
Maun Mela fishing festival and traffic near twin bridges in Uttarakhand
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Maun Mela, a traditional community fishing festival held along the Aglar River in the Tehri Garhwal region of Uttarakhand, India.
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Gangotri wall of peaks as seen from wildfilmsindia botanical arboretum at Jabbarkhet near Landour. This summer-time landscape footage captures a distant view of the Greater Himalayan range, filmed from the foothills around Mussoorie, Uttarakhand, using a telephoto video lens. Unlike winter visuals, the mountains seen here are free from snow, revealing their raw geological textures, layered ridges, and earthy tones that dominate the region during warmer months.
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