Nepal

flowers · hills

Entire slopes covered with Rhododendron arboreum tree blossom, as seen aerially in the western Nepal Himalaya, in the month of May.

river · politics

The Mahakali river treaty was the principle point of discussion during the visit of Nepal Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba to India, as initiated by Pranab Mukherjee when he visited Nepal for four days priorly.

river · boats

Boating in Nepal is one of the interesting recreational things. It has glacier-fed lakes up north to the gently moving rivers in Terai, you hire a boat for a couple of hours with a guide or without a guide, you can enjoy the moments with lo…

hills

The Annapurna Mountain Range is situated in the Himalayas in Nepal and consists of several peaks, with the tallest reaching a height of over 8,000 meters.

flowers

Once the misty started increasing at Mulde we started moving forward to the next nearest stop Dobata to rest for the night. A beautiful trail that goes through a profusion of shrub rhododendron flowers.

flowers · hills

Bell Rhododendron is a wild species of rhododendron found in the Himalayan alpine regions of Northern India, Bhutan, and Nepal. It is a spreading shrub, 2-6 m tall. Its leaves are very interesting.

river · ceremony

After Nepal faces a huge and massive destruction people gather at Boudhanath stupa to offer prayer and lit lamps for Lord Buddha on the occasion of Buddha Jayanti. Minor damage at Boudhanath stupa after the 7.8 earthquake hit Nepal.

festival · temple

At a distance of 45 km from Lohaghat in the Champawat district of Uttarakhand, Devidhura is famous for its Barahi temples.

hills

A senior Indian Army officer encourages mountaineers for their Mount Everest summit in Nepal.

What a quaint little sight on a local Yeti Airlines flight from Bharatpur in Nepal to Kathmandu.

temple

A man dressed as Lord Hanuman or Monkey God attracts visitors outside the Pashupatinath Temple. he gives blessings to people. A married couple stands with him to receive his blessings. Tourists roam around the Pashupatinath temple.

river · lake

The increasing number of vehicles, as well as the ever-rising population, have been causing environmental pollution in the tourist city of Pokhara.

While we were in Ghandruk we were made to taste the beautiful cuisine of the Gurung tribe. Their hospitality was evident in the smallest of gestures by the J.B. Gurung or Black Tea as known locally and his family.

hills · forest

Rhododendrons signify the Himalaya like no other tree, not even the native Magnolia campelli of the eastern Himalaya. Especially with the massive yet breathtakingly beautiful Dhaulagiri in the backdrop.

Smoke rises as grass slopes are set ablaze for growth of shrubs and weeds in the Kaski district of Nepal. In some cases, people incinerate grass slopes to check the growth of shrubs and weeds.

forest · flowers

Rhododendron dominated trail passing through alpine forest to Deurali in Nepal. When we started trekking from the Ghandruk village towards Deurali our stop on the 1st day of the trek we got to cross a beautiful alpine forest.

livestock · birds

Cattle Egrets develop a rich- yellow-orange head colour when it breeding mode. Here, a huge colony of nesting egrets has colonized a bamboo thicket.

flowers · forest

Of the over thirty species of Rhododendron in Nepal, the most renowned is Rhododendron arboreum, known as Gurans in Nepali.

hills · snow

Breathtaking and beautiful view of the majestic mountains and peaks of the Himalayas, covered with snow. The mountains of Bhutan are some of the most prominent natural geographic features of the kingdom.

hills · snow

An old woman with a nose-ring made of gold (one of her few belongings left in life), a large group of children, young men and women, newaris, madhesias, dotiyals - a range of Nepalese people sit idle, sad and depressed on the streets of Kat…

hills · snow

Eastern most high peaks along Nepal-Sikkim border: Pauhunri, Shudu Tsenpa and western-most peaks of Bhutan.

hills

Heavy snowfall at Pheriche village in Nepal. Everest climbers visit Buddhist monastery before they start of their journey to Everest.

Located northwest of Pokhara, Ghandruk can be reached in just a day—a short drive, then a four- to five-hour walk.