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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Tibetan mummy of Spiti - Himalayan monk mystery!
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During the Kalchakra of 2000, we took a side trip to Gue to film the famous Tibetan Mummy which we had just earlier filmed for 'The Mystery of the Tibetan Mummy' film. See our video from the year 2018 here: https://youtu.be/3bLXBAYKmPI The setting in the temple has been changed and now a glass case has been created for the mummy. The leatherised and dessicated remains of a 15th-century Buddhist monk named Sangha Tenzin were discovered in 1975 when the stupa or Buddhist temple that housed him collapsed during an earthquake. This Buddhist mummy was examined in the British film 'The Mystery of the Tibetan Mummy' which was provided ground logistics and production support by Wilderness Films India Ltd.. The film carried research by Professor Victor H Mair of the University of Pennsylvania’s Mu
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Result 2Plastic waste dumped across a green Himalayan hillside
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A large accumulation of plastic waste and other discarded materials is visible on a grassy hillside in the Himalayan region of India.
Result 3Wild Himalayan Goral foraging in its natural habitat recorded by a camera trap
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This camera trap footage documents a Himalayan Goral (Naemorhedus goral), a small wild goat-antelope native to the Himalayan region.
Result 4Akchamal Village blooms with apricot blossoms in Kargil, Ladakh
Ladakh·hills · village
Akchamal Village in the Kargil district of Ladakh during the annual apricot blossom season. Thousands of apricot trees in full bloom blanket the valley with white and pale pink flowers, contrasting beautifully with the rugged mountains of t…
Result 5Nubra Valley and snow-capped Himalayan mountains in Ladakh
hills · desert
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Result 6Maund Mela river community fishing tradition of plunder in the Uttarakhand Himalaya
Tehri, Uttarakhand·hills · festival
Maun Mela in Tehri Garhwal and nearby regions like Jaunsar and Rawai, villagers gather in flowing rivers for a unique traditional fishing practice.
Result 7Monsoon clouds over Darma Valley in the Kumaon Himalaya, Uttarakhand
Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand·hills · river
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Result 8Drive Through Lamayuru Moonland on the Srinagar–Leh Highway, Ladakh
Ladakh·highway · hills
Captured from a moving vehicle, this footage showcases the spectacular Moonland landscape of Lamayuru, one of Ladakh's most distinctive geological formations.