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Outdoor ritual by a riverbank in a high mountain valley, with strings of colourful prayer flags above and a stone wall beside the water. A standing man in saffron-orange robes, a grey woollen hood and a rudraksha mala holds a tall silver trident-like staff and stands beside a gilded framed picture. Seated around a cloth on the ground are devotees in orange shawls, including a woman in a green jacket and a bowler-style hat, a man in a blue sun hat with an orange scarf, and a woman in an orange shawl with a brass plate and lamp before her. Brass plates with offerings and a metal pot lie on the ground, and backpacks and blue tarps are piled behind. In the foreground, the backs of people with long grey hair and braids are visible.

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August 09 20122012-08-09Outdoor gathering on a grassy hillside with red and white prayer-flag style banners strung overhead. A man in an orange padded jacket, grey knit cap and dark sunglasses sits on a gold-framed seat with a trident-like staff behind him, facing a crowd of seated devotees in winter jackets, hats and orange shawls. Several people wear red, blue, green and black puffer coats; one wears a bright orange knitted headband and a white cap. Stone wall and rocky slope behind. The orange-jacketed man in the seat is an appearance-based candidate for a person but not clearly identifiable, so the identity is marked unsure. Counted: roughly fifteen visible people.2012-08-08August 08 20122012-08-08August 09 20122012-08-09August 09 20122012-08-09Outdoors in a high mountain valley beside a shallow stream, a bearded figure in an orange-saffron robe with a dark wrapped head covering and a long rudraksha mala sits on an ornate gold-framed seat, a person by appearance, with a red umbrella overhead. Around him on a patterned rug, several visitors in sun hats, fleece jackets and orange scarves sit close; a woman in a blue jacket holds up a small food offering while a brass plate of food sits on the rug. Strings of red, blue, yellow and white prayer flags stretch across the rocky hillside behind them.2012-08-09August 09 20122012-08-09August 09 20122012-08-09Outdoors beside a fast-flowing glacial river with grey stones, a seated orange-robed figure on the left wears a dark grey wool cap, orange robe, and rudraksha mala beads and gestures calmly toward a group of devotees. Several people sit on rugs in front of him, including a woman in a maroon fleece and orange shawl with hands pressed in anjali, a woman in a red top with sunglasses, a person in a navy bucket hat with bowed head, and a red-haired woman with a braid and hands joined. Behind them, strings of colourful Tibetan prayer flags flutter in red, green, blue, yellow and white against a rocky hillside.2012-08-09Outdoor photo on a rocky mountain slope. A figure in an orange-saffron down jacket over orange robes, wearing a grey knit cap and rudraksha mala, sits on an ornate gold-framed throne chair with hands folded in his lap. A silver trident stands beside him, with red and white prayer cloths strung along the hillside behind. Around him, devotees sit on the ground: a woman in a floral kurta with hands in anjali, a person in a green hat, a man in a navy cap and dark vest, a woman in a turquoise top, and women in red and orange garments, one pouring from a small vessel. a person appearance-based label: the seated figure in saffron with rudraksha and a trident beside him.2012-08-09Outdoor gathering in a mountain valley beneath strings of red, blue, green and yellow prayer flags. A standing figure in an orange-saffron robe, with long dark hair and a rudraksha-style necklace, holds a tall silver trident and addresses a seated crowd on rugs. Beside the figure is a yellow cloth and an ornate golden deity murti or shrine plaque. Around fifteen to twenty devotees sit on the grass in hats, scarves and jackets, many with red headbands or wraps. A seated man in orange robes sits near the front. Stones and a small stream lie behind the group.2012-08-08August 08 20122012-08-08