Mussoorie

Uttarakhand

The wonderful edifice of Dahlia Bank or Halcyon Manor comes down, stone by stone, as the JCB's and bull dozers sent by the Cantonment Board, hammer away at the strong structure, bringing down the most beautiful property to have ever been bu…

Uttarakhand·river

With the travel ban lifted, tourists have started returning to their favourite places with their families and friends.

Uttarakhand·industry

B. Nathjee & Co. in Mussoorie of the 1980's and 1990's. Construction work continues in Mussoorie in that decade, causing a lot of environmental stress, huge load on the load, and a massive demand for water and electricity.

Uttarakhand·flowers · hills

Wanderer butterfly sucking nectar from Aesculus flower in Landour. In May each year, thousands of Great Blackvein butterflies (Aporia agathon) descend on the blooms of the Himalayan Horse Chestnut (Aesculus indica) at the Wilderness Orchard…

Uttarakhand·hills

It's a fun time for families during Diwali to burst crackers and enjoy the show of fireworks in Mussoorie in Uttarakhand is a clean and less crowded hill station, where this video was shot. Diwali in Mussoorie town, Uttarakhand.

Uttarakhand·hills · festival

"The Tetseo Sisters are the new cultural ambassadors of the North East with their "Li", breaking barriers and boundaries.

Uttarakhand·festival

Gulzar's poetry on mountains along with Pawan Varma and Sukrita Paul Kumar inside the Parker Hall at Woodstock School, Mussoorie during the Writers' Festival 2012. Gulzar is a renowned poet, filmmaker, lyricist and writer.

Uttarakhand·monsoon · hills

Experience the serene and ethereal beauty of the monsoon season at Jabbarkhet, near Mussoorie! The raw beauty of the monsoon season in Jabbarkhet, near Mussoorie, as powerful as weather systems sweep across the Himalayan landscape.

Uttarakhand·hills · architecture

In the quiet forested surroundings of Mussoorie, an abandoned house long associated with local ghost stories is being demolished.

Uttarakhand·hills · monsoon

This video captures the tranquil beauty of Jabarkhet in Mussoorie during the rainy season, when lush green mountains are enveloped in rolling clouds and thick mist.

Mussoorie, Uttarakhand·hills · highway

This Bolero pickup went down the khud in Mussoorie, while deliering supplies to a home. On Uttarakhand’s narrow, winding mountain roads, a pickup truck finds itself dangerously close to a steep ravine, teetering precariously while hanging o…

Uttarakhand·highway · temple

Surkhanda Devi Temple on the Mussoorie - Dhanolti road, in mid-winter snowfall cover. The over 9000 foot high mountain has a temple that has grown considerably in recent years, although it used to be a small, modest beautiful affair many ye…

Uttarakhand·highway · school

A brand new construction near Woodstock School's entry gate was subject to a grave landslide that almost swept away its foundations and threatened the entire structure.

Uttarakhand·school · hills

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·hills · music

Tourists, Mussoorie and Woodstock residents and locals chatting and catching up at Rokeby Highlands during the Big Gig Festival 2014.

Uttarakhand

Mussoorie, Uttarakhand·monsoon · flowers

Wild Impatiens flowers carpet the ravines of Landour, Mussoorie, Uttarkhand during and after the monsoon months! Impatiens is a genus of about 850--1,000 species of flowering plants, widely distributed throughout the Northern Hemisphere and…

Uttarakhand·hills

A peek at Himalayan peaks from Landour above Mussoorie. Early morning sun hits the summits from the east, over Swargarohini (Ladder of heaven, from where the Pandavas ascended to heaven, at the end of the Mahabharatha), Bandarpunch range be…

Uttarakhand·school

Woodstock is the oldest international boarding school in Asia, and is regularly ranked as number one in India in peer and parent surveys (Education World 2008, 2009, 2011).

Uttarakhand·flowers · industry

A bee is seen pollinating a vibrant Common Sunflower in Motidhar. The close-up captures the large floral head, which is made up of thousands of tiny florets.

Uttarakhand·hills · forest

an Indian tortoiseshell (Aglais caschmirensis). This species is a nymphalid butterfly commonly found in the northern regions of the Indian subcontinent, including the Himalayas.

Uttarakhand·hills

A beautiful sunrise at Jabarkhet, Mussoorie, where the mountains are slowly illuminated by soft golden light.

Uttarakhand·hills · monsoon

Mist and monsoon clouds roll gracefully over the Jabberkhet mountains in the Himalayan foothills near Mussoorie, creating a mesmerising display of nature’s movement.