Panna

Madhya Pradesh·birds · forest

Crested Serpent Eagle The Crested Serpent Eagle (Spilornis cheela) is a medium-sized bird of prey that is found in forested habitats across tropical Asia.

Madhya Pradesh·birds · river

Orange-breasted Blue Flycatcher, a Leaf Warbler and a Crested Serpent Eagle sitting atop a tall tree, on the look-out for prey, at Panna National Park, in central's India's Madhya Pradesh state.

Madhya Pradesh·village · forest

Picture perfect old world India, with rural village settlements that like straight out of the Alps, at the edge of thick central Indian tiger forests, with plenty of monsoon waters, open sky country and conservation lands next door, in Pann…

Madhya Pradesh·temple · architecture

A walk around the premises of Swami Pran Nath Temple, also known as Prannathji Temple, in the Panna district of Madhya Pradesh.

Madhya Pradesh·monsoon · river

A lovely old temple and an ancient fortification sit around Ranguwan dam which is also a lovely winter waterfowl destination and now an important wetland for central India.

Madhya Pradesh·forest · monsoon

A place full of waterfalls with dizzying heights and a calm forest full of life, the Panna National Park can both, thrill you and calm you.

Madhya Pradesh·river · monsoon

When monsoon waters flood out of the forests of Panna, they carry with them tonnes of reddish-brown earth, and the fury with which the waters gush down the waterfall channels form a torrent of furious proportions.

Madhya Pradesh·monsoon · river

A monsoon central dam in Panna area of Madhya Pradesh called the Ranguwan Dam. Calm blue water surrounding the damn reflects off the dam as well the sun which is hiding behind dark clouds manages to peep out and shimmer off on the river.

Madhya Pradesh·birds

A variety of gorgeous butterflies seen mud - puddling in the heat of Panna National Park in June, in order to find all the moisture they can get.

Madhya Pradesh·river · forest

Watch the Dhundwa waterfall in its full glory during the monsoons of India. Watch this magnificent waterfall in its full glory during the monsoons of India.

Madhya Pradesh·forest · river

Ken River(a tributary of Yamuna river), is one of the major rivers of the Bundelkhand region of central India and flows through two states, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh.

Madhya Pradesh·river

Better than the great Rift Valleys of Africa, this stunning view of central India's Brihaspati Kund falls in Panna make for a visual treat.

Panna, Madhya Pradesh·river

A flock of Lesser Whistling Teal Ducks on the Ken River in Central India's Madhya Pradesh, in a placid pool with grasses on the Ken nadi around Panna. A pair of Spotbill Ducks also grace the waters.

Madhya Pradesh·desert

This lovely desert chat appears to be either a Desert Wheatear or then a Stonechat. What is it, birder / birding folks? We filmed one cold misty winter morning at the Panna National Park in Madhya Pradesh, in an open grassland.

Madhya Pradesh·river · hills

A Wire-tailed Swallow sitting on a tree near Ken River in Panna, Madhya Pradesh. The wire-tailed swallow is a small passerine bird in the swallow family. It has two subspecies: H. s. smithii, which occurs throughout Africa, and H. s.

Madhya Pradesh·birds

This Spilornis cheela sits in alert mode along a water body at Panna National Park, awaiting its chance at serpentine or other prey in this post-monsoon season. We were not able to show you its lovely uplifted crest in this shot, sadly.

Madhya Pradesh·wildlife · forest

Dhunduwa point is famous in Panna National Park as it has a very deep mysterious ravines that goes down deep into the forest below and is also a home for many prey birds.

Madhya Pradesh·village

Madhya Pradesh women around Panna cook on a open chulha or cooking fire and the man of the house in this rural Indian village home east his lunch time chappatis or rotis with a subzi or matar - paneer vegetable dish in gravy.

Madhya Pradesh·forest · river

Aerial view of the territorial forest and waterfall of Panna, Madhya Pradesh. The lush green forest is the only large chunk of wildlife habitat remaining in North Madhya Pradesh in the otherwise fragmented forest landscape of the region.

Madhya Pradesh·river · aerial

Raneh falls has almost been obliterated as the drop of water has been consumed by accumulated water below, so the waterfalls almost don't exist.

Madhya Pradesh·wildlife

A male Chinkara with its prominent antlers briskly walking among the dry grass, after a laze in the dry grass. A herd of Spotted Deer fawns cross a forest track on a misty day.

Madhya Pradesh·river

A calm bird sits calmly before a frothing roaring Ken river in its full monsoon glory! A Laughing dove or Little Brown Dove (Spilopelia senegalensis) sits on a rock next to a roaring water body in Panna.

Madhya Pradesh·forest · wildlife

Panna, a district lying on the north-east region in the state of Madhya Pradesh, sits on active diamond mines and is surrounded by rolling meadows with evergreen trees, colourful rocks, hills and breathtaking waterfalls.