
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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Rufous Sibia does contortionist act to get to ripe wlid pear fruit on a kaitha tree in the Himalaya Hanging upside down as it plunders a wild Himalayan pear tree and bites off big chunks of ripe small wild pear fruit, this Rufous Sibia is the 'Three Cheers' caller, earlier known as the Black-capped Sibia, seen here at Jabbarkhet in the western Himalaya. A Rufous Sibia visits a fruiting Himalayan Pear tree, providing a colourful burst of an autumn colour palette. Wild Himalayan pear trees blossom and proliferate at wildfilmsindia Jabbarkhet wildlife sanctuary in the western Himalaya. We encourage and plant a lot of pear trees as they feed butterflies, bees and birds between their flower nectar and fruit. wildfilmsindia plans to create an entire forest of wild pear trees some day soon!
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