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A photograph of a group walking up a narrow stone-paved lane in a Himalayan hill town, with white and pale-walled buildings and a rusted corrugated roof on the left and weathered yellow buildings on the right. In front, a man in a white kurta with an orange shawl and a black shoulder bag films with a video camera. Behind him, a man in a yellow cap, blue jeans and a white shirt with an orange scarf carries a camera and a plastic bag. Several men in orange robes and orange shawls, one carrying a white plastic bag, walk together with other followers in white kurtas and orange scarves. A hand-painted sign with Hindi lettering hangs near a small shrine on the right.

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A group of devotees walks along a paved stone lane between pink and teal-tiled buildings in a Himalayan town. In the centre, a smiling man wears an orange turban, orange robes and an orange shawl, and carries a grey backpack. Beside him, a man in orange robes carries a white plastic bag. Women and men in white kurtas and orange shawls walk behind and beside them, one woman in white checks her phone, and one woman in a pink top and black trousers walks at the left edge. Red painted geometric motifs decorate the pink wall on the left.2008-07-08July 08 20082008-07-08July 08 20082008-07-08A group of devotees walks up a stone-paved path in the Himalayan hills, passing a pink wall painted with Hindi text. Most wear orange shawls and orange or saffron clothing. A man in a yellow cap and white jacket leads at left, followed by a man in a bright orange hooded jacket. In the centre, a man in a long orange robe carries a silver flask and a black umbrella. At right, a bearded older man and a man in white kurta and orange shawl walk alongside women in white and orange. The setting suggests a pilgrimage to the Char Dham shrines in the Himalayas. Several people are visible, with more partly obscured behind them.2008-07-08A photograph of a group walking along a stone-paved path in a mountain setting, with green hillside and stone walls behind them. In the centre, a young man in an orange-saffron turban and a saffron shawl over a grey-and-orange jacket walks beside a man with long dark hair in white kurta and white dhoti with an orange shawl. To the left a man in a dark grey jacket over orange robes carries a white plastic bag, and to the right a man in orange robes and orange shawl walks. Several other people in orange and white clothing follow behind, and a woman in orange is visible. Stone steps and a metal pole are at the right. Several people wear sandals or sneakers.2008-07-08Several men in saffron-orange robes walk along a paved path in a mountainous Himalayan setting with grey rocks, green slopes and a stone retaining wall on the right. In the centre, a man in an orange shawl and orange cap wears a grey and orange jacket and carries nothing visible, while others in orange dhotis and shawls walk beside him. Behind them, a few people in white and dark clothes move along the path, and a large grey satellite dish sits on the hillside at the left.2008-07-08A photograph of a misty mountain path in a hill town where several men in saffron-orange robes walk along a cobbled street. The foreground devotee on the left wears a dark grey jacket over an orange robe and a gold necklace and carries a white plastic bag. Next to him a man in an orange turban and orange shawl holds a folded umbrella. A man in a plain orange robe walks toward the right, while a woman in white with an orange shawl stands at the far left. Behind them, roadside stalls with blue tarpaulins line the street, and onlookers in shawls, sweaters and white trousers stand watching. Green forested slopes and cloud rise behind the scene.A group of devotees walks along a stone-paved street past a pink-washed building with a red swastika-like Hindu symbol painted on it and Devanagari lettering on the wall. In the centre, a young man in a saffron-orange turban, orange shawl and orange sannyasi robes carries a grey backpack and walks beside others in orange and white. A bearded older man in an orange sweater and orange shawl stands to the right, and a man in white kurta and dhoti with an orange shawl walks at the far left. Two women in orange shawls follow behind. Other members of the group are partly visible, carrying bags and an umbrella.2008-07-08A photograph of a group walking up a cobbled street past a pink two-storey building with a corrugated roof and overhead power lines. In the centre, a man in an orange turban and orange shawl carries a large backpack. Beside him a man in an orange robe holds a black umbrella and a white plastic bag. On the left, a man in white kurta and dhoti wears an orange shawl and walks barefoot. A woman in white with an orange shawl walks in the middle, and on the right a man with long hair wears white with an orange scarf. Painted Devanagari lettering on the wall reads a holy-place inscription. Smoke or mist drifts behind the roofline.July 08 20082008-07-08July 07 20082008-07-07July 08 20082008-07-08