Mountain Temples and Temple Mountains
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Pilgrims gathering in the forecourt of the Kedarnath temple, Kedarnath, Uttarakhand, India. Photograph courtesy of James Lochtefeld.
Pilgrims proceeding toward sacred centers, Uttarakhand.
A typical village amid forest and terrace fields, Uttarakhand.
Śaktī Devī temple, ca. 700, with later additions, Chatrahi, Himachal Pradesh. Photograph courtesy of the Western Himalayan Art Archive, Vienna.
Garuḍa, ca. 850–1000, Joshimath.
View from the north, Temples 1 and 2, Bāleśvara complex, ca. 1100–1250, Champawat, Uttarakhand.
Ram Rai, founder of a powerful religious institution in the Doon Valley, wall painting in a spandrel, Guru Ram Rai Darbar, ca. 1675–1700, with later restorations, Dehradun, Uttarakhand.