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A large outdoor gathering of devotees in saffron-orange clothing and orange headwraps sits on a white stone platform beneath a rocky overhang in a mountain setting with trees. In the foreground at left, a figure in orange robes with folded hands sits facing a seated sannyasi in orange who sits beside a small wooden shrine or puja stand with a brass lamp and vessels. Many people in orange shawls and white clothes sit in rows with hands pressed together in prayer. A red and white cloth canopy and a painted shrine panel appear at left. No one in the image is identified by face.

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June 01 20062006-06-01Outdoor ritual scene at a stone shrine under a large overhanging rock. Many devotees wear orange-saffron shawls and orange clothing, with some wearing orange caps. In the foreground a young man in an orange robe sits facing a seated woman in orange with a yellow-beaded necklace who holds a small bowl. A bronze kalasha-like vessel and small metal bowls of offerings sit on a white marble platform beside red garlands and a rudraksha-style mala. Colourful festival banners with decorative umbrella-like canopies stand on the left. Behind them a crowd sits and stands along stone steps, and a man in a dark shirt with an orange cap stands at right. The setting appears to be a Himalayan pilgrimage ritual.2006-06-01June 01 20062006-06-01Outdoor photograph of a large seated crowd of devotees on a hillside pilgrimage site in the Himalayas, many wearing orange shawls and orange caps. Snow-capped peaks and green slopes rise behind them. A stone cave opening sits in a rock face, with a stone retaining wall and a painted sign at left. Several people in white and mustard tops stand with hands folded in prayer near the front. A person at far right wears a blue top and a striped headscarf. A camera operator sits at lower left. No identifiable a person figure is visible.2006-06-01A large outdoor gathering of devotees in saffron and orange shawls sits on a stone-paved area in front of a rock cave and stone retaining wall with a painted sign. In the foreground at left, a figure with long dark hair wears an orange robe and a green-and-white flower garland while speaking into a microphone toward the seated group. A decorated yellow and blue ceremonial banner stands at left. Many people in orange and white clothing sit closely together, some holding cameras or bags, and a few stand at the back near the cave entrance. Trees and a rocky hillside form the backdrop.2006-06-01May 27 20062006-05-27Outdoor photograph of a riverside ritual at Gangotri beside a rocky Himalayan riverbank. Under a blue corrugated canopy supported by blue-and-white striped pillars, a long-haired man in orange robes and a rudraksha mala sits cross-legged, holding a small bell in one hand and a ritual implement in the other, in front of a flaming fire pit with a brass vessel and a metal arched shrine containing a deity murti. Behind him, several people in orange and saffron clothing sit on a raised platform and the rocks, and a man in a white shirt stands at the rear. Strings of rudraksha beads lie in the foreground. The person seated at the centre is an appearance-based a person (a person) conducting a homa or puja by the Ganga; the other seated figures appear to be devotees and participants.2006-05-27Outdoor photograph of a large crowd of devotees wrapped in orange shawls seated and standing on a pale stone plaza at a mountain shrine. Many wear orange and saffron wraps over their heads and shoulders, some in white kurtas, others in dark jackets and caps. A dark cave opening sits in a rock face behind them beside a tree, with stone steps and a railing on the left and snow-capped Himalayan peaks in the background. A bald man in the lower foreground and an older man in glasses at right are visible. No candidate a person figure is clearly identifiable in the frame.2006-06-01A photograph of an outdoor ritual at a Himalayan shrine setting with steep green mountains behind. A man with long dark hair, wearing orange robes, a long orange garland of beads and a ceremonial gold chain, sits cross-legged beside a stone fire pit with small wooden sticks laid across it, appearing to perform a homa. Behind him, a man in orange holds a large red and gold ceremonial umbrella with a deity image on top. Many devotees in orange shawls and saffron clothing sit or stand around, including a man in white robes and women in dark jackets and orange stoles. A banner with orange flags is visible at the upper left.2006-05-30A large outdoor gathering of devotees sits on rocks and a pebbled riverbank in a mountain valley, most wearing orange shawls and orange caps. In the foreground a woman with a long braid and an orange shawl faces left, and a woman in a pink patterned top sits with her arms wrapped around her knees. Behind them a cameraman in a grey shirt films the group near a concrete embankment, and a man in a blue jacket sits on the wall. A snow-capped Himalayan ridge rises beyond the river, with pine trees, power lines and wooden houses along the road. No specific individual can be confirmed as a person from the visible cues here, so no figure is identified as him.2006-05-27Outdoor riverside ritual at Gangotri beside a rocky Himalayan bank. Under a blue corrugated canopy with blue-and-white striped pillars, a seated devotee in orange robes and rudraksha mala presses palms together in prayer, with a bronze deity murti in an arched shrine and a rudraksha mala heap in the foreground. Smoke rises from a small fire. Behind, a group of people in orange and saffron robes sits on the rocks and steps, and a standing figure in white holds a microphone. A man in orange with a trident-like staff stands at right. Roughly 20 visible people, mostly sannyasi-style devotees.2006-05-27June 01 20062006-06-01