Landour

Uttarakhand

Walking through the Landour cemetery on the north face of Landour, at the bend before Victor Banerjee's house 'The Parsonage'.

Uttarakhand·hills

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

Uttarakhand·forest

Best of Langurs jumping - slow motion footage! We filmed this otherwise ordinary subject at 400 frames per second - see them in action around Landour, Mussoorie.

Uttarakhand·forest

Best of Langurs jumping - slow motion footage! We filmed this otherwise ordinary subject at 400 frames per second - see them in action around Landour, Mussoorie.

Uttarakhand·hills

A Himalayan glow-worm as seen in Landour, Uttarakhand, in May 2014. While climbing, this glow-worm seems to have lost its balance while climbing a leaf and fell right off the cliff-face, as we filmed it! A viewer tells us these are likely t…

Uttarakhand·monsoon

Clouds that burst out like mushrooms, threateningly loom over the horizon, only to give way to a brilliantly arty sunset and then back to the play of clouds. Only in Landour, Uttarakhand!

Uttarakhand·flowers

One of the most stately and impressive species rhododendrons, Tree Rhododendron is the state tree of Uttarakhand. It is extremely variable in stature, hardiness, flower color and leaf characteristics.

Uttarakhand·birds

A brood of Scaly-bellied Woodpecker chicks waits for their parents to return with food, as they view the world for the first time, from the cosy comfort of their nest hole in Landour, Uttarakhand.

Uttarakhand·music · hills

Accidentals performing in Big Gig music festival in Landour. This group is from Woodstock School.

Uttarakhand

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·temple · hills

Time lapse video of Evening clouds over Landaur, Uttarakhand. Landour is a small cantonment town in upper Mussoorie near Dehradun in the northern Indian State of Uttarakhand.

Uttarakhand·birds

Streaked Laughingthrush nesting in Landour, Uttarakhand, India. The Streaked Laughingthrush (Garrulax lineatus) is a species of bird in the Leiothrichidae family.

Landour, Uttarakhand·hills · birds

Himalayan Barbet, locally known as the piao, or the Great Hill Barbet in Landour, Uttarakhand

Uttarakhand·forest

Wedge-tailed Green Pigeon incubating its eggs on a Berberis aristata shrub at Landour's Rosebank Estate, circa 1996. "The Wedge-tailed Green Pigeon or Kokla Green Pigeon (Treron sphenurus) is a species of bird in the Columbidae family.

Uttarakhand

Swargarohini or 'The ladder to heaven' as seen from Landour. The Pandavas are said to have ascended to heaven from the summit of this peak, at the end of the Mahabharata! This is one of the higher and seldom climbed peaks of Garhwal and is…

Uttarakhand·industry

Another structure demolished by the Cantonment Board in Landour. Holly 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 irregu…

Uttarakhand·hills · forest

Prospect Point sits atop a lovely ridge in Landour, and overlooks the plains and the mountains, with a flat field atop it.

Uttarakhand

Ixias pyrene, the yellow orange tip, is a small butterfly of the family Pieridae, that is, the yellows and white. This butterfly was seen in Landour Uttarakhand, among the colourful bracts of a bougainvillea.

Uttarakhand·monsoon · forest

A cute fella rests in a branch, never stop being alert. Among with some vivid vegetation and some other species, it stays on its branch by itself.

Uttarakhand

Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar arrives at a resort in Landour, Mussoorie with his family. The batsman considered the 'god of cricket' waves at his fans and camera persons from the resort.

Uttarakhand·architecture · temple

Sanjaya Mark, Principal of the Junior School at Woodstock giving the necessary announcement to the church congregation during Easter service at St. Paul's church, Landour. St. Paul's is an Anglican church in Landour, India.

Uttarakhand·music · festival

Following in the footsteps of Parikrama, that started out of Delhi University and went on to become one of the most iconic independent music establishments in the country, Delhi based Raagleela is a the fusion band with a difference.