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A photograph of the Badrinath temple complex in the Himalayan town, seen from above over corrugated tin roofs. The temple has a painted facade in red, blue, yellow and gold with a gilded domed roof, a golden kalasha-topped shikhara, and a mini-dome above the entrance. Pilgrims in light and dark clothing climb a stone staircase toward the doorway, and small red flags flutter on the right. Pink and white houses surround the shrine, and a cable runs across the foreground.

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July 08 20082008-07-08A 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 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 20082008-07-08A 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.2006-06-01A 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 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.2008-07-08June 01 20062006-06-01A 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.2006-06-01July 08 20082008-07-08July 08 20082008-07-08A hillside Himalayan town with a temple complex built on rocky ground above a turbulent river. A tall temple tower with a golden dome and red flag stands among multi-storey white and brick buildings. A yellow banner with red Devanagari lettering hangs on a white building at right. A steel truss footbridge crosses the river on the left, and a railed wooden walkway runs along the rocks in the foreground. Green mountains and snow patches rise behind. Several small groups of pilgrims are visible along the walkway and temple steps, though they are too distant to count precisely.2006-06-01