Mussoorie

Uttarakhand·bazaar · snow

Snow-covered shops of Sister's Bazaar, Landour after heavy snowfall. This bazaar, home to the Landour Bakehouse and A Prakash and Co's shop, is named after the nuns who worked here in the British dormitory as nurses.

Uttarakhand·flowers

Daisy, any of several species of garden plants belonging to the family Asteraceae (also called Compositae). The name daisy commonly denotes the oxeye daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare) and the English, or true, daisy (Bellis perennis).

Uttarakhand·flowers

Impatiens is a genus of about 850--1,000 species of flowering plants, widely distributed throughout the Northern Hemisphere and tropics. Together with Hydrocera triflora, impatiens makes up the family Balsaminaceae.

Uttarakhand·festival

Holi on the streets of Mussoorie. Holi is a religious spring festival celebrated by Hindus, as a festival of colours.

Uttarakhand·hills

Making of leather boots by a mountain shoe maker in Landour, near Mussoorie, India. Shoe making: Traditional process.

Uttarakhand·music

Born in Jaipur, India, Prateek grew up playing the guitar and training vocally in Indian classical music. His influences are eclectic and range from Nick Drake and Elliot Smith to Pearl Jam and Jimi Hendrix.

Uttarakhand·monsoon · forest

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

Uttarakhand·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

Bergenia ciliata or Saxifrage in the Himalaya (also known as Shilphara for its ability to break rocks apart). Wild Pear growing at Jabberkhet in Mussoorie, Uttarakhand, India. It's spring-time in the Himalaya!

Uttarakhand·school · hills

Artificial rock climbing wall in the Himalaya, at Woodstock School, Mussoorie. 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, 2…

Mussoorie, Uttarakhand·bazaar · hills

Landour bazaar is a small market area in the town of Landour near Mussoorie in Uttarakhand. The video captures and shows a random day in the tranquil Landour Bazaar with a few people going here and there.

Uttarakhand·hills · aerial

This video captures the iconic Gun Hill ropeway in Mussoorie as it passes directly above us, offering a unique perspective of one of the hill station’s most popular attractions.

Uttarakhand·flowers · school

Oak forest below Landour, looking down to Pari Tibba and Jharipani and Rhododendron arboreum trees in Landour, Mussoorie, spring-time 2011. One can see the campus of Woodstock school, St.

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·hills · highway

A car accident on the way to Mussoorie... After the jeep had driven off the cliff-face road en route Mussoorie, spectators gaze down the khudside at the jeep that is about to be lifted up by a crane.

Uttarakhand·music · school

The Lyres from Woodstock School in action at Big Gig music festival. Yet not out of school, these young prodigies of Mussoorie's own Woodstock have a jazz combo, the choir consisting of vocals, bass, piano, guitar, drums, trumpet, trombone…

Uttarakhand·hills · music

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

Uttarakhand·bazaar · crafts

Local shops of Kulri bazzar in Mussorie. If you are the one who believes in some serious shopping and plan to do the same in Mussoorie, you will be more than happy as the place offers a plethora of options for shopaholics.

Uttarakhand·festival

Holi on the streets of Mussoorie Holi is a religious spring festival celebrated by Hindus, as a festival of colours.

Uttarakhand·hills

It's that view of the mountains that would serve as an inspiration to Nicholas Roerich. Brilliant orange meets magical mauve and there's a hint of red - the magical Mussoorie winterline has made its first appearance of the season.

Uttarakhand·hills

Sawargarohini, Bandarpunch, Jaonli, Rudragaira, Srikantha and other high peaks of the Garhwal Himalaya, as viewed from the Landour ridge.

Uttarakhand·hills · forest

Moss and lichen on oak trees (Quercus incana) in the Himalayan hill-station town of Landour, Mussoorie, India.

Uttarakhand

Professional baby stroller-prams being pushed through the Mussoorie mall, by porters on hire. Bored looking tourists walk the mall, on a rainy day.