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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.

Uttarakhand·hills · festival

Captain Mohan Singh Kohli is an internationally renowned Indian mountaineer. An officer in the Indian Navy who joined the Indo-Tibetan Border Police, he led the 1965 Indian expedition which put nine men on the summit of Everest, a world rec…

Uttarakhand·hills · festival

Captain Mohan Kohli speaks at Mussoorie Writers' Festival, he says, "The americans were getting very worried now all sort of meters were used but no radio activity were found anywhere on the mountain.

Uttarakhand·hills · festival

Captain Mohan Kohli speaks at Mussoorie Writers' Festival, he says, "Here was a very tricky position, we returned to India nearly after a month on 19th of August. Somehow it a mystery to be.

Uttarakhand·hills

Landour lies far higher in a more rarified atmosphere, and consists of 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·music · highway

Hotel Garhwal Terrace, operated by GMVN, is located on Mall Road in Mussoorie, Uttarakhand. Inside the hotel, a waiter serves guests seated at tables while a live musical performance takes place.

Uttarakhand·hills

A sunset is visible over the mountain ranges around Mussoorie, Uttarakhand, India. The sky shows orange and amber tones beneath darker clouds, while the Garhwal Himalayan ridges appear as dark silhouettes along the horizon.

Uttarakhand·industry · architecture

A timelapse captures construction workers building a reinforced concrete roof slab (lenter) at a construction site in Jabarkhet near Mussoorie, Uttarakhand.

Uttarakhand·hills · flowers

A camouflaged caterpillar, likely the larval stage of a moth species, resting on a green leaf in Motidhar, Mussoorie, Uttarakhand, India.

Uttarakhand·wildlife · hills

A Beautiful Torrent Frog (Amolops formosus), also known as the Beautiful Stream Frog, in Mussoorie, Uttarakhand, India. The frog is resting on damp soil beside a withered leaf within a forest habitat.

Uttarakhand·hills · forest

Monsoon landscape from Jabarkhet Nature Reserve in the Himalayan foothills, showcasing a dense forest of Deodar Cedar trees spread across lush green hills and valleys.

Uttarakhand·hills · forest

In Jabarkhet, Mussoorie, a forest fire breaks out on a wooded Himalayan hillside, sending thick smoke billowing into the air.

Uttarakhand·hills · music

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