Uttarakhand

river · temple

As Autumn begins in Garhwal, idol of Goddess Ganga is shifted from Gangotri temple to Mukhba and the valley is filled with peculiar sights and sounds.

monsoon

Bulldozers at work while making a way for pilgrims and tourists enroute to evacuation during Uttarakhand Floods.

highway

At one point, it almost looks like the car will go off the road, with a sharp turn comes in...

monsoon · river

Heavy rainfall and flood on July 16 and 17 resulted in floods that damaged houses and roads in the Uttarakhand. The river has widened in a few areas, changed its course in some and has engulfed a lot of areas in the Uttarakhand valley.

monsoon

Heavy rainfall and flood on July 16 and 17 resulted in floods that damaged houses and roads in the Uttarakhand. The river has widened in a few areas, changed its course in some and has engulfed a lot of areas in the Uttarakhand valley.

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.

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.

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.

monsoon · bazaar

In Gangori, its mostly rubble and broken houses that mark the landscape today. Getting their livs back to normal still is a distant dream for these people.

monsoon · bazaar

Posters of missing men, women and children adorn the walls of state offices and police checkposts all over the Bhagirathi- Alaknanda valley in Uttarakhand.

monsoon · snow

From 14 to 17 June 2013, the Indian state of Uttarakhand and adjoining area received heavy rainfall, which was about 375 percent more than the benchmark rainfall during a normal monsoon.This caused the melting of Chorabari Glacier at the he…

Potentilla flowers grow wild on a Garhwal alpine meadow or buggyal / bugyal, Uttarakhand, India.

festival · highway

The Kanvar Yatra or Kavad Yatra is annual pilgrimage of devotees of Shiva, known as Kānvarias, to Hindu pilgrimage places of Haridwar, Gaumukh and Gangotri in Uttarakhand to fetch holy waters of Ganges River, Ganga Jal, which is later offe…

Uttarakhand formerly Uttaranchal, is a state in the northern part of India. It is often referred to as the "Land of the Gods" due to the many holy Hindu temples and pilgrimage centres found throughout the state.

A mother Langur teaches its baby to climb tree branches and leaves it on it own. After all, in the wild the mother cannot always watch the baby's back. The Langur lives in abundance in the hill state of Uttarakhand.

Is that a Little Stint or a larger and different species of Stint, Sandpiper or other wader? Help us identify this bird that we think was filmed in the Ramganga river in Uttarakhand.

river · snow

Water gushing down the stream in Gaumukh, Uttarakhand Gomukh, the terminus or snout of the Gangotri Glacier, from where Bhagirathi River originates, is one of the primary sources of the Ganges River.

flowers · hills

A mixed alpine garden of Jacob's ladder, Allium or Spring Onion, Anemone obtusiloba, Pedicularis, Ranunculus and Dactylorhiza. Dactylorhiza hatagirea (as named by Necker), is a species of terrestrial (ground-based) orchid.

hills · flowers

Valley of Flowers National Park is an Indian national park located in Uttarakhand state. Valley was declared a national park in 1982, and now it is a World Heritage Site.

forest · river

A forest stream flowing through Motidhar in Uttarakhand, India. Clear water moves gently over rocks and stones as it makes its way through the forest.

wildlife · birds

This footage captures beautiful, steady shots of a Crested Serpent Eagle (Spilornis cheela) perched gracefully on a tree in the forested foothills of the Himalayas in Uttarakhand, India.

hills · aerial

These aerial shots of Kausani Town in Uttarakhand offer a breathtaking visual journey across one of the most picturesque regions of the Himalayan foothills.

A modular Kitchen gets set up in a new house in India. See the team from Dream Kitchens Dehradun at work at a residential project in Uttarakhand.