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Outdoor photo at a Himalayan riverside pilgrimage site with steep wooded mountains behind white and orange buildings. A line of people in saffron and orange robes walks down concrete steps, several carrying large yellow-fringed ceremonial banners with a blue and green emblem on poles. A saffron-robed figure in the centre holds a banner, and a woman in a teal top and head covering stands in the foreground. A cameraman in white with an orange shawl films on the steps. Onlookers in casual clothes watch from a rooftop on the left, and a multicolour parasol stands nearby. The scene shows a procession of saffron-clad devotees and ashram members.

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May 27 20062006-05-27A photograph of a mountain procession along a narrow street in a Himalayan town, with a rocky riverbed and steep forested slopes behind. Dozens of people in saffron and orange clothing and orange shawls walk in a long line, some carrying small ornate banners and a decorated palanquin-style float with a colourful canopy. In the foreground a young man in orange stares toward the camera, and a woman in orange holds a flower garland. Buildings with a white-and-blue facade line the road, with a sign reading 'Maun Baba Ashram' near a small pink structure. Power lines cross the sky. No individual is clearly identifiable as a person from this view.2006-05-27Outdoor photograph of a riverside ritual at a ghat on the banks of the Ganga at Gangotri, with a blue canopy shading a raised platform. Several saffron-robed priests and attendants work around a golden deity murti and a shallow stone basin, and a figure in an orange robe stands near the centre. A large crowd of devotees sits on the stone steps in saffron and orange clothing, some in orange caps, with a few people in grey and white. Hillside buildings, including one reading HIMALAYA, rise behind, and red-and-orange flags hang above. a person is not clearly identifiable from appearance here, so the candidate is left uncertain.2006-05-27A large procession of devotees in orange and saffron clothing walks down a narrow mountain town street lined with shops and multi-storey buildings, with steep green hills behind. A white and gold ceremonial umbrella canopy is carried above a palanquin-like object near the centre, and a decorated red and orange banner is held aloft on the right. Many participants wear orange shawls and stoles, and a photographer in a white shirt with an orange stole films from the right foreground. A signboard reading Shri Ram Bhojanalaya is visible on the left.2006-06-01May 26 20062006-05-26June 01 20062006-06-01June 01 20062006-06-01June 01 20062006-06-01Outdoor procession in front of a white building with red trim and the red sign HIMALAYA. A long-haired man in orange robes, hands joined in namaste, walks barefoot centre-frame beneath a large multicoloured umbrella with fringe and gold finial, carried by an attendant. Around him men in orange shawls hold yellow and green ceremonial banners with bird emblems. Behind, a crowd in orange and red garments watches from a stone-walled terrace; a woman with blonde hair and sunglasses in orange top and khaki trousers stands with palms pressed together. The scene reads as a sannyasi-led procession with devotees.2006-05-27A street procession in a mountain town on the Himalaya Yatra. A woman in a white kurta with an orange shawl and rudraksha mala carries a red and green canopy pole, with a bearded man in orange robes nearby. Men and women in orange shawls and robes walk behind; one man on the left holds a silver ceremonial staff with a crescent finial and wears an orange cap. Behind them, a long-haired man in orange robes with a rudraksha necklace walks at the centre of the group. Ornate red, gold and green canopies and a snowy mountain stand behind; a whitewashed building with Hindi signage and a wicker basket on a porter are visible. A boy in an orange scarf stands at the right edge.2006-06-01May 27 20062006-05-27June 01 20062006-06-01