Landour

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·hills · festival

An ONNEIS stall at the Landour Christmas Mela 2022 displays packaged Himalayan food products.

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…

Uttarakhand·birds · hills

Himalayan Whistling Thrush or the Blue Whistling Thrush, also known as the Whistling schoolboy! The bird fans its tail out when it is about to fly, and is known as Kalchure in Nepali.

Uttarakhand·forest

Young growth of deodar trees on the north face of Landour Cantonment, Mussoorie. Walking through the Landour cemetery on the north face of Landour, at the bend before Victor Banerjee's house 'The Parsonage'.

Uttarakhand·birds · hills

Verditer Flycatcher in Landour, as seen from our dining room window! This Verditer Flycatcher, most commonly seen in the middle Himalaya, was spotted in Landour, Mussoorie.

Uttarakhand·hills · monsoon

The forests of the Landour ridge comprise a mix of Oak, Rhododendron and deodar, and in March one can experience the best of the Rhododendron arboreum flowering season.

Uttarakhand·hills

Mulingar / Mullingar or Malingar was an old hotel that once stood tall. Now it's a mix of rented out tenements that have since declared independence from their original owner and stopped paying even the Rs.

Uttarakhand·festival · hills

A range of traditional north Indian footwear for sale: Punjabi jutti and mojari shoes for sale at Christmas mela in Landour, around Char Dukaan.

Uttarakhand·hills · festival

Namita Gokhale says "It is completely different, its the same in the sense that we are in Landour, Mussourie and enjoying the scenic surroundings and good weather.

Landour, Uttarakhand

The house where the Amir of Afganistan was kept hostage. Aloof and forlorn, it stands next to the lonely cypress at Land's end at the wildfilmsindia estate in Landour.

Uttarakhand·snow · bazaar

On a winter's morning, the Land Cruiser is encrusted with snow and ice and becomes a travelling snow pack as one leaves for Delhi! Another day in the life of a Himalayan hill station town and its residents...

Uttarakhand·forest · industry

Commelina tuberosa is an herbaceous plant in the dayflower family native to Mexico but grown worldwide as an ornamental plant.It is characterized by its purple-splotched spathes with free margins, its bright blue petals of equal size, its t…

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·birds · hills

Verditer Flycatcher in Landour, as seen from our dining room window! This Verditer Flycatcher, most commonly seen in the middle Himalaya, was spotted in Landour, Mussoorie.

Uttarakhand·hills

Driving from "the rabid thespian" Victor Banerjee's house Parsonage, to the north face cemetery, Landour Landour a small cantonment town contiguous with Mussoorie, is about 35 km (22 mi) from the city of Dehradun in the northern state of Ut…