Dehradun

Uttarakhand·temple · highway

The ancient Lakha Mandal Shiv Temple dates back to 5th-8th century CE, and is located in the Dehradun district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. Visitors ring the bell as they enter the old temple complex on a winter's day in 2022.

Dehradun, Uttarakhand·highway

Ever seen only 25 people from Delhi and Dehradun? Ever seen only 50 cars? That is exactly what we counted on this drive while Uttar Pradesh state was in Corona curfew! Wow - a state of 300 million and only 25 people seen! Who would have ima…

Uttarakhand

Mig and Mirage fighter jets of the Indian Air Force leave jet trails as seen from our estate in the Himalaya.

Uttarakhand·hills · wildlife

Monsoon time riverbank bird roots around for insects: Spotted Forktail along Bindal upper head waters.

Uttarakhand·highway · architecture

Dehra dun Clock Tower gol chakkar is constantly in a state of high traffic jams, on Rajpur Road

Uttarakhand·industry · river

A stream floods over and provides a bounty of ready sand for construction business purposes, and miners, JCB operators and truckers line up to collect the freebies from the river bed and sell them to construction companies and contractors i…

Uttarakhand·highway

Take an Uttar Pradesh highway slow motion drive through the Indian heartland, from Meerut to Muzaffarnagar and through the mofussil small towns of UP up north, and heading in the direction of Haridwar and Dehradun.

Uttarakhand·highway · temple

Shiv Mandir in Dehradun is a calm and spiritual place where we can see devotion, peace, and natural beauty together, serene atmosphere all around.

Uttarakhand·monsoon · hills

As the monsoon winds head back down south, and return for the year, the clouds dissipate and one can literally see the clouds recede and had down south.

Uttarakhand·highway · river

Negotiating the curvy roads of Dehra dun can be an occasional joy, but its mostly a nightmare now, what with the burgeoning traffic, tight roads and multiple new commercial establishments and malls, causing traffic jams and poorly parked ve…

Uttarakhand·hills · river

The vast expanse of Dehradun Valley stretches gracefully beneath the Himalayan foothills. Filmed from a high mountain viewpoint, the scene opens to a sweeping landscape where the city of Dehradun spreads across the valley floor under a soft…

Uttarakhand

Uttarakhand·ceremony · temple

Shirdi's priests reciting mantras for the Pran pratishta ceremony of Sai baba's idol at Saisthanam temple in Nakronda, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India.

Uttarakhand·school

His Holiness The Dalai Lama: "The leaders of the famous Doon School. Usually I prefer to refer to you as younger brothers and sisters. At the secondary level, there are differences, But on the primary level, we are the same.

Uttarakhand·ceremony · temple

Priests performing ritual of 'Pran pratishta' at Saisthanam temple in Nakronda, Dehradun. Prana pratistha is the Hindu theological term for a rite or ceremony by which a deity is infused or brought to inhabit a murti or icon of that deity.

Uttarakhand·ceremony · temple

Priests reciting mantras for 'Prana pratishta' ceremony at Saisthanam temple, Dehradun, India.

Uttarakhand·hills · wildlife

Spotted Forktail is a cute water bird that lives along fast flowing Himalayan streams, seen here at the wildfilmsindia Bindal - Rispana watershed protection forest Spotted Forktail literally has an elegant tail with two diverging tail strea…

Uttarakhand·school

His Holiness the Dalai Lama talks about dealing with anger in this clip from his visit to Doon School in Dehradun, India, on October 28, 2011.

Uttarakhand·hills · old town

A wide view of Dehradun spreads across a valley, partially covered by a thick layer of mist or low-hanging clouds. The perspective is from Landour, offering an elevated vantage point over the city.

Uttarakhand·hills

As part of a project undertaken by Pranav Doors in Dehradun, a dealer of the German company Schueco, Schüco aluminium glass doors and window elements are installed in a home in the Himalaya, as seen here in fast sped-up motion.

Uttarakhand·wildlife · birds

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

Uttarakhand·highway · architecture

Huge electric pylons, construction sarias and ugly tall buildings greet as you enter Dehra dun, once the town of basmati rice, but now the city of tall commercial buildings and residential monstrosities...

Uttarakhand·wildlife · river

An official of Wildlife Institute of India speaks about Dams. He says, "One of the major responsibilities which as assigned to the Wildlife Institute of India way back in 1990 was to conduct an environmental impact assessment of the major d…