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Photograph of a riverside ghat in a Himalayan valley at Uttarkashi during the Himalaya Yatra. A crowd of people, many in orange and saffron robes and white clothes, stands and sits on stone steps and a platform beside a fast, muddy river. A small red-roofed shrine stands near the water's edge, and a red flag flies on a pole above the steps. Blue-painted multi-storey buildings line the bank, with green forested hills rising behind them under a hazy grey sky.

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A wide vertical photograph of a fast, murky river flowing past a hillside town in misty green mountains under an overcast sky. On the left, a row of blue, white and pink multi-storey buildings lines the bank. A stone ghat with steps descends to the water, and a crowd gathers at its base near a small red-roofed shrine and a red-and-white pillared pavilion. Several people in white and saffron-orange clothing stand on the steps, and a few figures are visible on the upper balconies. Rocks and green vegetation sit along the right bank. The river is wide and rushing, with white-capped currents.2008-07-03A photograph of a riverside town in the hills, with a fast, muddy brown river running along the right side of the frame. Along the left bank, a flight of stone steps leads down to the water from a tiered building with red-railed balconies and red-pillared arches. A crowd of people dressed in white and orange clothing gathers on and around the steps. Several multistorey houses in blue, pink and cream, some with corrugated roofs, line the bank, with green forested mountains rising behind them. A small red-roofed shrine stands at the water's edge near the steps.Elevated view of a riverside ghat beside a fast, murky river flowing through a steep, forested valley with hillside buildings. On the left, a stone stepped ghat leads down to the water, lined with a crowd of people in orange and white clothing, including saffron-robed devotees and white-clad attendants. A small red-roofed shrine with a small red flag stands on the riverbank to the right of the steps, and a stone deity murti sits in a niche near the top of the ghat. Rocks and a shrub-covered bank appear on the right side of the river.July 03 20082008-07-03A riverside ghat in a hill town beside a fast, muddy river, with a forested mountain rising behind blue-and-white multi-storey buildings. A large crowd of devotees, many in orange and saffron robes and some in white, gathers on the stone steps and terrace below a red-pillared pavilion. People stand along the upper balconies, and a red-roofed small shrine with a red flag sits at the water's edge beside a seated statue of a deity. A man in white climbs the steps on the lower left. The scene suggests a ghat ritual gathering.2008-07-03July 03 20082008-07-03July 03 20082008-07-03A photograph of a riverside ghat with a wide flight of stone steps descending to fast, muddy brown water. A large crowd gathers on the steps and at the lower landing, many in saffron-orange robes, others in white clothing and some in pink or mixed colours. Several figures are on the stairs near a small open-fronted shrine with an orange and white roof and a red and yellow flag. Multi-storey pale blue and cream buildings with balconies rise behind the ghat, with greenery on the right and a red and white pole nearby. The crowd appears to be walking down toward the river as part of a group visit.Elevated view of a riverside ghat in a hillside town above a fast, muddy river. Stone steps lead down to the water beside a multi-storey blue and cream building with balconies. A group of about twenty people in orange and white clothing gathers on the steps and landing, some in orange robes and some in white, with a few seated on the lower steps. A red-roofed small shrine stands on the bank at right, and a red flag flies near the building. Lush green hills rise behind the town.A photograph of a riverside ghat on a fast, muddy-white river. Dozens of people in orange and white clothing sit and stand on stone steps beside a small red-pillared shrine pavilion, with a red-roofed shrine and a deity murti near the water. Several men in orange robes sit close together on the lower steps, while others in white stand on the upper terrace. Blue-painted multi-storey buildings line the hillside behind the ghat, with onlookers on their balconies.2008-07-03Aerial view of a crowd gathered on stone steps leading down to a fast-flowing, muddy river in a hillside town. Dozens of people in saffron-orange and white clothing stand and sit on the ghat steps beside a red-pillared pavilion with a pink-and-red shrine and red flags on a pole. Several people stand on upper balconies of blue and white buildings, and a dog sits on the steps at left. A large dark rock or log sits in the river at right.A photograph of a riverside ghat on a fast-flowing mountain river, with a stone staircase leading down to the water. A group of people in orange and white clothing gather on the steps and beside a small open-sided pavilion with a red-and-cream roof. Several figures in orange robes stand and sit near the steps, and one person in white stands on the left staircase. Rounded boulders sit in the rushing water, and a small red-roofed shrine stands on the right bank. Multi-storey concrete buildings with balconies and laundry rise up the wooded hillside behind the river, and a red flag is visible near the shrine.