Landour

Uttarakhand·temple · architecture

If the whole world was as happy as children, there would be no war!! These little children, shown in the video climb up and down the stair case of the Kellogg Church in Landour while the church is closed.

Uttarakhand·crafts · bazaar

A handicraft and home décor stall at the Landour Christmas Mela in Landour, Uttarakhand, India.

Uttarakhand·snow

The snow falls as we dine at Emily's at Rokeby Manor in Landour, circa winter of 2006. Not just snow, but it hailed the same afternoon as well. The hail and snow pile up outside as we tuck into the lovely Rokeby menu.

Uttarakhand·forest · birds

Collared Owlet enjoying its habitat in Landour, Dehradun. Cute little owl in the mist of forest and its feature camouflage with its habitat.

Uttarakhand

Native to the Himalayas, Indian Horse Chestnut is a tall, deciduous, spreading, shady tree, with a straight trunk, and branches in whorls.

Uttarakhand·birds

An amazing view of chestnut bellied rock thrush in Landour, Uttarakhand. The beautiful Chestnut bellied rock thrush sits and rest on top of the twig.

Uttarakhand·architecture · temple

Lady preacher delivering the word of God to the masses in St. Paul's Church, Landour during Easter Sunday. St. Paul's is an Anglican church in Landour, India.

Uttarakhand·hills

Landour a small cantonment town contiguous with Mussoorie, is about 35 km (22 mi) from the city of Dehradun in the northern state of Uttarakhand in India.

Uttarakhand·industry

Another structure demolished by the Cantonment Board in Landour. Holy Mount was destroyed by Indian workers and JCB machines of the local cantonment board in the western Himalaya, after the High Court gave a demolition order, due to irregul…

Uttarakhand·hills

Beautiful silhouette mountain and moving clouds at dusk. Clouds resembling molten gold are moving in fast motion. This amazingly colourful picturesque beauty was filmed in Landour, Uttarakhand.

Uttarakhand·hills

Doma's Inn is a one of its kind guest house in Landour, known for its famous interior and food.

Uttarakhand·hills · flowers

Wynberg Allen School, Landour bazaar with the Clock tower and the tangled mass of Landour bazaar with houses one upon the other, awaiting the next cataclysmic seismic temblor.

Uttarakhand·wildlife · birds

A melodious singer, the Rufous or Black-capped Sibia is a bird often seen in the Landour area of Mussoorie.

Uttarakhand·hills · monsoon

Located on the outskirts of Mussoorie, Landour is seen to be covered with white fog and mist while hailstones pour all over this small hilly area. Small and big hailstones pour all over the mountains and trees making a great sound.

Uttarakhand·birds · forest

The Scaly-bellied Woodpecker (Picus squamatus) is a species of bird in the Picidae family. It is found in the Indian Subcontinent and adjoining regions, ranging across Afghanistan, Iran, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Turkmenistan.

Uttarakhand

This is archival footage from the early 1990's when Landour was much smaller, there were fewer illegal constructions, electricity usage was lower and everything was less high-impact overall!

Uttarakhand·hills

Landour, a small cantonment town contiguous with Mussoorie, is about 35 km (22 mi) from the city of Dehradun in the northern state of Uttarakhand in India.

Uttarakhand·birds · hills

Female of Verditer Flycatcher can be identified by its trilling call even as it looks far less glamorous than its more flamoboyant verditer coloured blue male! Verditer Flycatcher in Landour, as seen from our dining room window! This Verdit…

Uttarakhand·school · hills

Yes, this Langur is an appointed security guard on duty to scare the notorious Macaques at Woodstock school in Landour, Uttarakhand. The Macaques of the area roam around uninvited and disturb the locals.

Uttarakhand·crafts · festival

People buy hand-printed sarees at the Christmas mela, a showcase of winter collections and the products of Uttrakhand like Jam.

Uttarakhand·hills · birds

There has been a tussle between rock bees, wasps, a Himalayan Barbet pair and a Scaly-bellied Woodpecker couple.

Uttarakhand

Do help us identify this yellow coloured moth seen in Landour, Mussoorie. Viewers have suggested that it could be something in Lymantriinae subfamily, perhaps Lymantriades genus? Euproctis sp. would also be very possible.

Uttarakhand

A sweet maker applying thin edible silver leaves, known as chandi ka vark, to barfi at a sweet shop in Landour bazaar, Uttarakhand, India.