Landour

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Himalayan baker baking bread in Landour, Mussoorie. The bread contains Atta, Yeast powder, water and other ingredients. These ingredients form a dry dough which the baker kneads and then lets sit for a while.

Uttarakhand·hills · school

A Rufous or Black-capped Sibia in Landour, Mussoorie, known to Dehra dun school students as the 'Three Cheers'! The Rufous Sibia (Heterophasia capistrata) is a species of bird in the Leiothrichidae family. It feeds on berries and insects.

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A Rufous Sibia earlier known as the black capped Sibia as seen in Landour in the Himalaya. The Rufous Sibia (Heterophasia capistrata) is a species of birds in the Leiothrichidae family. They feed on berries and insects.

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Chestnut Bellied Rock Thrush in Landour, Mussoorie, Uttarakhand.

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A Himalayan Flycatcher species on a Berberis aristata shrub in Landour.

Uttarakhand·forest

This is how forest fires start. First of all, garbage should never be burnt! When a callous sweeper or cleaner does burn garbage, the fire spreads to the forest around, and trees catch fire and this the fire is spread...

Uttarakhand·snow

Mr. Gulab Ramchandani's Shamrock estate, part of the erstwhile Childer's Lodge or Nahata Estate.

Uttarakhand·flowers

Aquilegia flowers in Landour, with Pari Tibba and the Jharipani hill below, and Dehra dun in the distance. Aquilegia flowers in Landour.

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Wisteria creeper at Landour Villa, Landour, Mussoorie. This creeper was planted by Daniel Taylor's grandfather when they came to India from the US! Wisteria is a genus of flowering plants in the pea family, Fabaceae, that includes ten speci…

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A stroll through this bazaar will bring you across this famous show shop called the 'Chaudhary Shoemaker' who will have a pair of shoes remodelled for your foot by time-honoured craftsmen – an absolute treat! They have been in this business…

Uttarakhand·forest

Green backed Tit beautifully feeds itself in Landour, India. Green backed Tit flies from one place to another in deciduous forest of Landour.

Uttarakhand·birds · wildlife

Rufous-winged Shrike Babbler or white browed shrike babbler in Landour. A viewer tells us this is a Himalayan Shrike-babbler.

Uttarakhand·flowers

Rhododendron arboreum Trees, Jabbarkhet Estate, near Landour, Mussoorie. Spring time in the middle Himalaya!

Uttarakhand·forest

The green-backed tit (Parus monticolus) is a species of bird in the Paridae family. It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Burma, Nepal, Pakistan, Taiwan and Vietnam.

Uttarakhand·hills · birds

Himalayan Barbet or the The Great Barbet (Megalaima virens) is an Asian barbet. Barbets are a group of near passerine birds with a worldwide tropical distribution. They get their name from the bristles which fringe their heavy bills.

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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·wildlife · hills

Imagery in High Definition from across the Himalaya! A Himalayan Fox at a Snow Leopard kill, the Valley of Flowers, daisies in Landour, the Himalayan Barbet at its nest-hole, the White-breasted Dipper in the Teesta in Sikkim, and other imag…

Uttarakhand·architecture · temple

St. Paul's is an Anglican church in Landour, India. The church was built in 1839 and first consecrated on May 1, 1840, by Bishop Daniel Wilson of Calcutta.

Uttarakhand·hills

A view from Landour Cantonment of the hill of Pari Tibba above Oak Grove School, Jharipani, Mussoorie.

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Doordarshan high powered transmitter and TV tower and the surroundings, Landour, Mussoorie. As seen through a thick veil of snow, from the terrace of Rokeby Manor.

Uttarakhand·birds · hills

Himalayan Barbet nest hole below deodar / Dev dar hotel in Landour, Mussoorie. This nest hole, above Cosy Nook, has since been taken over by the Himalayan Rock Bee. Himalayan barbet or Great Hill Barbet has a green tail and yellow beak.

Uttarakhand·wildlife · birds

A silhouette of a cute little passerine at Landour as the sun sets. A passerine is a bird of the order Passeriformes, which includes more than half of all bird species. They are songbirds which can perch.

Uttarakhand·hills · monsoon

Sunset through the deodars! Landour or Landaur is a small cantonment town contiguous with Mussoorie and is about 35 kms from the city of Dehradun in the northern state of Uttarakhand in India.