Dehradun

Uttarakhand·temple

Sai Darbar Temple is a famous pilgrim site and a number of devotees flock to this temple to pay their respects.

Uttarakhand·architecture · temple

Darbar Shri Guru Ram Rai Ji Maharaj situated in the heart of Dehradun city is a magnificent monument of great historical and religious significance.

Uttarakhand

Uttarakhand·ceremony

Cadets fully dressed and in ceremonial attire, march in the campus on the occassion of the passing out ceremony at the Indian Military Academy in Dehradun. A trainee on admission to the IMA is referred to as a Gentleman Cadet.

Uttarakhand

New officers march to their new positions in the Indian army during the passing out parade of the IMA, Dehra dun. The Indian Military Academy, Dehradun (also known as IMA) is the officer training Academy of the Indian Army.

Uttarakhand·river

Fish sunning themselves in very shallow water at the edge of a small stream inside Rajaji National Park, Uttarakhand, in the Dehradun district. Fish minnows gather at the edge of a flowing forest stream.

Uttarakhand·hills

Dehra dun is the capital city of the state of Uttarakhand in the northern part of India. Located in the Garhwal region, it is 236 km north of India's capital New Delhi and is one of the "Counter Magnets" of the National Capital Region (NCR)…

Uttarakhand·architecture

Dehra dun has many beautiful old buildings. Unusually in India, house roofs are slanted, as rainfall can often be heavy. As winters can be cold, houses traditionally have a fireplace, even if they also have modern central heating.

Uttarakhand·bazaar · highway

Dehradun is not just a good place for sightseeing but can also be said to be every shopper's heaven. The small stores and bustling markets have plethora of priceless souvenirs that cannot be found even in the swankiest of shopping malls.

Uttarakhand

With total ceremonial regalia, gentleman cadets walk and parade at the pass out ceremony in the Indian Military Academy.

Uttarakhand

Transcribing is the process of converting a printed text to braille. Transcribing is sometimes called translating but this latter term may have the misleading connotation that braille is a different language rather than merely a different s…

Uttarakhand·river

The Mindroling Monastery has a long history. Mindroling (pronounced as Minh-dro-lyng) literally means a 'Place of Perfect Emancipation' in Tibet and is a place of worship for the Nyingma sect of Buddhism.

Uttarakhand

The World Peace Stupa is situated in the Og Min Ogyen Mindrolling Monastery. It is a reflection of the Mindroling monastery which was established in 1676 in the Drach Valley in todays Tibet. It is 185 feet tall and 100 square feet wide.

Uttarakhand·river

It is the only martyr memorial of its kind in the history where victorious army built the memorial on the bank of river Rispana in memories of their General 'Gilapsy' with other army men as well as Gorkha General 'Balbhadra Thapa' their adv…

Uttarakhand·hills

Ripe and raw lychees adorn the trees in Himalayan foothill town of Dehradun. The lychee (Litchi chinensis) (Chinese: 荔枝; pinyin: lì zhī) is the sole member of the genus Litchi in the soapberry family, Sapindaceae.

Uttarakhand

Graduate cadets march at the passing out parade of the Indian Military Academy in Dehradun, Uttarakhand. The Indian Military Academy, Dehradun (also known as IMA) is the officer training Academy of the Indian Army.

Uttarakhand

With drum rolling, commands are thrown at the cadets at the passing out parade in the Indian Military Academy in Dehradun.

Uttarakhand·forest

Nalapani is a place which is surrounded by forests in Dehradun. The Battle of Nalapani was the first battle of the Anglo-Nepalese War of 1814--1816, fought between the forces of the British East India Company and Nepal, then ruled by the Ho…

Dehradun, Uttarakhand·wildlife · forest

Speakers presented their case studies at the Uttarakhand Spring Bird Festival, Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun.

Uttarakhand·architecture · temple

Darbar Shri Guru Ram Rai Ji Maharaj situated in the heart of Dehradun city is a magnificent monument of great historical and religious significance.

Uttarakhand

Uttarakhand·hills

Uttarakhand formerly Uttaranchal, is a state in the northern part of India. It is often referred to as the "Land of the Gods" due to the many holy Hindu temples and pilgrimage centres found throughout the state.

Uttarakhand·school

RIMC was established in 1922 by the British Empire for training native Indian cadets for an entry into the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst to be trained as officers of the British Indian Army.