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Outdoor photo at a stone temple courtyard in the mountains. A large dark stone lingam sits in the foreground, smeared with red and white marks and decorated with flowers and leaves. Behind it, a group of about twenty seated devotees in orange and saffron robes, grey and brown clothes, and a few white and yellow garments sit on paved stone. A woman in orange with a beaded necklace stands to the right, speaking to the group, possibly leading satsang. Yellow barricades and a red and yellow garlanded doorway appear at the left beside the temple's carved stone walls.

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Outdoor 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.2006-06-01May 30 20062006-05-30May 30 20062006-05-30Outdoor temple courtyard scene beside a grey stone wall with pink-painted top edge and a gopuram visible above palm trees. Several men in saffron-orange robes with gold borders and beaded necklaces stand in the foreground; the man at centre right has long swept-back dark hair and an orange wrap, and the figure in the foreground left faces away from the camera. Seated devotees in white dhotis and saffron cloth sit on the stone floor, and a silver tray with flowers, oil lamps and offerings sits on the ground at left. A large crowd of people in white and mixed clothing fills the background, with several photographers and cameramen visible among them.2010-12-29June 2004 Himalayas Yatra - Harsil and GangotriA photograph of a group walking along a stone-paved path beside a weathered stone temple wall at a hill shrine, with a corrugated metal roof on posts to the right. Beside him a woman in a blue jacket and orange shawl walks with hands held together, and a woman in a white top and black jacket carries a dark bag. On the left a woman in a pink kurta and grey knit cap wears an orange shawl, and others in orange shawls follow behind, several holding phones or papers. About a dozen people are visible.A seated group of devotees performs a puja on a stone step at an ancient temple, with carved stone walls behind them. Beside him, two women in orange shawls over white garments sit with palms pressed together, and a woman in white with an orange shawl offers her palms in namaskar. Brass items sit on a tray before them: a small bell, a brass lamp, and a plate with offerings and incense sticks. Behind them, a crowd of onlookers in white and other colours sits or stands, several with hands folded in prayer.2007-07-02May 30 20062006-05-30 +1 copiesA photograph of a ritual at a stone temple entrance in a mountain setting, with green slopes and snow patches behind. A figure with long dark hair in an orange saffron robe sits cross-legged at the centre, leaning over a stone-rimmed pit where water and small brass vessels, a bowl of yellow sweets and a brass lamp are arranged. Around them, many seated and standing devotees wear orange shawls and saffron clothing, some with orange caps. Two large ornate parasols with tasselled edges and a pair of tall trident-topped poles stand over the group. The temple doorway has painted green and red panels. Ritual abhishekam or homa setting. Crowd of devotees in orange and white.2006-05-30September 27 20102010-09-27Outdoor photo of devotees seated on red-stone ghat steps by water at dusk, many in orange and maroon robes and white clothing with red shawls. A standing man in orange robes with a bead necklace presses palms together near a tall golden-fringed umbrella or parasol. A woman in a maroon sari stands at right holding a brass tray. Blue and pink mats, red bags and a bearded elderly man in orange in the foreground. Pale buildings and rubble behind.2014-01-19 +1 copiesOutdoor photo at a stone temple step where a group sits in prayer with palms pressed together. In the foreground, several women wear white clothes with orange shawls, and one woman in white wears a rudraksha-style beaded necklace. On the far right, a person in orange robes and a red forehead mark with a long beaded mala sits with hands folded in namaste. Brass puja items sit on the stone: a plate with offerings, a small bell, a brass lamp and an incense stick. Behind them, a seated crowd in white and colourful clothes watches, and a carved stone wall rises in the background.2007-07-02