
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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View of Mahagunas or Ganesh Top as seen from Domal during Amarnath Yatra in Kashmir, India. Building walking tracks for pilgrims in the Kashmir Himalaya leads to soil degradation and damage to the hillside's vegetation, as one can see here on the trail to Amarnath. Tourist and rescue helicopters fly into the Amarnath valley, to ferry pilgrims who wish to fly in as opposed to walking in, as was the tradition. Instant karma! Mahagunas Top at a height of around 4200 meter is the top most point of the Amarnath yatra. This is where Shiva is supposed to have left behind his son Lord Ganesh on his way to the holy Amarnath cave. We crossed this peak just before lunch on day 2 of the Amarnath yatra. The beautiful green landscapes had given way to the stark browns and blacks of the high altitude Him
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