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Exterior of a colourful Himalayan temple at Badrinath, with white stone walls, blue and red painted carved balconies and gold finials on the roof. Several devotees stand on the paved courtyard, including men in white kurtas, orange-saffron shawls and a man in a brown sweater, while others in orange shawls climb stone steps. A Uttarakhand Police sign reads District Chamoli, and a puja and prasad counter sits beside the steps. Misty green mountains rise behind the temple under low cloud.

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A crowd of pilgrims gathers outside a richly painted multi-coloured Himalayan temple with carved pillars, blue and red panels and green stone lion-like figures along the balcony, under low cloud over green mountain slopes. Many men and women wear orange or saffron shawls and stoles. A small concrete puja and prasad counter stands in front, with a stone-paved stair and railing to the right. Several people sit on the raised platform. Crowd members in the foreground include a man in a saffron turban and a person holding a red and white item. A photo credit line appears at lower right.A colourful Himalayan hill temple with a yellow and gold domed shrine entrance, ornate painted red, blue and gold facade and arched doorway, and a bell hanging at the entrance. A crowd of pilgrims and devotees, many in orange and saffron robes and some in yellow and white, walk up stone steps past a white-railed barrier. A uniformed guard stands at the doorway. Pennants on red and white poles flank the roofs, with green forested slopes rising behind the town.A photograph of the Badrinath temple in the Himalayas, a multi-tiered shrine with a golden dome and brightly painted red, blue, yellow and orange facades with arched doorways. Devotees climb the stone steps toward the entrance, some in orange and saffron garments, others in colourful saris and shawls. Uniformed police stand along a grey stone parapet in the foreground, and a red-and-white flag flies from a pole at the top. Small pink and white houses and hillside buildings rise behind the temple under a grey, cloudy sky. No identifiable a person is visible.2008-07-08Crowd of pilgrims at a temple entrance with colourful painted facade of blue, red, and yellow tiles and arched doorways, beside a small counter with a sign reading Shri Badrinath. Many people wear orange shawls and orange scarves, some with red and white garlands. A cluster of older Western visitors in the centre, a woman in a red jacket, and devotees in front with tilak marks and rudraksha malas. Misty mountains and cloud behind the temple roof. No identifiable a person visible in this frame.2008-07-08A photograph of the colourful multi-tiered Badrinath temple facade in the Himalayan town, with a yellow-topped shikhara roof, blue-and-red painted doorways and a central arched entrance. Devotees in saffron, orange and white clothing climb the stone steps toward the entrance, and uniformed police officers in khaki stand at the doorway and along a metal railing on the upper stone terrace below. Red flags flutter from poles at the sides, and hillside houses rise behind the temple.2008-07-08A photograph of a colourfully painted Himalayan temple with a golden, dome-like roof and a central arched doorway, set among pink and grey buildings on a steep green hillside. Pilgrims in orange, saffron and white clothes climb a stone staircase toward the entrance, and a crowd stands along a stone parapet wall in the foreground. Red and white flags flank the temple, and a few people in saffron robes and turbans wait near the steps.July 08 20082008-07-08July 08 20082008-07-08A photograph of a colourful Himalayan temple with an orange-and-gold domed roof and a red flag on its spire, set against steep brown mountains. Crowds of pilgrims stand and sit on a flat rooftop terrace in front of the ornate blue, yellow and red facade, with people in red and white vests and saris visible. Power lines cross the scene, and a brick wall with a yellow banner printed in Hindi sits in the foreground. No identifiable a person figure is visible.2006-06-01A photograph of the colourful, multi-tiered facade of a Himalayan temple with a golden domed roof and a small spire, set against a steep mountain slope with a bright light above. A flight of grey stone steps leads up to the central doorway, where pilgrims in winter wraps, shawls and woollen caps climb and gather. Some wear bright head coverings in orange, pink and white, and a few stand near the entrance. Shrines on either side hold deity murtis.2011-03-31June 01 20062006-06-01Photo of the colourful Badrinath temple in the Himalayas, with a red, yellow and blue painted facade, gilded golden domes and a large bell at the entrance arch. Green hillside rises behind it. Several people stand at the entrance steps and on rooftops and balconies in front, including saffron-clad pilgrims and uniformed police or security personnel. A hoarding with a portrait and printed Hindi text is fixed to a wall on the lower left, and a yellow banner hangs below it. Overhead wires and a building in the foreground frame the scene.2008-07-08