Tehri — Clipahoy

Andrew Hepworth with Woodstock students at Flag Hill training session, in Tehri

Uttarakhand·hills · school

Flag Hill is located around five kilometers east of Mussoorie just off Tehri Road. The hill is littered with granite boulder formations, offering great opportunities for beginners of the sport right through to the more advanced climber.

View of Chamba town surrounded by the Garhwal Himalayas, Uttarakhand

Tehri, Uttarakhand·hills · school

A panoramic view of Chamba, a hill station in the Tehri Garhwal district of Uttarakhand, India.

Villagers from nearby villages participate in fish killing festival, in Tehri

Uttarakhand·village · festival

Villagers who lived near Aglar river of Uttarakhand participate in fish killing festival. Maund Mela is a yearly fishing festival of Garhwal and its origin can be dated back to the pre-independence feudal era, initiated by the then Maharaja…

Participants with their traditional fishing nets during Maund Mela, in Tehri

Uttarakhand·festival · river

Maund Mela is a yearly fishing festival of Gharwal and its origin can be dated back to the pre-independence feudal era, initiated by the then Maharajah of Tehri. 'Maund' is a local term meaning the state of drunkenness or addiction.

Garhwalis collect stunned fish from Aglar river during Maund Mela, in Tehri

Uttarakhand·festival · river

People are gather to celebrate Maund Mela 2014 which is also known as Fish killing festival.

Tehri Dam with headworks and bridge to cross over to Pratapnagar

Uttarakhand

Devprayag - the confluence of river Alaknanda and Bhagirathi, in Tehri

Uttarakhand·river · temple

Rishikesh town and upstream to Devprayag. Devprayag is a town and a nagar panchayat (municipality) in Tehri Garhwal district in the state of Uttarakhand, India, and is one of the Panch Prayag (five confluences) of Alaknanda River where Alak…

Tehri Dam gets constructed - rare archival footage from 1988

Uttarakhand·river

Excavation work, drilling and tunnel building / boring activity for the Tehri Dam Hydro Power Corporation or THDC (Tehri Hydro-power Dam Corporation).

Village men gather at Aglar river valley for Maund mela 2014, in Tehri

Uttarakhand·festival · village

Villagers are gathering at Aglar valley for Maund fishing mela near Yamuna bridge. Maund Mela is a yearly fishing festival of Garhwal and its origin can be dated back to the pre-independence feudal era, initiated by the then Maharajah of Te…

Villagers splashing around in River Aglar during Maund mela, in Tehri

Uttarakhand·river · festival

Villagers splashing around in River Aglar during Maund mela. Maund Mela is a yearly fishing festival of Garhwal and its origin can be dated back to the pre-independence feudal era, initiated by the then Maharajah of Tehri.

Villagers walking in row towards Algar River for Maund Mela, in Tehri

Uttarakhand·festival · river

Maund Mela is a yearly fishing festival of Gharwal and its origin can be dated back to the pre-independence feudal era, initiated by the then Maharajah of Tehri. 'Maund' is a local term meaning the state of drunkenness or addiction.

The life-saver dam or disaster in the waiting? In Tehri Dam

Uttarakhand·monsoon

In June 2013, a multi-day cloudburst centered on the North Indian state of Uttarakhand caused devastating floods and landslides in the country's worst natural disaster since the 2004 tsunami.

Climbing around Flag Hill is part of a Woodstock education, in Tehri

Uttarakhand·hills · school

Flag Hill, Jabarkhet, is located around five kilometers east of Mussoorie just off Tehri Road.

Tehri Dam - Mammoth Western Himalayan hydro power project

Uttarakhand·hills · river

The river Ganga has always been a source of life, a harbinger of wealth. Her story is inclined with our past and linked to our present.

Agriculture thrives in the hills of Nainbagh, Uttarakhand

Tehri, Uttarakhand·farmland · hills

The agricultural landscape of Nainbagh village, Ghorakhuri, in Tehri Garhwal district, Uttarakhand, India.

The dam that saved many lives: Tehri Dam in Tehri Garhwal

Uttarakhand·monsoon

In June 2013, a multi-day cloudburst centered on the North Indian state of Uttarakhand caused devastating floods and landslides in the country's worst natural disaster since the 2004 tsunami.

Widespread terrace farming on the slopes around Tehri Dam

Uttarakhand

Chinyalisaur and new Tehri town along the Tehri dam route to Uttarakashi, Uttarakhand, India.

Garhwali farmers protest Tehri Dam construction in India

Uttarakhand·politics · industry

A farmer Padam Singh of Tehri, Garhwal region of Uttarakhand speaks about Tehri Dam construction, he says, I am living here from past 5 years these are my farms and I have 14 members in my family.

Local villagers of Garhwal during Maund fishing festival, in Tehri

Uttarakhand·festival · village

Maund Mela is a yearly fishing festival of Garhwal and its origin can be dated back to the pre-independence feudal era, initiated by the then Maharajah of Tehri. 'Maund' is a local term meaning the state of drunkenness or addiction.

Glimpse of Tehri village before constructing Tehri Dam

Uttarakhand·village · river

Map of Tehri showing the village condition before constructing Tehri Dam. One can see New Tehri and Tehri separated by the river and Dobra village in Tehri district. Meanwhile, a woman pumps water from the hand pump.

Tehri Dam on Bhagirathi Ganga in India: pro dam voice

Uttarakhand·river · monsoon

July 1988 the Tehri Hydro Development Corporation is created to build the World's fifth highest dam and India's largest.

Fishing festival along the Aglar River in Uttarakhand

Tehri, Uttarakhand·river · festival

Community fishing gathering takes place along the shallow, rocky Aglar River in Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand, India.

People catching fish during Maund Mela at Aglar River, in Tehri

Uttarakhand·festival · river

People from nearby villages participate to catch fishes during Maund Mela 2014 at Aglar River.