Dehradun

Uttarakhand·hills

The sun sets over the Dehradun–Mussoorie hills, casting warm light across the landscape as daylight gradually fades. Silhouetted ridgelines darken while the sky shifts through evening color gradients.

Uttarakhand·temple · ceremony

Priest blowing a conch during Sai Baba's aarti at Saisthanam temple in Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India.

Uttarakhand

The Indian Military Academy is located in the foothills of the Himalayas, about 8 km west of Dehradun in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand. The campus is on National Highway 72, which separates the North and South Campus.

Uttarakhand·temple · music

Little boys singing 'Maat Pita Parmatma' at Saisthanam temple, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India.

Uttarakhand·ceremony · temple

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

Uttarakhand

The Indian Military Academy is located in the foothills of the Himalayas, about 8 km west of Dehradun in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand. The campus is on National Highway 72, which separates the North and South Campus.

Uttarakhand·hills · architecture

This video captures sweeping glimpses of Hyatt Regency Dehradun and the surrounding concrete residential buildings, all nestled within the lush green foothills of the Shivalik range.

Uttarakhand·highway

Earlier, one had to wait in long queues to get through the infamous Mohand tunnel that took you past the Shri Ma Dat Kali Mandir where pilgrims and tourists would stop and block up the road.

Uttarakhand·politics

A police horse 'Shaktiman' was allegedly attacked by the BJP’s Mussoorie MLA, Ganesh Joshi, during a protest in Dehradun Monday afternoon.

Uttarakhand·highway · river

Driving from Dehradun to Roorkee, a beggar with physical handicaps and no limbs has the guts to sit in the middle of a murderously fast and treacherous state highway, begging for alms, with trucks zipping to his left and right.

Uttarakhand·highway

Old technique of printing braille books at Central Braille press. Situated in one of the pristine parts of Dehradun known as the Rajpur Road, the Central Braille Press is the first press of its kind in India and one of the oldest braille pr…

Dehradun, Uttarakhand·hills · temple

A time lapse video of evening mist over the hills of Landour in Uttarakhand, India. Landour is a small cantonment town in upper Mussoorie near Dehradun in the northern Indian State of Uttarakhand.

Uttarakhand·music · temple

Devotees singing Sai bhajan 'Shiv Nandan Deen Dayal Ho Tum' at Saisthanam temple in Nakronda, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India.

Uttarakhand

Friends, family and well-wishers of the cadets walk in for the parade. The Passing out ceremony and parade celebrates the completion of the rigorous course and training of gentleman cadets in the Indian Military Academy in Dehradun The Indi…

Uttarakhand·highway · industry

A road construction site is seen alongside a paved highway near Dehradun, with heavy machinery operating on a cleared stretch of brown earth.

Uttarakhand·farmland

The Dehra dun your parents told you about was a lush green terai valley of basmati rice fields, forests, shooting blocks, streams (with quaint names such as the Song and Suswa!), elephants and tigers, and the Doon and Welham's! Now rice fie…

Uttarakhand·bazaar · highway

Paltan Bazaar is located in India's most visited tourist place Dehradun. The place where you can get all good quality spices at very nominal rates. The market is famous for Doon Basmati rice and woolen garments.

Uttarakhand·ceremony · temple

Hindu priests performing rituals of Prana pratishta ceremony of Sai Baba's idol at Saisthanam temple in Nakronda, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India.

Uttarakhand·temple · ceremony

Priests fixing Sai Baba's idol with Gypsum plaster for 'Prana pratishta' at Saisthanam temple in Nakronda, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India.

Uttarakhand·river

Fat and thin, fit and unhealthy, all converge for a summer swim in the canals of Dehra dun in Uttarakhand, on a hot summer day.

Uttarakhand·bazaar · hills

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·bazaar · highway

The Sunday Bazaar started in the late 70's. This was the time when donated clothes from the West reached India for the poor, but pilferage resulted in most of them being sold in roadside shops.

Uttarakhand·temple

Buddha Temple in Clement town area in Dehradun in Uttarakhand. Buddhist monks can be seen praying in the temple. Buddhist monks play prayer drums while praying.