
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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Chirruping out aloud, this Forktail bobs from side to side in a little pirouette of territoriality! Spotted Forktail in close-up: this cute little stream-side bird has the cutest spots and hunts down insects for a living. Spotted Forktail in closeup at Motidhar, Mussoorie The Spotted Forktail are back at our Motidhar stream to breed in the summer months, in the head waters of the Bindal - Rispana river. Preening and puffing up their feathers is this Forktail! A pair of Spotted Forktails spotted along a Mussoorie stream in the wildfilmsindia sanctuary in Uttarakhand: An elegant stream-side resident that eats insects and pirouettes around the water and stones around a river, all day. Two little white dots reflect in the sun, and the tail tips show off their whites. A pair of Spotted Forktail
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