Spiti

Himachal Pradesh

A Tibetan Wolf eating flesh of a dead animal, Spiti, Himachal Pradesh, India. A pipit flies in front of the walking wolf.

Spiti, Himachal Pradesh·bus · hills

Archival footage of rickety state road transport buses running in Spiri, Himachal Pradesh, many decades back.

Himachal Pradesh·hills

Pika or Mouse Hare of the Himalaya, as seen in Spiti, Himachal Pradesh, India. Marmots are generally large ground squirrels. Marmots typically live in burrows and hibernate there through the winter.

Himachal Pradesh·fort · temple

Dhankar Gompa is a Gompa - a Buddhist temple in the district of Lahaul and Spiti in India. It is situated at an elevation of 3,894 metres (12,774 feet) in the Spiti Valley between the towns of Kaza and Tabo.

Himachal Pradesh·river · hills

The town of Kaza, Kaze or Kaja is the subdivisional headquarters of the remote Spiti Valley valley in the Lahaul and Spiti district of the state of Himachal Pradesh in the Western Himalayas of India.

Himachal Pradesh·festival · politics

An audience with His Holy Highness, the Dalai Lama / gunlun, the religious and spiritual head of the Tibetan government in exile and Buddhist people all over the world.

Himachal Pradesh

This small kid is tied using a rope and forced to spin or perhaps perform stunt. The elderly man doesn't stop even as the baby cries 'Its enough'! Well it happens only in India...

Himachal Pradesh·wildlife · birds

The pipits are a cosmopolitan genus, Anthus, of small passerine birds with medium to long tails. Along with the wagtails and longclaws, the pipits make up the family Motacillidae.

Himachal Pradesh

The yellow-billed chough (Pyrrhocorax graculus) is an easily distinguishable mountain-dwelling bird with a small, yellow, slightly decurved bill and bright red legs and feet. Its rounded tail projects well beyond its wingtips when at rest.

Himachal Pradesh·fort

Ancient hand-painted thangkas that were painted with vegetable dies, and prayer flags inside this ancient Buddhist gompa in India. Dhankar Gompa is a Gompa, a Buddhist temple in the district of Lahaul and Spiti in India.

Himachal Pradesh·hills · river

The Spiti River of Himachal Pradesh, India originates from the Kunzum rangeor Kunzum pass of the Himalayas with the Tegpo and Kabzian streams as its tributaries.

Himachal Pradesh·hills

Himalayan Marmots in Spiti, Himachal Pradesh, India. The marmots are a genus, Marmota, of squirrels. There are 14 species in this genus. Marmots are generally large ground squirrels.

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These are Pikas or Mouse-Hare (Ochotona) as they are called! Seen here in Spiti, Himachal Pradesh, India. The pika or pica is a small mammal with short limbs, rounded ears, and a short tail.

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Pigeon flying around in search of food in the beautiful Spiti Valley in Himachal Pradesh, India. Male displaying to a female on a rock.

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A monk piercing his cheek with a spear, and dancing around with swords in front of an audience of Buddhists and visitors at the Kalchakra ceremony in Spiti, Himachal Pradesh, India.

Himachal Pradesh·ceremony

A close-up on a ceremony being performed by His Holiness The Dalai Lama. He is also delivering a sermon and presiding over the Kalchakra ceremony that took place in Spiti, Himachal pradesh, India, in 2001.

Himachal Pradesh·hills

The Spiti Valley is a desert mountain valley located high in the Himalaya mountains in the north-eastern part of the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. The name "Spiti" means "The Middle Land", i.e. the land between Tibet and India.

Himachal Pradesh·livestock

Herd of Sheep in the mountains of Spiti, in a region that is along the border of Jammu & Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh.

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Horned Lark in Spiti, Himachal Pradesh, India. The bird actually seems to have horns!

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Tibetan hare (Lepus oiostolus) seen in Spiti, India, with yellow trans-Himalatan desert flowers... Hares and jackrabbits are leporids belonging to the genus Lepus. Hares less than one year old are called leverets.

Himachal Pradesh·hills · highway

A tourist lady from Austria describes her unforgettable experience exploring the diverse landscapes of Himachal Pradesh.

Himachal Pradesh·hills

The district of Lahaul-Spiti in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. A farmer of Lahaul speaks about potato farming in Lahaul, he says, "The potato we get from the whole Lahoul Valley and we get around two to two and a half lacs sacks of p…