Skip to content
Nithyanandapedia
A photograph of a steep hill town street in Badrinath, the Himalayan shrine town, with a cobbled lane lined by shops under blue tarpaulin awnings and a white banner strung overhead with printed text. A woman in an orange sari and a green top walks at centre, a man in a grey jacket carries a child, and several children walk nearby. Shopfronts display rudraksha and shop signboards, and green mountain slopes rise behind the buildings.

More like this

Open the gallery
July 08 20082008-07-08A narrow stone-paved street in a Himalayan hill town, with misty green mountains behind. Shopfronts on the left include a Rudraksha Mala Centre sign reading Manav Kalyanashram Badrinath. A banner overhead reads Rudraksha Mala Centre. A group of saffron-robed sadhus and devotees walks down the street; a figure in an orange shawl carries a white plastic bag, and an older man in a white kurta wears an orange shawl. Local women in saris and shawls, children and a man in a grey jacket move among the crowd. Signs advertise a helicopter service and STD calls. Two sadhus in orange robes stand near a shop display of religious items.June 01 20062006-06-01July 02 20082008-07-02July 08 20082008-07-08July 02 20082008-07-02A narrow stone-paved market lane in a Himalayan hill town, lined with small shopfronts under tarpaulins and corrugated awnings. Snow-capped mountains rise behind a temple tower at the lane's end. Stalls sell marigold garlands, flower offerings and red and orange items. Several men stand and walk along the lane: one in a striped sweater and dark trousers, another in a beige sweater and white dhoti, and a man in an orange cloth. A small boy in a grey jacket stands near a white plastic chair. A printed sign on the left reads a Hindi-language shop name. No identifiable a person is visible.2010-09-27July 02 20082008-07-02A photograph of the Badrinath temple complex in the Himalayan hills, with a colourful multi-tiered temple facade with gold-tipped spires set against steep green slopes and misty peaks. Pilgrims walk along a concrete path in the foreground: a bearded elderly man in saffron-orange robes and a yellow shawl on the left, a woman in a green-and-brown shawl with a small child in a blue top, and a woman in a red sari with a grey shawl. Red flags flutter on the right beside white buildings and a small domed structure. Shop signs in Hindi and English line the street. Faint smoke rises on the left slope.2008-07-08September 27 20102010-09-27July 02 20082008-07-02A photograph of a hillside village street in the Himalayan region, with a paved road, stone walls, green slopes and utility poles. Several people in orange and saffron robes walk down the street, including a man in a dark jacket over orange robes, a bald-headed sadhu in orange, and a man in an orange cap and orange shawl. One man holds a black umbrella while others in white kurtas walk alongside. A woman in a dark shawl and a small child in green walk on the left beside a shop displaying colourful plastic buckets and basins. Other pedestrians and a parked white car appear in the background.2008-07-08