Dehradun

Uttarakhand·highway

Heavy torrential rains caused flooding comparable to the scale of the Uttarakhand floods of 2013, in Dehradun today - the 27th of August, 2021.

Uttarakhand·hills

Erythrina indica or the Indian Coral tree is a beautiful spring-flowering tree that has flamboyant orange blooms in bunches at the ends of bare thorny branches, looking all radiant against a spring-time green forest such as this at Rajaji N…

Uttarakhand·temple · dance

Young kids singing and dancing on devotional songs at Saisthanam temple, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India.

Uttarakhand·ceremony · temple

Devotees performing rituals before 'Pran pratishta' ceremony at Saisthanam temple in Nakronda, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India.

Uttarakhand·hills · festival

Jaunsari rural folk gather on a hill-top ground near Chakrata in Dehradun district to celebrate Shaheed Kesari Chand Mela in memory of a martyr of the Azad Hind Fauj - Kesari Chand, who was hanged by the British.

Uttarakhand

The slate and stylus are tools used by blind persons to write text that they can read without assistance.

Uttarakhand

The slate and stylus are tools used by blind persons to write text that they can read without assistance.

Uttarakhand

Viewer Jimmy L tells us that this "is an Aerospatiale Alouette III, developed and built by French company Sud Aviation." Thanks, Jimmy! While Dehra dun is typically seen as a retirement abode for ex military retirees and civilians from var…

Uttarakhand·river · highway

A car ran off to the road and collapsed in Rajaji National Park near Dehradun. The car crashed into a dry river and badly damaged. Passersby are watching the crashed car there is no passenger in the car.

Uttarakhand·temple · music

Small kids singing and dancing on devotional songs at Saisthanam temple, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India.

Uttarakhand·ceremony · temple

Devotees performing rituals before Pran pratishta ceremony of Sai baba's idol at Saisthanam temple in Nakronda, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India.

Uttarakhand·monsoon · hills

The flood-damaged bridge over Nalota Nala in the Motidhar area of Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India. A swollen mountain stream rushes beneath the bridge, carrying turbulent water through the rocky channel.

Uttarakhand·ceremony · temple

Hindu devotees performing rituals before Pran pratishta at Saisthanam temple in Nakronda, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India.

Uttarakhand·temple · ceremony

Revered priests from Shirdi reciting 'mantras' before Pran pratishta rituals of Sai baba's idol at Saisthanam temple in Nakronda, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India.

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·temple · highway

Shirdi's priest decorating Sai Baba's idol at Saisthanam temple in Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India.

Uttarakhand·ceremony · temple

'Prana pratishta' ceremony of Sai Baba idol takes place at Saisthanam temple, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India.

Uttarakhand·ceremony · temple

Devotees performing havan before Pran pratishta ceremony of Sai baba's idol at Saisthanam temple in Nakronda, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India.

Uttarakhand·school · politics

Members of Bajrang Dal and 'Vishwa Hindu Parishad' protest against Kashmiri students studying in various colleges of Uttarakhand and Delhi.

Dehradun, Uttarakhand·highway · monsoon

In a tragic incident, seven persons lost their lives in a landslide at Kothi Bungalow area near Sahastradhara, in Dehradun. With this, 24 persons have been killed in rain-related incidents in Uttarakhand in the past two days.

Uttarakhand

Crossing a rough and damaged road destroyed during the floods of Uttarakhand followed by Maruti swift and public transport buses on the way to Dehradun through Rajaji National Park.

Uttarakhand·hills · highway

Travel through the modern Mohand Tunnel (Daat Kali Tunnel), an important roadway infrastructure project connecting Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh, with Dehradun, Uttarakhand.

Uttarakhand·river · architecture

In Dehradun, a highly polluted urban river in India is seen flowing beneath a concrete bridge, revealing the severe environmental stress on the waterway.