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Outdoor photo at a mountain shrine with white arched stone gateways hung with orange marigold garlands and a brass bell. An elderly man in a cream knitted sweater and grey trousers walks forward, holding a white cloth. Behind him a man in a saffron-orange robe stands near a boy in a blue shirt. Pilgrims in colourful saris and shawls sit and stand around the arches, and a man in a pink shirt stands at right. Green pine-covered hills and multi-storey buildings rise in the background.

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Outdoor photo at a hillside temple entrance with white arched gateway draped in marigold garlands and a large brass bell hanging from the arch. A man with short dark hair, a red tilak on his forehead and a dark high-necked top, wearing a flowing saffron wrap, walks forward smiling. Beside him a man in orange robes carries a white cylindrical container with a red handle. To the right, another man in orange with a dark backpack and a bracelet walks past. Devotees in white and other colours fill the courtyard, and green forested mountains rise behind. a person: the centre figure has a saffron wrap and tilak, but the cues are limited, so the match is uncertain.2008-07-02A photograph of a village street in the Himalayas beneath a yellow arch gate hung with several brass bells and a large brass bell at its centre, topped by a trident emblem and strung with colourful streamers. Orange and saffron flags flank the gate against a mountain backdrop. Several people walk and sit along the lane: a man in a grey shawl and an older woman in an orange sari sit near the gate, while a bald man in a dark shirt and a man in a grey coat walk through. A person in orange robes sits in the foreground. Corrugated tin roofs line the street.2010-09-27September 27 20102010-09-27May 24 20062006-05-24A river ghat at Gangotri, with fast, milky-grey glacial water flowing past a paved stone embankment beneath steep forested mountains. Rocks and boulders line the riverbank. Pilgrims and sadhus sit and stand along the steps; one man in a bright yellow knit cap and lime-green sweater stands at left, another in white kurta and a blue waist cloth stands at centre, and several people in saffron and orange robes sit near the water. Strands of gold tinsel are strung along a railing beside the water. Multi-coloured buildings with corrugated roofs and a small white shrine spire climb the hillside behind, with a lattice telecom tower visible. Sandals lie on the steps. No identifiable a person figure is present.2008-07-02Outdoor photo at a temple complex with red-walled arcades and a shikhara-topped shrine under green trees and a hill. A man in long saffron robes and a rudraksha mala walks forward with long dark hair, carrying a white shopping bag, as a handheld camera operator films from the right. Around him are saffron-clad sannyasis, a woman in an orange and green sari on the left, a young girl in a patterned outfit, and men in white kurtas and dhotis. A tall orange flag flies above the temple roof. Probable Swamiji is the man in saffron with a rudraksha mala and long hair.2008-07-01Outdoor photo of a hillside stone staircase lined with dense green foliage. A yellow painted sign arch reads a Hindi inscription about the ancient Prakrtik Prakateshwar Panchanan Mahadev shrine. Several devotees descend the steps, many wearing saffron-orange shawls: a man in a dark jacket and white shirt, a woman in a red and orange sari, and women in teal and red tops. A man in a yellow shirt and grey trousers sits in the foreground beside a white stone block marked with letters. A small stall with a yellow awning stands at right. No identifiable a person appears in the frame.2009-10-12A photograph of the riverside steps at Gangotri, with a white domed shrine in the centre and a wide flight of red-and-white stone steps running down toward swiftly flowing water at the lower edge. Thirty or more pilgrims in saris, shalwar kameez and kurtas, many in pink, blue and white, stand, sit and walk on the steps; one figure in a saffron-orange robe stands near the top. Behind the shrine rise a tall evergreen conifer, a deciduous tree, tin-roofed buildings and a steep rocky hillside with stone retaining walls. Signboards in Hindi are mounted on the wall at right, and a blue-and-white railing guides the crowd along the steps.Outdoor photo of a riverside ghat with a fast, milky-grey river on the left and steep forested mountains rising behind a line of pastel-painted buildings. Stone steps lead down to the water, where a few people sit or stand; a woman in a white head covering and green-and-gold sari sits at the railing beside a blue bollard draped with gold tinsel. On the steps, a young man in a red t-shirt and dark track pants walks down, while a group of men stand near the top. A man in a yellow kurta and yellow turban stands at center, and another in a white kurta is among them. Sandbags line the steps and a red-and-white radio tower stands at the far left. No a person candidate is clearly identifiable from appearance.2008-07-02July 08 20082008-07-08A photograph of a crowd gathered outside a grey stone shrine with painted pink, green and red doorway trim at Kedarnath, under misty green mountains. A woman in an orange top holds a large red, green and blue canopy with tassels and a silver trident-topped staff, and a toddler in orange sits at left. Several devotees press their palms together in namaskar, including older women in white and pale pink shawls, and a man in an orange-brown knitted cap. Saffron flags hang beside the entrance. A man in a dark jacket stands in the doorway. No one is identified as a person in this view.2006-05-30A crowded hill-town lane at dusk in the Himalayas, with many pilgrims and villagers pressing along a narrow stone path between tall buildings and a steep rocky slope. At the centre, a man in an orange saffron shawl and an orange cap walks through the crowd, appearing to be a sannyasi in saffron robes. Nearby, a man in a white t-shirt with an orange cloth over his shoulder and a tilak on his forehead walks in the foreground, and other people wear shawls, sweaters and checked wraps. Wooden poles and scaffolding line the right edge, and a few people sit on a rooftop at upper left.2005-05-25