Uttarakhand

festival · ceremony

Devotees take a halt on the way to Nanda Devi during Nanda Devi Raj Jat Yatra in Uttarakhand. It is one such festival of Uttarakhand that is famous globally.

festival · hills

One can see lush green valley of the Himalayan hills in Uttarakhand, India. The three-week-long Nanda Devi Raj Jat is a pilgrimage and festival of Uttarakhand in India.

river · village

Village men take off clothes to swim in Aglar River, Garhwal - Uttarakhand. 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.

Gray langurs or Hanuman langurs, the most widespread langurs of South Asia, are a group of Old World monkeys constituting the entirety of the genus Semnopithecus.

river · temple

People come to vote at Kendriya Vidhyalaya in Lohaghat, as a woman looks for her name in voting list at a voting booth in Lohaghat town in Champawat district Uttarakhand for Lok Sabha Election 2014, India.

ceremony · festival

Women and children dancing and having fun at a sangeet ceremony part of Kumaoni wedding, Redgu - Uttarakhand. Kumaoni weddings are very simple but are solemnized with a number of rituals and traditions.

ceremony · festival

Kumaoni groom's relatives singing at the jagrata, which took place before the wedding. Kumaoni weddings are very simple but are solemnized with a number of rituals and traditions.

ceremony · festival

Relatives applying 'haldi' to Kumaoni groom as a ritual of Kumaoni wedding. Kumaoni weddings are very simple but are solemnized with a number of rituals and traditions.

ceremony · festival

Kumaoni groom along with his family members and priests performing 'havan' before his wedding in Uttarakhand. Kumaoni weddings are very simple but are solemnized with a number of rituals and traditions.

Clouds slowly moving over the valleys of Uttarakhand, India.

village · temple

People march off in Nauti village, in preparation for the Nanda Devi Raj Jat Yatra 2000. See the Shri Shri Yantra Siddhpeeth Nanda Devi Mandir / temple at Nauti village, Garhwali, Uttarakhand, India.

temple · festival

Uttarakhand, the land known for its sanctity and religious fervor, is a cauldron of religious festivity.

Regdu is a Place in Barakot Taluk in Champawat District in Uttarakhand State. Champawat district is part of the eastern Kumaon division of Uttarakhand.

festival · temple

Uttarakhand, the land known for its sanctity and religious fervor, is a cauldron of religious festivity.

temple · festival

Uttarakhand, the land known for its sanctity and religious fervor, is a cauldron of religious festivity.

temple · festival

Uttarakhand, the land known for its sanctity and religious fervor, is a cauldron of religious festivity.

village · temple

Uttarakhand, the land known for its sanctity and religious fervor, is a cauldron of religious festivity.

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

Guptkashi is trying to get back to normal after heavy rainfall and flood on July 16 and 17 resulted in floods that damaged houses and roads in the Uttarakhand.

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

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. Also, it has led to a total downgrading in business. Hotels and food joints wear a sad and deserted look.