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Outdoor photograph of a riverside ritual at Gangotri beside a rocky Himalayan riverbank. Under a blue corrugated canopy supported by blue-and-white striped pillars, a long-haired man in orange robes and a rudraksha mala sits cross-legged, holding a small bell in one hand and a ritual implement in the other, in front of a flaming fire pit with a brass vessel and a metal arched shrine containing a deity murti. Behind him, several people in orange and saffron clothing sit on a raised platform and the rocks, and a man in a white shirt stands at the rear. Strings of rudraksha beads lie in the foreground. The person seated at the centre is an appearance-based a person (a person) conducting a homa or puja by the Ganga; the other seated figures appear to be devotees and participants.

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May 27 20062006-05-27Outdoor riverside ritual at Gangotri beside a rocky Himalayan bank. Under a blue corrugated canopy with blue-and-white striped pillars, a seated devotee in orange robes and rudraksha mala presses palms together in prayer, with a bronze deity murti in an arched shrine and a rudraksha mala heap in the foreground. Smoke rises from a small fire. Behind, a group of people in orange and saffron robes sits on the rocks and steps, and a standing figure in white holds a microphone. A man in orange with a trident-like staff stands at right. Roughly 20 visible people, mostly sannyasi-style devotees.2006-05-27Outdoor photograph at a riverside ghat beside a rocky Himalayan riverbank, with a blue-and-white striped pillared canopy in the foreground. A long-haired man in saffron-orange robes, wearing a rudraksha mala and holding a small bell and a brass dish with a lit oil lamp, sits smiling under the canopy. Probable Swamiji (saffron robes, long swept-back hair, rudraksha mala, seated ceremonial role) leads a small puja at a shrine with a brass arch, rudraksha beads, incense smoke and a small deity murti. Behind, about two dozen seated devotees in orange shawls and white clothing sit with palms pressed together in prayer on stone steps and the riverbank.2006-05-27May 27 20062006-05-27Outdoor puja on a riverside platform beside a rocky Himalayan riverbank at Gangotri. A man with long, swept-back dark hair and long dark-beaded rudraksha malas sits in a saffron-orange robe, smiling and holding a silver bell and a small flame over a brass tray. Nearby stands a silver kalasha-style vessel and a brass lamp with incense smoke rising. In the background, a row of people in saffron and orange shawls sit on rocks and steps, several with hands joined. A dark-clothed man sits at the far right edge. An ornate metal murti with an arched frame sits in the lower left. Blue-and-white striped pillars frame the scene.2006-05-27Outdoor photograph of a riverside ritual platform at Gangotri with a rushing river and rocky banks behind. Several people in orange and saffron robes sit on the raised platform; a woman in an orange top and dark hair stands in the foreground holding a small metal bowl or offering. A brass puja vessel and a brass kalasha-like vessel sit on a low table, with a small fire pit area and a metal lamp stand at the left. A man in a white shirt sits among seated devotees in orange, and a child in white and orange sits at lower right. A blue-and-white striped canopy frames the scene, with bead malas hanging at the top right. Spectators sit on terraced steps across the river. Many people are visible in the background across the water. A photo credit is visible at the right edge and omitted from the description.2006-05-27A man in orange robes performs a lamp offering (aarti) beside a shrine on a riverbank, holding a flaming oil lamp over a golden deity murti of a standing figure with a small golden idol. Behind him a second man in orange stands under a blue corrugated canopy near a trident-topped pole. Seated devotees in orange and white, many wearing orange shawls, fill the foreground on the rocky riverbed, with a hillside of pine trees, stone steps and buildings rising behind.2006-05-27May 27 20062006-05-27May 27 20062006-05-27May 27 20062006-05-27May 27 20062006-05-27Outdoor riverside ritual under a blue corrugated roof supported by blue-and-white striped pillars, with a rocky mountain slope behind. A deity murti with a large face and garlands of orange marigolds sits draped in orange and gold cloth, with a trident in front. A man in orange robe and white dhoti stands at right, another in orange robes sits at left, and a seated figure in orange robes sits at center-right beside a brass tray of marigolds, a small fire pit with flames, and brass pots and bowls. A red-and-green umbrella stands behind the shrine. Kumkum and offerings are visible on the platform.2006-05-27