Taken November 23 at Hoysaleshwara Temple in Halebidu

For almost 900 years poor schlubs have had to scrub their way around this temple, washing its ornate carvings.

I wonder how similar or different the workers of past generations looked? Obviously, they didn’t have molded plastic water jugs, but the pottery version might have looked similar (not the day-glo lime green one, but certainly the brick-colored one.) No dress shirts or ball caps  back then, but the turbans and sarongs are probably not so out-of-place.

Of course, the scaffolding, rough-cut wood lashed together, gives it an ancient feel.

Probably, the most striking difference is the female job foreman.