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bus · temple

Janki Chatti Bus Stand in Uttarakhand: Staging point for Yamunotri temple trek

Uttarakhand·temple · dance

Shani Temple, located in Kharsali in Uttarkashi district of Uttarakhand, is an important pilgrimage site in the Garhwal Himalayas. Devotees gather inside the temple to offer garlands to the deity during their darshan.

temple · flowers

The reopening of Kedarnath Temple in Uttarakhand for the annual pilgrimage season. The shrine is decorated with bright marigold garlands and colourful flowers as thousands of devotees gather for the kapat opening ceremony.

Uttarakhand·river · ceremony

Crowds of devotees gather along the Ganges in Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, for the evening Ganga Aarti. People sit on the ghat steps beneath a long red-roofed shelter, while some pilgrims pour water from copper vessels as an offering.

Uttarakhand·temple · festival

Helicopters arrive and take off from the helipad near Kedarnath Temple in Rudraprayag district, Uttarakhand. Pilgrims wait in queues beside the fenced landing area for helicopter services to and from the high-altitude shrine.

Uttarakhand·temple · hills

Kedarnath Temple is located in the Garhwal Himalayas of Uttarakhand and is dedicated to Lord Shiva. The stone temple has a tall tower topped with a golden pinnacle and a flag.

Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand·temple · hills

Shani Dev Temple is located in Kharsali village in Uttarkashi district, Uttarakhand, near the Yamunotri pilgrimage route. The traditional temple features wooden and stone construction and is decorated with orange marigold garlands.

hills · temple

Kedarnath Temple stands in a high-altitude valley in the Garhwal Himalayas of Uttarakhand, India. The historic stone shrine is surrounded by buildings, pilgrim accommodations, shops and temporary shelters.

hills · temple

An elevated view of Kedarnath in Rudraprayag district, Uttarakhand, reveals the temple town surrounded by the Garhwal Himalayas. Snow-covered mountain peaks rise above the rugged slopes and rocky ridgelines.

hills · snow

A wide view of Kedarnath Valley in Uttarakhand, India, with snow-covered Himalayan peaks surrounding the sacred pilgrimage site.

Uttarakhand·festival · music

An ITBP brass and woodwind band performing before a large gathering of villagers and pilgrims in Kharsali, Uttarakhand, at the beginning of the Yamunotri Yatra.

hills · temple

Pilgrims climb a narrow stone pathway towards the Yamunotri temple in Uttarakhand, one of the four sacred destinations of the Char Dham Yatra.

Uttarakhand·temple · hills

The Bhairavnath Temple (Bhairav Mandir) sits on a rocky hillock about 500 to 800 metres uphill from the main Kedarnath Temple in Uttarakhand.

Uttarakhand·temple · hills

Pilgrims visiting the Yamunotri temple in the Garhwal Himalayas of Uttarakhand, one of the four sacred sites of the Char Dham Yatra.

Uttarakhand·hills · snow

Snow-covered peaks of the Garhwal Himalayas rise above the rugged terrain near Kedarnath Temple in Uttarakhand.

Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand·hills · temple

The multi-tiered Sameshwar Mahadev Temple, also known as the Shani Dev Temple, stands in Kharsali village in Uttarkashi district, Uttarakhand.

temple · flowers

Kedarnath Temple in Rudraprayag district, Uttarakhand, is decorated with orange and yellow flower garlands. Temple bells ring as devotees enter the shrine one by one for darshan of Lord Shiva.

temple · ceremony

Kedarnath temple below Kedarnath peak: all crowded at kapath opening ceremony in Uttarakhand: May 2026

music · festival

A Nagar Kirtan procession moves along Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Marg near Sis Ganj Gurudwara in Old Delhi.

village · temple

A village shrine dedicated to Karuppu Sami stands in the rural outskirts of Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu. Several iron tridents are planted in the courtyard, with limes attached to them as part of traditional religious offerings.

temple · festival

Sikh martial artists performing gatka during a Nagar Kirtan near Gurudwara Sis Ganj Sahib in Chandni Chowk, Old Delhi.

Uttarakhand·bus · temple

Archival footage shows Uttarkashi, a hill town in the Garhwal Himalaya, with an older bus stand and Tata and roadways buses. One bus has “Jai Kashi Vishwanath” painted across its windscreen as passengers and vehicles move through the area.

temple · dance

A hillside Hindu temple complex near the Mangar Bani Sacred Grove in Haryana. Small pink and pale sandstone shrines, or chhatris, stand side-by-side on a red-brick courtyard, with tiered roofs, carved arches and glass-fronted niches contain…