddish-brown earth rise across the ground, with trenches and dug pits, scattered rubble and stones, and standing puddles in the foreground. A small group of people in white clothing stands near the centre among the mounds, and a few more figures in white walk on the left. Trees and a low red-roofed building with laundry hanging outside line the background.2006-10-29 +1 copiesA 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.2009-10-15A 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.2010-08-30An 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.2010-08-30A 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.2010-08-30A photograph of an open grassy site under a cloudy sky, with three large mounds of reddish-brown earth and a smaller grey gravel heap. Several people in light clothing work on cleared ground in the middle distance, digging and carrying near the piles. A dirt road runs toward a white water tank and a few low buildings with blue tarpaulin roofs. Tall trees line the background, and a small white van is parked at the right edge beside a structure with hanging cloth.2006-10-29 +1 copiesA photograph of an active construction site on open, reddish-brown earth, with excavated trenches and piles of dark grey crushed stone. Several workers in light shirts and dhotis or trousers are bending, digging and laying concrete block walls, with a cement mixer visible on the right. Low single-storey buildings, trees, a water tank and a white industrial shed sit in the background under a pale sky. No a person candidate is visible.2009-10-15An outdoor construction site on open grassland under a cloudy sky. Several workers, mostly in dhotis or plain clothes, dig into reddish earth, shovel soil and tend mounds of red dirt and grey gravel. Loose brown earth is piled across the ground, and a blue tarpaulin shelter, a water tower, a low building and parked white vehicles stand in the background beside a dirt road and scattered trees. No deity, ritual or a person candidate is visible.2006-10-29A dusty construction site with reddish-brown earth mounds and piles of cut grey granite blocks. Several workers in lungis and head towels carry out site labour: one man in a striped shirt and green lungi walks with a shovel, another in a white shirt and turban carries a shovel, and a man in a beige shirt holds a small child in red on his shoulder. A woman in a red and white sari with a head covering stands at the left among stones and green shrubs. Coconut palms and a line of trees fill the background under a pale hazy sky.2009-10-15A photograph of a dirt construction site under a grey, overcast sky. Several large mounds of reddish-brown earth are piled across bare, muddy ground with tyre tracks and rainwater puddles. Three men are visible: one in a red-and-white checked shirt and blue lungi walks between the mounds, a second in a light shirt and dark lungi stands at right, and a small figure in a light top stands near the centre-left. A single-storey tiled-roof building with laundry hung on its veranda sits at the left edge, and a line of green trees stands behind the site.2006-10-29An aerial view of an active construction site on bare, excavated red-brown earth. Several workers in dhotis and shirts dig trenches and lay grey concrete blocks in low walls. A portable cement mixer sits in the centre near piles of grey blocks, gravel and sand heaps. Rebar stands in the foreground. A single standing worker in a white dhoti and yellow-trimmed shirt is at the right edge. Behind them are a long yellow-walled single-storey building, a parked blue car, a white van and tiled-roof sheds.2009-10-15A photograph of a construction site on reddish-brown excavated earth. Rows of vertical rebar rods stand in the foreground above a grey concrete foundation wall with stone-block masonry. Several workers are present: a man in a white shirt and dark trousers stands at center, a man in a green shirt and white dhoti stands at right holding rods, a worker in a blue shirt bends over the ground, and a figure in an orange saffron sari stands in the background near a low brick wall. Green garden hoses lie across the ground. Trees and a pale sky sit in the background.2006-12-12