Himachal Pradesh

river

Magical waterfall in the mountains above Killar in Himachal Pradesh, with heavily gouged out water channels in the re-entrant nullahs.

desert · hills

1990's Archival footage of deeply furrowed mountainsides in the cold desert of Spiti in Himachal Pradesh in India. Ablation valley. Children play on a barren play-field in a high altitude Himalayan village in winter.

monsoon

A ride from Pooh to Nako in Himachal Pradesh. The roads are filled with water during the monsoon and post-monsoon period.

Himachal Pradesh·hills · village

In the apple belt of Himachal Pradesh, not only are the apples getting ready on the trees, with nets covering them and protecting them from potential hailstones / hail storms, but you also see a team of mountain bikers negotiate the tricky…

river · hills

Some autumn colours still remain on the chestnut and other trees near the Tosh nullah, but it's mostly wintery now with a coating of early winter snow and we fly you on the Tosh - Kasol axis in inner Himachal Pradesh.

river · village

Is that a run of the river hydro power project along a tributary of the Parvati? Telecom towers and hotels with multi-coloured roofs have invaded the landscape...

temple

Tabo monastery is located in the Tabo village of Spiti valley in Himachal Pradesh. Prayer flags and Stupas can be seen in the monastery complex.

school · politics

Hydro-power project children go to school in Himachal. This is a Jal Vidyut Pariyojana school or a Hydro-power project township school.

Himachal Pradesh·dance

Help us identify the exact region from which this folks dance hails. We suspect it is from Himachal. What is the dance form called? It was performed at Surajkund Crafts Mela in February 2020. Is that pipe like instrument a thonkru of sorts?

Hitting the Hippie trail in Himachal Pradesh: Archival footage of Israeli tourists as they drink Kingfisher beer from one liter bottles at Kasol and Dharamsala Rave parties.

Himachal Pradesh·hills · aerial

Frozen mid-winter Himalayan aerial view! Snow everywhere in this aerial view of the upper Spiti valley beyond Kibber and Chicham in Himachal, as seen aerially, from the air.

aerial · highway

Road to Kyoto from Chicham starting point of Parang La trek in Himachal Pradesh's Spiti region in India. An aerial view of bright winter landscape with blue skies and shiny snow-covered mountains.

highway · industry

A JCB and construction trucks work on a narrow section of state highway en route Spiti, clear landslides and rock falls in order to allow traffic to continue along the way to Kaza in Himachal Pradesh.

architecture · hills

What tragedy struck the town of Batseri, and the tourists visiting it, on 25th July 2021, a Sunday afternoon.

aerial · river

Spiti in mid-winter blanket of frozen white: Aerial view as camera pulls back over the river and Kibber - Chicham village hills in Himachal Pradesh's high altitude cold desert. Aerial view of Spiti in winter, spiti from the air.

hills · forest

The massive spread of lush green Pines, also known as 'Pinus', and Deodar, also known as 'Cedrus deodara' as seen from a bird's eye view. Pine trees can reach a height of over 3 to 80 meters, but most are about 15 to 45 meters tall.

His Holiness, the 14th Dalai Lama in Himachal Pradesh. Tibetan cultural dance, prayer chanting being performed. Tibetan women play 'Jana Gana Mana' on flutes.

forest · river

Set amidst deodar and oak forests in middle Himachal Pradesh, the Jibhi area must to offer - peace and solitude, forest country, fruit and orchards and clean water, trout streams and lovely air.

snow

As one approached the top of Chanshal Pass in Rohru, Himachal Pradesh, and then flies over the ridges around the pass, one notices the white blanket already on the ground, but also the fast approaching black clouds that will soon after shed…