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A photograph of a pink and yellow arched gateway with golden finials at the foot of a wooded hillside, marking the stepped approach to a temple. Hanging from the arch are brass bells on a chain, and a loudspeaker is mounted on top. Above the arch is Hindi lettering reading Sri Panchayati Akhara Mahanirvani. A small framed portrait is pinned to the left pillar. Below, a stone stairway leads up past shops with yellow awnings. A visitor in a teal kurta and a woman in a white sari walk near the steps, and a red signboard advises removing footwear. Signs point toward Neelkanth Temple. No one in the scene is identifiable as a person.

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July 30 20142014-07-30A photograph of a hillside path beside a forested slope, with a group of devotees walking down toward a small stone-stepped entrance. A white signboard with Hindi script is mounted on yellow posts above the steps. Several women in front wear orange and saffron shawls: one in a red top and dark trousers carries a bundle, another in a teal kurta wears an orange scarf, and a woman in a patterned brown salwar kameez with a long braid walks at left. Others in white and orange clothing climb the steps behind them. Water and wet stones lie in the foreground, with a small tent-like canopy to the right.2009-10-12July 10 20082008-07-10Outdoor photo of a hillside stone staircase lined with dense green foliage. A yellow painted sign arch reads a Hindi inscription about the ancient Prakrtik Prakateshwar Panchanan Mahadev shrine. Several devotees descend the steps, many wearing saffron-orange shawls: a man in a dark jacket and white shirt, a woman in a red and orange sari, and women in teal and red tops. A man in a yellow shirt and grey trousers sits in the foreground beside a white stone block marked with letters. A small stall with a yellow awning stands at right. No identifiable a person appears in the frame.2009-10-12A photograph of a stone staircase climbing a wooded hillside beside a white signboard on yellow posts, with Hindi text and a temple-like drawing. A small roadside stall with an orange and yellow tarpaulin canopy stands at the right, and a person in a dark top is partly visible in the lower right corner. Green shrubs and ferns crowd the slope and a stone rail edges the steps.2009-10-12Outdoor photo at a mountain shrine with white arched stone gateways hung with orange marigold garlands and a brass bell. An elderly man in a cream knitted sweater and grey trousers walks forward, holding a white cloth. Behind him a man in a saffron-orange robe stands near a boy in a blue shirt. Pilgrims in colourful saris and shawls sit and stand around the arches, and a man in a pink shirt stands at right. Green pine-covered hills and multi-storey buildings rise in the background.2008-07-02A photograph of a colourful, ornately painted gateway arch with red, yellow, green and white panels decorated with lotus motifs, topped by a red lotus. A small metal bell hangs from a chain beneath the arch. Beyond the gate, a group of about seven monastic figures in orange and saffron robes walks along a path between iron railings, with bare trees and misty sky behind them. A blue signboard stands at the left.2014-01-13January 13 20142014-01-13A photograph of a steep stone staircase climbing through dense green hillside vegetation toward an entrance marked by a white arched signboard with yellow trim. The sign bears a painted image of a Shivling-style lingam on a yoni base and Hindi text naming a natural ancient Panchanan Mahadev Shiva temple. A smaller yellow notice board stands beside the arch, and a red flag is planted at the right. At the lower right edge, a person in a white head covering and striped garment stands partly visible near the steps, and a yellow-and-red cloth or offering rests on a ledge at the far right.2009-10-12A photograph of a temple gateway with a white and pink arch topped by a painted Ganesha murti holding a modak and lotus, flanked by two lion statues and two elephant-trunk carvings. Two swastikas decorate the beam. Beneath the arch, a small tin-roofed canopy hangs with marigold garlands and a bell. Several people in saffron and orange robes walk through, one in a saffron shawl with a marigold garland, another in a saffron dhoti, and a figure in a green and pink outfit near the left edge. A sign on the right is written in Hindi and mentions Maa Chandi Devi Mandir.2014-01-13A steep, forested gorge in the Himalayas holds a cluster of multi-storey pink and white temple buildings built into the rock face. Saffron flags flutter from poles on the roof, and small white shrine domes sit at the top right. Several people stand on the balconies and terraces, and a long row of stalls with blue and black tarpaulin awnings lines the lower street. In the foreground, a few figures walk past the stalls, one wearing saffron, and a person in a blue shirt sits near the bottom right. Green vegetation covers the cliffs, and a red-roofed building with pink walls sits in the lower right.2008-06-30 +1 copiesJuly 08 20082008-07-08 +1 copies