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A photograph of devotees bathing in a rocky mountain stream, with white water rushing over stones. In the centre, a smiling young man with shoulder-length dark hair wears an orange-saffron cloth draped over his shoulders and body, seated on the rocks at the water's edge. Beside him in the water, a bare-chested man with short dark hair and a dark cord around his neck gestures with one hand. Behind them, several men sit on the rocks, some bare-chested in white dhotis, one with a long beard and rudraksha-style beads holding a wooden staff. On the right, women in orange shawls stand near the bank. Ritual yatra bathing in the Ganga at Guptakashi.

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A photograph of a group bathing in a rushing mountain stream over rocks. A long-haired young man in an orange saffron cloth sits on a rock in the middle, smiling, with a rudraksha mala around his neck. In the water at lower left, a man with short dark hair and bare chest, wearing a white dhoti and a dark necklace, raises two fingers in a V sign. Behind them, a bearded man with a long wooden staff and a rudraksha mala sits in white dhotis, and other men sit on rocks in white and orange clothing. At right, a woman in an orange shawl stands in the water beside a dark garment.Men bathe in a rushing mountain stream over smooth grey boulders. In the foreground a smiling young person with long dark hair and a saffron-orange shawl over the shoulders wears a rudraksha mala. Behind, a bearded man with long dark hair, bare-chested, wears a rudraksha mala and white dhoti and holds a long bamboo staff while seated in the water. Another man with shoulder-length hair, bare-chested and wearing a white dhoti, lifts his arm to his head in the water beside him. Orange cloth hangs drying over rocks in the background.2004-06-16A photograph of a group bathing in a rocky mountain stream with fast white water over boulders. At centre, a long-haired man in a saffron-orange dhoti and shawl, with a rudraksha-style beaded necklace, sits on a rock at the water's edge, smiling. Behind him a bare-chested older man stands in orange cloth in the water, and several people in orange and white garments stand or sit on the rocks. A woman in a dark patterned top and red skirt stands in the stream at right, while others in orange shawls watch. A person in a red shirt holds a camera at left. The setting is a Himalayan river with boulders and green trees.A young man with long, swept-back dark hair sits on a wet rock at the edge of a rushing mountain stream. He wears a saffron-orange draped garment that leaves one shoulder bare, and a long mala of brown rudraksha beads hangs on his chest. His right hand rests on the rock while he looks sideways and smiles. Behind him, another person in orange robes and wire-rimmed glasses lifts a hand to his head beside a seated person in grey. Other figures in white and orange stand and sit among the boulders, and a hand enters the frame at lower left. The water is clear and fast over mossy stones.June 16 2004 - Rishikesh-Guptakashi-Uttarkashi2004-06-16June 02 20162016-06-02A photograph of men bathing in a shallow mountain stream among large grey boulders, with green shrubs and a rocky slope behind. In the foreground at right, a smiling young man with long dark hair and a saffron-orange shawl sits in the water. To the left, a man in a white kurta and a saffron-orange shawl sits on a rock, laughing with his hand over his mouth. Two men in the middle are waist-deep in the water, one bare-chested with a rudraksha-style mala and a beard, the other bearded. A fifth person stands bare-chested on a rock in the background. Ritual or devotional bathing appears informal and joyful.2004-06-16June 16 2004 - Rishikesh-Guptakashi-Uttarkashi2004-06-16June 16 2004 - Rishikesh-Guptakashi-Uttarkashi2004-06-16A photograph of a mountain stream with rapid white water over rocks, a steep rocky hillside with greenery behind. A long-haired man in orange saffron cloth sits on a rock in the stream, wearing a rudraksha mala, with his feet in the water. Around him, devotees in orange shawls stand in the stream: a woman in red garments on the left, a man in checked shorts, a woman in a dark patterned top and red skirt, and an older woman with glasses at right. In the background a shirtless man in orange cloth holds a white cloth, and a man in white dhoti stands on the bank. The scene suggests a ritual bathing at a river site.June 02 20162016-06-02June 04 20162016-06-04