Himachal Pradesh

festival · bazaar

Crowd cheer up as Gods of Kullu valleys arrive at festival ground during the celebration of Dussehra in Kullu, Himachal Pradesh.

river · lake

Devotees are dancing in the name of Lord Shiva at Manimahesh lake. Some devotees collect holy water from Manimahesh lake.

river · lake

Man are taking bath with Manimahesh lake water, it will be very chilled water because it is high altitude lake (13,390ft). They believed that if they take bath with this water , their sin will be wash away.

hills · festival

Pilgrims trek through a scenic vista of the Himalaya in search for the divine. Every year, millions of devotees undertake the arduous trek towards these tough to reach religious sites, pushed on by sheer grit and faith.

Himachal Pradesh·hills · snow

View of snow covered Himachal Himalayas as seen from Palampur. Palampur is a green hill station and a municipal council in the Kangra Valley in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh, surrounded by tea gardens and pine forests before they mer…

industry

The pupa of a Tawny coster butterfly is laid on the larval food plant of the same species, as the the caterpillar fed on the same and then pupated on the same plant from whence the butterfly will emerge.

river · village

Cars and trucks Crossing melting Glacier water in the Himalayas very cold and tricky at times. Jispa (elevation 3,200 m or 10,500 ft; population 332) is a village in Lahaul, in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh.

Himachal Pradesh·hills · village

Trekkers climbs down a Himalayan village in Himachal Pradesh. Place seems so refreshing with green environment with clear blue sky above. Himachal Pradesh is known for its natural environment, hill stations, and temples.

Himachal Pradesh

Stone cairns on barren Spiti mountains in Himachal Pradesh. A cairn is a man-made pile (or stack) of stones. Cairns have been used and are used for a broad variety of purposes, from prehistoric times to the present.

Archival footage of the backpacking centre, Manali in Himachal Pradesh. Here one can see the luch green croplands with stone houses made far apart on the same fields.

Himachal Pradesh

aerial · snow

Aerial view of rocky mountains in Himachal Pradesh shot with the Wilderness Films India chopper-cam! Himachal Pradesh is a state in Northern India.

river · lake

Paradise in the district of Kinnaur, Himachal Pradesh lying close to the Tibetan border. It lies in the restricted zone which requires Inner Line Permit(ILP) to travel through.

fort

Arki Fort is located in Arki, India, a town in Himachal Pradesh . The Arki Fort was built between 1695 - 1700 by Rana Prithvi Singh, a descendent of Rana Sabha Chand. The Fort was captured by the Gurkhas in 1806.

Monitor lizards are generally large lizards, although some can be as small as 20 cm (7.9 in) in length.

festival · bazaar

Devotees swings the palanquin of deities as they traditional hug each other during the Mandi Mahashivratri procession.

bazaar

Devotees swinging the palanquin of deities, a rituals were the deities met each other and hug during the traditional Jaleb during the Mandi Shivratri.

village

McLeod Ganj is a village in the suburbs of Dharamshala, in Kangra district of Himachal Pradesh, India. It has an average elevation of 2,082 metres (6,831 feet).

hills

Ali Ratni Tibba, the Pir Panjal, the Parvati valley and more - helicopter journeys into the deep Himalaya in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. See the granite spires of Himachal, as our helicopters fly by...

Himachal Pradesh·sport · boats

Billing is a beautiful adventure spot in Himachal Pradesh, India. It is rated as one of the best gliding sites in the world. Not only is it blessed by nature and beauty, it is a perfect launching pad for hang-gliding and paragliding.

bazaar · river

In Himachal, the torrential rain has caused major damage. A cloudburst wrecked havoc in Dharampur area of Mandi district, 250 km from Shimla, this morning, inundating vast areas, washing away vehicles and perishing several heads of cattle.

K Khosa says "I have been painting for long and earlier I used to paint the problems that humans face in socio-economical scenarios.