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A hillside temple complex in the Himalayan foothills, surrounded by dense green trees. A small white shikhara-topped shrine with a golden finial stands in the centre, flanked by red and saffron flags on poles. Several people in orange and saffron robes move along a stone path and steps. A woman in an orange sari and a man in a white cap and white t-shirt walk in the foreground past a red and white roadside sign reading DISCOVER GARHWAL, The Tourist, HOT SULPHUR. A blue painted image of a deity face appears on a wall at the lower right.

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June 2004 Himalayas Yatra - GangotriJuly 01 20082008-07-01 +1 copiesA photograph of a hillside temple complex in Uttarkashi, framed by dense green trees and bushes. Red and orange flags fly from tall poles beside a small pink-red shrine topped with a spire, and a white temple with a golden finial stands at center. A small slate-roofed shrine has a red-painted sign reading a Hanuman temple name. In the doorway of the central shrine, a man in saffron-orange robes and a white head covering sits near the entrance, with a few other people seated in the foreground. A date stamp 17 6 2004 appears in the lower right corner.2004-06-17June 30 20082008-06-30 +1 copiesA group of people in orange and saffron clothing walks along a narrow red-walled path past a small shrine area with a red flag and white spire in a hilly, forested setting. In the foreground, a long-haired man in an orange shawl draped over a patterned leopard-print garment carries a long wooden staff. Behind him, several monastic devotees in saffron robes follow, and a woman in a blue head covering sits on a red step at left. A yellow railing and a lamp post are visible at the top left.2005-05-25A photograph taken at a small whitewashed shrine building with a green corrugated roof, red trim and red steps, set against forested Himalayan mountainsides. A tall red flag on a pole rises beside the shrine, with strings of prayer flags and bunting strung between poles. In the foreground a man in a white shirt with a lanyard and an orange shawl is raising a camera, while an older man in a white shirt stands nearby. Several other people in orange, red and maroon clothing, including women with head coverings, stand or sit in the background near a stone retaining wall. A yellow garland hangs on the pole.A white and pink hillside temple shrine with a tiered red, yellow and pink spire and a small covered portico, set against dense green trees and a rock face. Several devotees in orange shawls and white kurtas stand on the steps and in the entrance, a man in a white kurta and orange shawl stands at the front, and a man in a dark shirt with an orange shawl stands at right. Brass bells hang from the portico and a yellow signboard with Devanagari lettering is mounted on the wall beside the entrance. A man at far left photographs the scene, carrying a camera and bag.2008-07-07July 01 20082008-07-01A photograph of a hillside pilgrimage site with dense green trees above a stone stairway leading up to a small shrine. A white signboard with blue Devanagari lettering arches over the steps, with a small deity image printed on it. Several people in white dhotis and orange or saffron shawls walk on the stairs and path, including a man in a white dhoti and orange stole standing at left beside a small stone water channel. A woman in a white and red-striped sari walks in the foreground, and a few men and children in shirts and trousers stand nearby. A small tent-like canopy with yellow fabric and a broken-stone pile sit to the right, with a muddy ground in the foreground.2009-10-12A photograph of a steep, forested mountain gorge with a multi-storey whitewashed temple complex built into the rock face above a rushing stream. Several white tents and red-and-white flags stand on the upper terrace, and a narrow suspension footbridge strung with colourful cloth crosses the water on the right. A few small figures in light and dark clothing stand on the lower path and by blue-tarp stalls near the bridge, with more people visible up the slope. The setting appears to be a Himalayan pilgrimage site in Uttarakhand.2008-06-30 +1 copiesJuly 02 20082008-07-02June 30 20082008-06-30 +1 copies