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A photograph of a large crowd of devotees seated on riverside rocks and stone steps at Gangotri, the Himalayan town beside a rushing river. Most wear orange shawls and some wear orange caps. Behind them is a white ghat platform where a few figures in orange stand near a small blue-and-white canopy, and a pink building with a red-and-white sign stands on the hillside. Pine-covered mountains rise behind the scene under a clear sky. a person is not clearly visible among the people.

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Outdoor photograph on a rocky riverbank at Gangotri in the Himalayas. Dozens of devotees sit on stones and the bank, many wrapped in orange shawls and wearing orange head cloths, with a few in dark jackets and red caps. Along the concrete ghat steps and platform, figures in orange and white stand near a blue canopy and a small shrine area. A red-and-white sign reads HIMALAYA. Pine-covered mountains and pastel buildings rise behind, with a red telecom tower at left.2006-05-27Outdoor riverside ritual at Gangotri on the banks of the Ganga. A large group of devotees in saffron and orange clothing and caps sits on rocks and the sandy riverbank, watching. On a raised stone platform beneath a blue corrugated canopy, several people in white and orange robes perform worship around a deity murti and oil lamps. Behind them, hillside buildings, pink and blue walls and laundry hang across a signboard reading HIMALAYA. A video camera on a tripod films the gathering.2006-05-27May 27 20062006-05-27May 27 20062006-05-27May 27 20062006-05-27Outdoor photograph of a large group of devotees seated on a rocky riverbank beneath steep forested mountains, with a clear blue sky above. Many participants wear orange saffron robes and orange headcloths, sitting in rows on the stones. On the left, a striped blue-and-white canopy shelters a small shrine with a deity murti, an ornate brass lamp stand and offerings laid out on a white platform. A man in white clothing stands near the shrine. In the foreground a motorcycle sits beside the pink wall. Buildings and a footbridge line the far bank of the Ganga at Gangotri.2006-05-27May 28 20052005-05-28Outdoor photograph of a riverside ritual gathering at Gangotri, with a large crowd of devotees in saffron-orange shawls and orange caps seated on the stone ground in front of a raised concrete platform. On the platform, several people in saffron robes stand and sit around an image or deity murti beneath a blue corrugated canopy, with a kalasha-like vessel and offerings visible. A cameraman with a tripod-mounted camera films the scene at the lower left. Behind the platform are whitewashed and pastel hillside buildings, a sign reading HIMALAYA, and pine-covered slopes.2006-05-27Outdoor riverside ritual on the banks of the Ganga at Gangotri, with a whitewashed and pink-trimmed stone ghat in the foreground. A blue corrugated-metal canopy shelters a puja setup of brass vessels and an oil lamp. Several robed figures in saffron/orange clothing stand and sit at the platform, one in the centre holding a ritual object, and a figure in red and orange clothing stands near a white-clad attendant on the right. Orange-robed people sit along the wall and steps. Behind them are wooden and whitewashed hillside houses, pine-covered mountains, and a signboard reading HIMALAYA on a building. Orange saffron-coloured streams mark the stone wall below the platform.2006-05-27Outdoor photograph of a riverside ritual at a ghat on the banks of the Ganga at Gangotri, with a blue canopy shading a raised platform. Several saffron-robed priests and attendants work around a golden deity murti and a shallow stone basin, and a figure in an orange robe stands near the centre. A large crowd of devotees sits on the stone steps in saffron and orange clothing, some in orange caps, with a few people in grey and white. Hillside buildings, including one reading HIMALAYA, rise behind, and red-and-orange flags hang above. a person is not clearly identifiable from appearance here, so the candidate is left uncertain.2006-05-27May 26 20062006-05-26Outdoor photo at a riverside ghat beneath steep, forested mountains under a bright blue sky with cumulus clouds. Many people in saffron and orange robes gather on white concrete steps by a rocky, fast-flowing river. A man in a saffron shawl and white dhoti stands near the centre-right holding a staff-like object, while others sit or stand nearby, some with bags and cloth bundles. Saffron-and-yellow marigold garlands hang along a blue railing to the right. A white-walled shrine structure stands at the left edge beside a brick building with a corrugated tin roof.2008-07-02