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A crowded photograph inside a corrugated metal roofed shelter at a Himalayan shrine, with many people seated and standing shoulder to shoulder in orange saffron robes and orange shawls. In the foreground a young woman in orange holds a long metal ritual staff with a trident-like top, and a bearded man in orange sits beside her. Several women in white or grey jackets, caps and a woman in a blue jacket photographing with a camera appear at right. Rocky stone and a red railing are visible at left, and the setting resembles a pilgrimage site with temple pillars and bare stone walls behind the gathering.

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May 24 20062006-05-24May 24 20062006-05-24May 30 20062006-05-30June 2004 Himalayas Yatra - Harsil and GangotriMay 24 20062006-05-24May 07 20162016-05-07May 24 20062006-05-24A photograph of an outdoor homa at a mountain shrine. A bare-chested-looking young figure with long dark curly hair, wearing an orange robe and a heavy gold necklace, sits at the front beside a square fire pit with ceremonial wooden ladles. Behind, a man in an orange robe and orange cap holds a pole under a large red, green and yellow ceremonial parasol with tassels, next to a yellow canopy with a white bird emblem. Around them, about thirty devotees sit and stand in orange shawls and orange caps, some in black jackets, with green mountains and a stone temple wall behind. The scene reads as a ritual procession and fire offering. The figure at the front has long swept hair and a gold necklace, but the appearance is too uncertain to give a firm identification.2006-05-30June 2004 Himalayas Yatra - Harsil and GangotriPhotograph of a group of devotees seated closely together on a riverbank in the Himalayas, wrapped in orange shawls and cloths. A man in the foreground at left has a moustache and looks to the side. Behind them stands a bearded man in an orange wrap, and a woman in orange stands further back. A rushing, silty river with rocks runs along a blue-and-white rope barrier, with forested mountain slopes and misty peaks beyond. One seated man wears a knitted white and grey cap at right. No person is clearly identifiable as a person.A crowded outdoor ritual scene in cold, damp weather, with many people seated closely together on a stone platform. Most wear saffron-orange shawls and robes, and a few wear white or grey and pink jackets, with some hooded heads visible. In the centre, a man in orange with long dark hair and a beaded mala sits cross-legged with his hands together near brass vessels and a small deity murti on a wooden stand. Other orange-clad men sit around him, and a person in a dark jacket leans in at left. Ritual items including a brass tray and kalasha-like vessels are arranged on the platform, and umbrellas and staffs are visible at the top. This appears to be a homa or puja gathering outdoors, with the a person identity uncertain from appearance alone.2006-05-30April 22 20162016-04-22