Mussoorie

Uttarakhand·hills · festival

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

Uttarakhand·hills · festival

"Mussoorie Writers' EXPERIENCE THE HIMALAYA: A MOUNTAIN FESTIVAL (Nov. 1-4, 2012) celebrated exploration, natural history and mountain culture.

Uttarakhand·hills · festival

Captain Mohan Kohli speaks at Mussoorie Writers' Festival, he says, "I felt very bad that a big Avalanche at Nanda Kot and then getting down nearly saving almost ground nearly and then this accident I sent a message to Delhi through my inte…

Uttarakhand·school · hills

Yes, this Langur is an appointed security guard on duty to scare the notorious Macaques at Woodstock school in Mussoorie, Uttarakhand, India. The macaques of the area roam around uninvited and disturb the locals.

Mussoorie, Uttarakhand·flowers · hills

A vibrant field of Garden Cosmos (Cosmos bipinnatus) in full bloom in Jabbarkhet, near Mussoorie, Uttarakhand.

Uttarakhand·hills · industry

This footage captures the demanding work of maintaining infrastructure in the steep mountain terrain of Jabbarkhet near Mussoorie, Uttarakhand.

Uttarakhand·birds · wildlife

A Great Barbet(Psilopogon virens) sits prominently on a tree branch in Mussoorie, actively preparing its nest. While perched, the bird uses its strong beak to peck and chisel into soft or decaying wood, gradually shaping a nesting cavity.

Uttarakhand·industry

Plant nursery in Mussoorie, in the Motidhar-Chamasari region, with lots of cactus, geranium and succulents

Uttarakhand·highway · ceremony

The night before Holi is observed as Holika Dahan and a large communal bonfire is lit in a fashion similar to Lohri.

Uttarakhand·birds · hills

Some of the bird species that wildfilmsindia protects at its Wilderness Orchard and botanical gardens in the western Himalayan town of Landour in Mussoorie. The Collared Pygmy Owlet is the smallest Owl in the world.

Uttarakhand·hills

Diwali in Mussoorie town, Uttarakhand. The hill station town of Mussoorie only gets louder and brighter on Diwali night and before, as the tamasha and festivities reach a fever pitch, for local residents and those running away from plains p…

Uttarakhand·music

Mame Khan belongs to a family of master singers, who perform a unique, oral tradition since more then fifteen generations. His energy and his vocal skill owe much to the influence of his father and tutor, late Shri Rana Khan.

Uttarakhand

Uttarakhand·flowers

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 and botanical gardens at Jabbarkhet, in Mussoorie, Uttarakhand.

Uttarakhand·hills · festival

Captain Mohan Kohli speaks at Mussoorie Writers' Festival, he says, "Now they decided that I should be the overall leader and have the top American and Indian Climbers and of course on top of it have the Nuclear Experts and some of the othe…

Uttarakhand·hills · festival

Captain Mohan Kohli speaks at Mussoorie Writers' Festival, he says, "Now the story starts actually from 1962, 20th October this was the beginning because the Chinese had not inverted India my life would have been different.

Uttarakhand·hills · aerial

Kaplani and Masrana near Mussoorie: Satish Sharma's heli-pad aerial view. From an altitude of more than 6150 ft, views of Doon Valley, the surrounding hills and greenery could be glimpsed from anywhere one stand in Mussoorie.

Uttarakhand

A mithai shop worker cuts slivers and rectangles of kaju barfi or cashewnut sweetmeats apart, from strips, and boxes them for sale on diwali, at a mithai or Indian sweets shop in Mussoorie by the name of Hapurwala or Hapurwale ki dukaan.

Uttarakhand·monsoon · forest

During monsoon, the dense forests of Landour and Mussoorie receive heavy rainfall, almost every single day of the season.

Uttarakhand·hills

The mountains of the western Himalaya are crowded with hill-station developments and ill-planned towns such as Mussoorie, with urban sanitation problems, non-earthquake-proof buildings and over-crowding, not to speak of massive shortages of…

Uttarakhand·hills · festival

Captain Mohan Kohli speaks at Mussoorie Writers' Festival, he says, "The seven lethal capsules are still on the Nanda Devi area. My feeling is that it will be, there are hundred and one ways it could have happened.

Uttarakhand·hills · festival

Captain Mohan Kohli speaks at Mussoorie Writers' Festival, he says, "Then again in 1993 this College of Military Engineering were celebrating their Golden Jubilee, they were given a permission that Nanda Devi has closed now but they got per…

Uttarakhand·hills · festival

Captain Mohan Kohli speaks at Mussoorie Writers' Festival, he says, "Once we were there in the sanctuary things were moving very fast. Finally, we set up camp for 23,750 ft. and now we felt that we have all the equipment ready there.