Arunachal Pradesh

birds · wildlife

A Coppersmith barbet or Crimson-breasted Barbet builds nest as she digs nesting hole on a tree in Arunachal Pradesh The Coppersmith Barbet or Crimson-breasted Barbet or Coppersmith (Megalaima haemacephala) is a bird with crimson forehead a…

Corn drying outside homes in the West Kameng district of Arunachal Pradesh in India.

Hoolock Gibbon swinging from branch to branch in Dello village of Arunachal Pradesh, India.

flowers

Jawaharlal Nehru Van Udyan in Arunachal Pradesh. It is dedicated to the memory of Jawaharlal Nehru. This is a sort of botanical garden cum herbarium.

farmland · politics

Paddy or rice cultivation along the Assam-Arunachal border in north-east India. Also, women beating cereal husk with sticks to separate the grain.

birds · river

The origins of the Brahmaputra river. See the Siang and other rivers. Sit along the Bhalukpong.

Arunachal Pradesh in India's north-east is little known on the international stage and you are more likely to see the lions of the Serengeti or the tigers of Ranthambhor, on international television, than a documentary film on the region! A…

river

White prayer flags en route to Arunachal Pradesh in India. An old stone house built on edge of a road. Oranges growing in a Garden at Arunachal Pradesh. A gypsy heading towards Dirang as Kameng river flows down.

Arunachal Pradesh·hills · river

The Lower Dibang Valley district, with its headquarter at Roing is the seventeenth district of Arunachal Pradesh. It forms a part of eastern Arunachal Pradesh.

Arunachal Pradesh·festival

This is how Idu Mishmis cut pork. They have their own style of cutting meat or pork. If you are non vegetarian and fond of pork then you should visit Arunachal Pradesh during Reh festival.

Arunachal Pradesh·festival

If you are non vegetarian and fond of pork then you should visit Arunachal Pradesh during Reh festival. They sacrifice lots of pork and roast them for eating.

Arunachal Pradesh·street food

Women from Arunachal Pradesh selling fresh organic vegetable at local vegetable market in Roing town of Lower Dibang Valley. On the other hand an old vegetable vendor drinking chai and eating samosa. She smiles and looks on camera.

festival

Women from Idu Mishmi tribe are serving rice on banana leaves to the guests invited for Reh festival.

hills · livestock

Mithun, also known as ‘Cattle of Mountain” is an important bovine species of north-eastern hill region of India and also of China, Myanmar, Bhutan and Bangladesh.

flowers

Jackfruit is a tree that can grow up to 9-21 m (70 ft) tall, with evergreen, alternate, glossy and leathery leaves to 22.5 cm (9 in) in length. Jack fruit is one of the largest edible fruit of the world.

Arunachal Pradesh·dance

Dancers from Arunachal Pradesh in traditional costumes, performing a folk dance. Help us identify the region that these dancers hail from, in Arunachal Pradesh, India.

Arunachal Pradesh·music

West Kameng song from Arunachal Pradesh, India. Is this the Aka or the Hruso tribe and community? Or is it the Sajolang or Miji tribe?

hills · monsoon

Delavay's Fir is a tree native to SW China, Arunachal Pradesh and northern Myanmar, and Vietnam. It is a high altitude mountain tree, growing at elevations of 3000-4000 m.

The Gentse Gaden Rabgyel Ling Monastery, Upper Gompa, Bomdila was started by the 12th reincarnate of Tsona Gontse Rimpoche in 1965 - 66.

river · festival

Karken Riba raper from Arunachal Pradesh performs during Panyor River Festival 2014 at Yazali village, Arunachal Pradesh, India. He perform his own composition on Panyor River Festival.

Grinding bhutta or corn through a traditional corn mill in Arunachal Pradesh, India Arunachal Pradesh is one of the 28 states of India.

festival · hills

The soundcheck started early on the first day of the Ziro Music Festival, pulling in the eagerly waiting crowd to check out the stage as well as the stalls.

dance

Women performing a perfect rhythmic dances from Arunachal Pradesh. Arunachal Pradesh is a state of India.