Mussoorie

Uttarakhand·ceremony

The rituals of Holika Dahan are being performed at Mall Road, Mussoorie. Holi celebrates the death of Holika in order to save Prahlad and we see where Holi gets its name.

Uttarakhand·hills · monsoon

People walking down the street of Mussoorie after a monsoon rain, Uttarakhand. Mussoorie is a hill station and a municipal board in the Dehradun District of the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand.

Uttarakhand·festival

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

Uttarakhand·hills

Rainfall wets the streets of Mussoorie we see lots of activities going on, we see horses through the streets and people busy walking down and a group of people chit-chat on the streets of Mussoorie..

Uttarakhand·monsoon

During the monsoon, Landour receives almost daily rainfall, often heavy. Additionally, pre- and post-monsoon showers mean a rainy season that can run from May to September, though it can be shorter.

Uttarakhand·monsoon · school

Monsoon in Landour, with rain-drenched Hill Toon trees (Cedrela serrata), Qeurcus Oaks, ferns on their trunks, peach tree with water droplets and a view of a misty sunset over Mussoorie, as seen from Landour.

Uttarakhand·bazaar · crafts

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. Kulri Bazaar is one of them.

Uttarakhand·monsoon

On the way to Mussoorie. Heavy rainfall and flood on July 16 and 17 resulted in floods that damaged roads and houses in the Uttarakhand.

Uttarakhand·hills

Ripe Arisaema or snake plant seed pods in the western Himalaya. 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 · highway

View of Mussoorie market road, an ambulance is passing by and people are walking down and shopping in the market. Mussoorie is a hill station and a municipal board in the Dehradun District of the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand.

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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

Beautiful sunset! Sunset or sundown is the daily disappearance of the Sun below the horizon as a result of Earth's rotation.

Uttarakhand·wildlife · birds

What is a passerine? The simplest answer is to say that a passerine is any bird of the order Passeriformes. Or, if you wanna make it easier on you: passerines are songbirds and/or perching birds.

Uttarakhand

Bergenia ciliata or stracheyi or Saxifrage, known as Shilphara or Sheelphara in Sanskrit, as it is said to be able to break the rock on which it grows. Seen growing on Flag hill, Jabbarkhet Estate, Mussoorie, Uttarakhand. April 2011.

Uttarakhand·highway

The Mall road or the Mall is the hub of tourists in Mussoorie which has shops selling all kinds of products, besides a host of interesting eating joints.

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This Paanwala in Mussoorie town obviously caters to the tourists who visited North India.

Uttarakhand

A pair of Himalayan crickets mating in Mussoorie, Uttarakhand, India. Please help us identify the species!

Uttarakhand·school · flowers

Landour institutions that are famous are Prakash's shop, for its cheese and jams (and occasionally bread and cinnamon rolls!), Deodar Hotel (Dev dar Woods), the Landour Language School, Kellogg church, Woodstock school, St.

Uttarakhand·festival

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

Uttarakhand·bazaar · highway

Mussoorie has a well stocked market place where you can shop around for just about anything you need.

Uttarakhand·hills · flowers

Wild daisies (Michaelmas) near Mussoorie (Landour) hills at the foothills of the Himalayas. These were filmed on the north face walk, between Hotel Deodar Dev dar) and the Kellogg's church.

Uttarakhand·flowers · hills

Rupin Dang doing piece-to-camera about Rhododendron arboreum trees on the WFIL estate in the Himalaya. Himalayan Rhododendron trees in full bloom in Wilderness Film India's Jabbarkhet Estate, Mussoorie in the Himalaya.