Wide landscape photograph of a high-altitude plain under a heavy sky of white and grey cumulus clouds. A line of brown and dark-green hills or mountains stretches across the middle distance, with patchy low shrubs and gravelly, sandy ground in the foreground. No people, structures or ritual objects are visible. - Nithyanandapedia

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Wide landscape photograph of a high-altitude plain under a heavy sky of white and grey cumulus clouds. A line of brown and dark-green hills or mountains stretches across the middle distance, with patchy low shrubs and gravelly, sandy ground in the foreground. No people, structures or ritual objects are visible.

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A wide landscape photograph of a high-altitude plateau under heavy grey clouds. Brown and dark-blue mountain ridges rise across the middle distance, while the foreground is a flat, scrubby grassland with sparse green shrubs, gravel patches and shallow eroded channels. No people, ritual objects or structures are visible. The scene matches the title's route description of a journey toward Manasarovar.

August 06 2012

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August 06 2012

A wide landscape photograph of a high-altitude plateau beneath a heavy cloud-filled sky. Low, tan-brown hills with shadowed slopes rise across the horizon, and in the foreground a flat expanse of sparse, dry scrubby grass and low bushes stretches toward the viewer. No people, ritual objects or structures are visible. The scene reads as a remote mountain steppe under grey and white cumulus clouds.

A wide, open high-altitude landscape under a broad sky of towering white and grey cumulus clouds. In the foreground a flat expanse of sparse green and tan grass and low scrub stretches across the ground. Beyond, dark brown hills and ridges rise in a long line across the middle distance. No people, buildings or ritual objects are visible.

A wide, open highland landscape under a heavy sky of large white and grey cumulus clouds. In the foreground a flat expanse of short, dry, olive-green grass and scrub stretches across the frame, with scattered low shrubs and patches of bare earth. Brownish, rounded hills rise in the middle distance, with a more distant range along the right edge. No people, structures or ritual activity are visible.

A wide photograph of a high-altitude grassland plain beneath a heavy, dark overcast sky. Low brown and grey mountain ridges rise across the middle distance, partly veiled by shadowed clouds and rain. Sparse green-brown grass and patches of bare earth cover the foreground. No people, ritual objects or buildings are visible. The scene matches the landscape on the approach to Lake Manasarovar.

A wide photograph of a high-altitude landscape under heavy grey storm clouds. Brownish-green mountain ridges rise across the middle distance, their slopes lit in patches, while in the foreground a flat grassy plain with sparse low shrubs and bare earth stretches toward the viewer. No people, buildings or ritual activity are visible.

August 06 2012

A wide photograph of a high-altitude plateau under heavy grey storm clouds. Low brown and olive hills rise in layers across the middle distance, with sparse dry grass and scrub covering the open flat foreground. Rain or snow streaks fall in the dark clouds above distant ridges. No people, ritual objects or structures are visible.

Wide high-altitude landscape under a heavy, layered sky of grey and white clouds with patches of blue. A dry, tan plain of sparse low scrub and scattered dark rocks stretches toward rounded brown hills on the horizon. No people, structures or ritual activity are visible.