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July 02 2008

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A printed road map banner titled Guide Map of Garhwal, with a red route network across the Garhwal Himalayas. Red-labelled pilgrimage shrines Yamnotri, Gangotri, Kedarnath and Badrinath are marked, along with Valley of Flowers, Hemkund, Dehradun, Rishikesh and Haridwar-region towns. A blue band across the top reads Reliance Mobile, and a Hindi line reads atithi devo bhava. No people are visible.2008-07-01A printed map poster titled UTTARANCHAL in red lettering on a light green background, showing the state's rivers, roads, towns and hill stations in black lines with small red temple and peak icons. Places such as Badrinath, Gangotri, Kedarnath, Yamunotri, Haridwar and Dehradun are marked. Mountain peaks and a dotted trekking route appear at upper right. No people are shown.2008-07-05A framed wall-mounted tourist guide map of Uttaranchal (now Uttarakhand) in India, with a colour-coded regional layout in purple, blue, pink and beige. A legend lists motor roads, trekking routes, railways, district headquarters, tourist places, religious places, tourist rest houses and petrol pumps. A small inset map of India sits in the upper right corner, and a compass rose is near the top. No people are visible.2008-07-07June 30 20082008-06-30 +1 copiesA white painted arch gateway in Gangotri, the Himalayan char dham town, with red Hindi lettering reading the welcome message and a swastika, hung with marigold and red garlands. Behind it a snow-capped Himalayan peak rises above a forested mountain slope, and a building on the left bears a sign in red Hindi script. No people are visible in the scene.2006-05-26A detailed annotated map of ancient Bharat Varsha (India) with colored labels and overlaid routes. Dense red dots mark city and kingdom locations, with blue, purple and cyan lines tracing Rama's travels from Ayodhya through Chitrakuta, Dandaka Forest, Kishkindha and across the sea to Lanka. Purple circles mark Gandhara and Kekeya, a blue oval marks Mathura, a brown oval marks Videha and a dark circle marks Lanka. Mountain ranges, the Vindhya and Himalayas, and kingdom names such as Kamboja, Kuru, Panchala, Kosala and Dravida are written across the landmass. The map is titled and captioned with explanatory notes about the narrations being based on Indian epics and Buddhist texts, with no people shown.A narrow rocky mountain path carved into a cliff face, with a white and orange metal railing along the left edge over a steep wooded slope. A group of about fifteen pilgrims walks single-file along the path. Several wear saffron-orange clothing, including a woman in an orange sari carrying a dark bag, and others wear white, blue and maroon garments. A man in a grey jacket and dark trousers leads, with a woman in blue and yellow beside a palanquin-like carried seat near the rear. Moss and grass grow on the rock wall to the right, and the ground is damp from rain.2008-06-30 +1 copiesA photograph of a narrow concrete footpath running along a steep rock face on a mountain hillside, with a metal railing of white and orange bars on the left overlooking a deep green valley and forested slopes. A small group of about ten people walks along the path, several wearing orange and saffron clothing, one carrying a bag. On the right, a red and white painted sign is affixed to the cliff in Devanagari script. Lush green vegetation covers the hills under an overcast sky.2008-06-30 +1 copiesJanuary 19 20142014-01-19 +1 copiesJune 01 20062006-06-01May 24 20062006-05-24September 27 20102010-09-27