Landour

Uttarakhand·hills

Common Copper (Lycaena phlaeas) and Indian Tortoiseshell (Aglais cashmiriensis) and two common Himalayan butterflies that we saw in Landour in November 2014.

Uttarakhand

Tshering and Tony Malik grow the best begonias on the Landour hill. One can hardly avoid their brilliance when walking past Kellogg Church and on the way down to Rokeby Manor!

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Mongoose-like Yllow-throated Marten or Tutrali climbs on a tree during the night in Landour, Uttarakhand. The Tutrali climbs the tree from a house roof and then jumps back to the roof from the tree during the night.

Uttarakhand

End of monsoon mists roll in to Jabbarkhet in Landour, and soon nightfall is upon us, with the sky over the plains of north India turning to a deep orange and then shades of red, in a phenomenon that we call the winterline.

Uttarakhand·architecture · temple

Priest of St. Paul's Church, Landour reads out the passage from the Bible before having the Holy Communion during the Easter service. St. Paul's is an Anglican church in Landour, India.

Uttarakhand·snow · highway

After an especially heavy round of snowfall, Landour cantonment area is bereft of all tourists as the road going up to this area is blocked by snow.

Uttarakhand·birds · hills

A flurry or bird activity on a winter's morning, at the Wilderness Orchard and botanical gardens in Landour.

Uttarakhand·wildlife

As if on cue, this Langur monkey has rummaged through and upset a dustbin in Landour, looking for scraps to eat, as if it is following instructions of 'Use Me'.

Uttarakhand·hills · birds

One of my favourite stories centers around a nest cavity in the tree trunk of a Toon tree in Landour, a small hill-station town in the western Himalayan state of Uttarakhand.

Uttarakhand·temple · hills

Landour has four Raj-era churches, Kellogg Church which was built in 1903, once American Presbyterian, now non-denominational, and also home to the Landour Language School.

Uttarakhand·hills · flowers

A light pink - mauve flowering Camellia flower shrubs flowrs out of season, at our wildfilmsindia Himalayan gardens around Landour, Mussoorie.

Landour, Uttarakhand·flowers · farmland

Crocus flowers bloom during the monsoon season at the Wilderness Orchard and botanical garden in Landour, Uttarakhand.

Uttarakhand·hills · birds

On a cloudy wintery day in March 2018, a White-crowned Laughing Thrush, Hill Barbets and a Hill partridge of Peora call out at the Wilderness Orchard and botanical gardens in Landour, Uttarakhand.

Uttarakhand·bazaar · hills

A timelapse of Clouds flying over the Landour Bazar and subsequently, sunshine in a valley with the impression of cloud shadows on the valley forests.

Uttarakhand·forest

A Kokla hariyal or Green Pigeon seen in Landour. Uttarakhand, India. The Wedge-tailed Green Pigeon or Kokla Green Pigeon (Treron sphenurus) is a species of bird in the Columbidae family.

Uttarakhand·festival · hills

A Dussehra celebration in 2022 at Landour Bazar, Uttarakhand, India. A decorated religious tableau or idol is carried on a vehicle beneath an ornamental umbrella as part of a local procession.

Uttarakhand·snow · forest

Swargarohini III peak and Jamdar Bamak glacier as seen from Har-ki-dun forest rest house or FRH. Swargarohini or 'The ladder to heaven' as seen from Landour.

Uttarakhand·festival

A “Ghar Ka Achar” food stall at the Christmas Mela in Landour, Uttarakhand, India, in 2022. Glass jars contain various traditional Indian pickle preparations, including mango and chilli varieties, along with apple chutney.

Uttarakhand·forest · hills

Hills covered in Deodar (Cedrus deodara) trees in Landour, Mussoorie. The snow peaks of Garhwal lie in the haze in the distance, while the cemented road at the north face of the Chukker of Landour is flanked by many tall deodar trees and vi…

Uttarakhand·hills · industry

Himalaya yellow coster caterpillar larvae on favourite food plant in Landour, India. Yellow Coster (Acraea issoria) is a beautiful leathery winged butterfly with a weak but persistent flight, found in countries in the oriental region like I…

Uttarakhand

Virtually flavour our special wildfilmsindia cinnamon rolls and learn their recipe from our forestlands in Landour, Uttarakhand.

Uttarakhand·flowers

A rhododendron tree in its full glory of scarlet flowers in Landour in spring. One of the most stately and impressive species rhododendrons, Tree Rhododendron is the state tree of Uttarakhand.

Uttarakhand·industry · flowers

Arisaema is a large and diverse genus of the flowering plant family Araceae. The largest concentration of species is in China and Japan, with other species native other parts of southern Asia as well as eastern and central Africa, Mexico an…