Shimla

Himachal Pradesh·village · forest

Motorcycling in inner Himachal, on rural and forest roads between small towns and apple orchard hamlets.

Himachal Pradesh·birds · wildlife

Crimson Sunbird breeding season action at Theog in Shimla: Female phulsungni viciously pecks male afterwards

Himachal Pradesh·hills · highway

Early morning light in Shimla on a wintery snowed-over day in 2020. The roads see a lot of traffic as tourists and plains-persons are heading up to see the bounty of snow which actually brings the hill station to a grinding halt.

Himachal Pradesh·highway

Prem Chopra: 'Those days in college at Shimla, there were many people who considered looking like Dev Anand, there used to be tremendous craze about him.

Himachal Pradesh·snow · hills

Shimla as seen in the winter snowy season. A time lapse reveals the ranges beyond, with clouds moving in time lapse. Shimla town itself is now a crowded hill station that is creaking at the infrastructural seams...

Shimla, Himachal Pradesh·music · farmland

Himachal Pradesh Police band enthralls people at the annual Shimla Summer Festival, in this older semi-archival footage. They play old Himachali tunes in front of Shimla's Town Hall.

Himachal Pradesh·hills · snow

Appl orchards across the valley are cloaked in white as well. Bhimakali Temple in Sarahan near Shimla in Himachal Pradesh covered with deep winter snow pack Himachali houses covered with snow as winter sets in deep with extreme temperatures…

Himachal Pradesh·temple · architecture

At one end of the famous but now most heavily crowded Shimla mall stands this church that dates to the year of the Mutiny... Christ Church, Shimla, is the second oldest church in North India, after St John's Church in Meerut.

Himachal Pradesh·hills · monsoon

A panoramic view of Shimla, the capital of Himachal Pradesh, India, widely known as the "Queen of Hill Stations." During the monsoon season, low-lying clouds and mist gradually rise from the valleys, drifting across the steep hillsides cove…

Himachal Pradesh·hills · highway

People tatking selfie infront of this Hananuma statue some are touching feet of hanuman statue. The 108-foot-tall Hanuman statue in Shimla, India is located at the Jakhu temple on Jakhu Hill.

Himachal Pradesh·hills · forest

A breathtaking panoramic view unfolds across the mountain ranges surrounding Shimla, showcasing layer upon layer of rolling hills and distant Himalayan ridges.

Himachal Pradesh·hills · aerial

An aerial view of Shimla, set against rolling, verdant mountain ranges of the Himalayan foothills in northern India. The landscape reveals dense clusters of houses perched along steep slopes, seamlessly blending with the terrain.

Himachal Pradesh·flowers · snow

Shimla at the time when it did not suffer from tourist overflow. Covered in snow, this hill station looks like a winter paradise.

Himachal Pradesh·river · monsoon

Traditional dhol-damau gives grand welcome to the gods on arrival of their palanquin. Jubbal is a town and a nagar panchayat in Shimla district in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. History of jubbal state goes back to 12th century.

Himachal Pradesh·railway

Two British nationals - both women, were killed and 13 others injured when three coaches of the chartered Kalka-Shimla toy train carrying a group of tourists from Britain derailed near Parwanoo.

Himachal Pradesh·river · monsoon

Jubbal is a town and a nagar panchayat in Shimla district in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. History of jubbal state goes back to 12th century.

Himachal Pradesh

It hasn't snowed so much or so many times in many years, in the western Himalayas, as in the winter of 2020. See these cars bogged down in deep snowpack, after the sun comes out, in Shimla, along the Mall.

Himachal Pradesh·snow

Playing in the cold, soft white material sends shivers of excitement down people’s spines. Families, youngsters and elderly people alike are known to forget their age and indulge in some good-natured snowball fights, build snowmen and even…

Himachal Pradesh·snow · hills

Mall Road in Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, is covered with fresh snow as tourists and local residents walk along the slippery streets following a winter snowfall.