Landour

Uttarakhand·forest · hills

While we were camped out in the lower Himalaya, in search of the thought-to-be-extinct Mountain Quail, we came across this party of White-throated Laughing Thrush birds looking for insects in the under-storey of the forest at the Wilderness…

Uttarakhand·flowers · hills

With each spring day, a new colour of German Bearded Iris blooms at wildfilmsindia Jabbarkhet Back-lit Iris flower petals show their delicate structure, with veins, as Himalayan sunset glows behind Bearded iris grow aplenty during spring at…

Uttarakhand·flowers · farmland

Nodding yellow giant daffodils around Landour: Dutchmaster and Tete a Tete daffs at wildfilmsindia Jabbarkhet's arboretum and botanical gardens. Daffodil harvest time at Jabbarkhet: Spring-time in the wildfilmsindia Himalaya.

Uttarakhand·flowers

We get busy planting Magnolia soulangeana and Camellia at our wildfilmsindia Jabbarkhet botanical collections, during the monsoon planting season.

Uttarakhand·flowers · hills

A valley full of blooming Agapanthus Lily in the Himalaya? wildfilmsindia grows thousands near Landour Monsoon clouds mill around the valley even as a Darjeeling Himalayan Pied Woodpecker, a Striated Laughing Thrush and a Yellow-crowned Woo…

Uttarakhand·festival · street food

Samosa or sambusa made by the Aggarwal brothers of Hapurwale mithai shop, at the Christmas mela at Char Dukan in Landour, Mussoorie. Jalebi and Vada made by Aggarwal brothers of Hapurwala at Christmas mela at Char Dukan in Landour

Uttarakhand·flowers · hills

Daffodils nod in Himalayan spring, even as Laughing Thrushes and Hill Partridge call in bright spring sunshine.

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Sunsets all stunning from wildfilmsindia's Jabbarkhet mountains, with winterline and clouds Sunrises and Sunsets over the western Himalaya, as seen from wildfilmsindia at Jabbarkhet

Uttarakhand·flowers · hills

A valley full of blooming Agapanthus Lily in the Himalaya? wildfilmsindia grows thousands near Landour Monsoon clouds mill around the valley even as a Darjeeling Himalayan Pied Woodpecker, a Striated Laughing Thrush and a Yellow-crowned Woo…

Uttarakhand·dance · hills

A lovely view of the Banderpunch range and Uttarkashi valley peaks of the Ganga valley, as seen from Morena Dhar, named Tingling Point by Pinder Singh Bhangra, one-time manager of Rokeby Manor in Landour, Mussoorie.

Uttarakhand·bazaar · hills

Spread on the top of the hill is the famous 'Landour Bazaar' merging into the contiguous town of Mussoorie. It's a hill station constructed during the British era.

Uttarakhand·bazaar · festival

Dussehra celebrations in Landour Bazaar, Mussoorie, with awkward dancing on moving open-back MUV vehicles

Uttarakhand·wildlife · birds

A Kokla hariyal or Green Pigeon seen in Motidhar, Landour. Uttarakhand, India. See the sun wane and shine, with time, and how the colours of the bird's feathers radiate that sunshine! Kokla or Wedge-tailed Green Pigeon The Wedge-tailed Gree…

Uttarakhand·flowers · hills

Among the various varieties of daffodil from Kashmir comes a peach and white shade of large daffodil among the Dutchmaster giant daffodils.

Uttarakhand·wildlife · birds

A cute pair of White eye birds (Zesterops palpebrosa) preen each other on our wild orange tree, dig in to the fruit Northern Yellow White eye at Wilderness Orchard This Zesterops palpebrosa on kashmal or Berberis aristata shrub is feeding o…

Uttarakhand·birds · wildlife

The steppe eagle (Aquila nipalensis) is a bird of prey. Like all eagles, it belongs to the family Accipitridae.

Uttarakhand·hills · flowers

A male and female Peora or Common Hill Partridge family at wildfimsindia Jabbarkhet botanical garden and sanctuary around Landour, Mussoorie. The female is scratching around in the shrubbery and ferns.

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A male individual of Saxicola ferreus or Dark Gray Bush Chat is seen with a honey bee in its beak after a successful hunting trip.

Uttarakhand·bazaar

Women tie red mauli thread around a Holi bonfire and pray to the same, surrounding it with white thread as well, even as men colour passersby in Landour bazaar.

Uttarakhand·festival

Handmade scented candles for sale at the now-annual Landour Christmas mela around Char Dukan and Kellogg's Church.

Uttarakhand·flowers · farmland

Cosmos flowers have run-wild from British times and continue to flower in the late autumn season, around the fields and open spaces at the Jabbarkhet Estate of wildfilmsindia in Landour-Mussoorie, Uttarakhand.

Uttarakhand·crafts · festival

The Landour Christmas Mela features handcrafted brass elephants, a stone-inlaid Buddha statue, traditional Punjabi juttis, and decorative artwork.