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Exterior of the colourful Badrinath temple in the Himalayan region, its facade painted in red, yellow, blue and white with carved arches, decorative panels and a large brass bell hanging in the open doorway. Two men stand at the entrance: a man in a khaki hat and shirt holding a small tray or offering, and a uniformed security officer in an olive-green jacket and khaki trousers with a rifle slung across his chest. A yellow lion-like stone figure sits beside the doorway. A watermarked archive copyright is present in the lower right corner and is not transcribed.

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June 01 20062006-06-01A 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 brightly painted Himalayan temple facade with red, blue, yellow and white carved panels, pointed windows and a curved red-and-blue roof topped by three gold finials, under an overcast grey sky. Devotees gather on the stone steps and at the arched doorway, where a large bell hangs inside. In the foreground, a man in an orange shirt and black trousers stands beside a metal railing, and another in a yellow shirt stands nearby. A barefoot man in orange dhoti-style cloth walks on the steps, a man in a dark vest carries a metal tray, and a woman in a red sari stands at the right. A uniformed guard in khaki stands near the doorway. Some people wear white and red clothing, and a few are barefoot.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.Photo 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.2008-07-08Exterior 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.2008-07-08A 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.2008-07-08July 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 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.A wide view of a hillside Himalayan town dominated by a colourful temple with a golden-yellow curved roof, pale blue and red painted facade, arched entrance and a red-and-white flag flying from its roof. Crowds of pilgrims climb stone steps toward the entrance, many in light clothing. Stone and tin-roofed buildings, pink and white walls, power lines and a green-brown mountain slope surround the temple. Shop stalls with colourful cloth and offerings line the foreground steps, and a yellow and red signboard hangs on a pink wall. No a person candidate is visible.2006-06-01July 08 20082008-07-08