Uttarakhand

hills

Srikantha and cloud time lapse, from the Lamkhaga valley, up the Jallandhri Garh, above Harsil, Uttarakhand, India. The peaks visible as Srikantha / Srikant / Srikanth to the right, and the Gangotri peaks to the left.

river

The Alaknanda is on the right and Bhagirathi is on the left. Confluence of Alaknanda and Bhagirathi at Devprayag in Uttarakhand, Uttaranchal, Garhwal, India. These are the two streams of the Ganga / Ganges river in north India.

hills · wildlife

Daytime view of a Himalayan glow-worm (Lampyris noctiluca) in Uttarakhand, India—females glow at night but hunt slugs and snails during day. Larvae show faint light while being predatory; adults rarely feed after short mating period.

hills

Spa treatments, massages and therapies at a spa in the Himalaya, situated in the hills of Narendranagar, above the town of Rishikesh in Uttaranchal, India.

hills

Himalayan spa resort - Yoga session by yog guru. This is a luxury destination spa in Narendra Nagar, Uttarakhand, set in the Indian Himalayas.

monsoon

Time lapse of clouds over Himalaya. Monsoon clouds swirl over Garhwal's high peaks! See Mt. Rataban's neighbourhood, with an unnamed peak with rock striations across its face, with monsoon clouds painting the peak in a swirling canvas.

ceremony · temple

Warming up the drums for the big ceremony, near the fire... Travel to the Himalayan village of Lakhat near Chausar in Uttaranchal in North India.

ceremony · festival

Kumaoni ladies performing kirtan before wedding in Uttarakhand. Kumaoni weddings are very simple but are solemnized with a number of rituals and traditions.

farmland

Green apples growing in an apple orchard owned by Dr. Kundan Singh Panwar, expert horticulturalist and consultant to Uttarakhand state government, on horticultural matters, at his Nainbagh fruit orchard in Uttarakhand state.

monsoon · bazaar

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 · river

At Phata, there have been whole lines of houses and shops completely washed away. Heavy rainfall and flood on July 16 and 17 resulted in floods that damaged houses and roads in the Uttarakhand.

monsoon · bazaar

The Ganga looks shallow and wide after it has almost changed course in areas, a month of the floods that destroyed many villages in Uttarakhand. This is the town of Joshiyara mear Uttarkashi.

river · 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.

hills · snow

Millions of stars above the roof of the world. Himalayan peaks in the Uttarakhand state of India appear in this nightscape timelapse clip. The Himalaya is a mountain range at the north in India and spreading across Asia.

farmland

Indian farmers collecting harvested wheat crops for thrashing at a village in Uttarakhand. Wheat is the main cereal crop in India. The total area under the crop is about 29.8 million hectares in the country.

hills

Barnyard Millet or Jhangora is used as a substitute for rice in the Uttarakhand hills. Many hill folk in Garhwal region of the state use jhangora for puddings and to make jhangore ke kheer or khir dessert.

hills

Luscinia pectoralis is the more complicated Latin name of this White-tailed Rubythroat which we filmed along the Jallandhri Garh torrent in the upper Harsil valley of Uttarakhand in the western Himalaya.

The Black Stork (Ciconia nigra) is a large wading bird in the stork family Ciconiidae. It is a widespread, but uncommon, species that breeds in the warmer parts of Europe (predominantly in central and eastern regions), across temperate Asia…

birds · wildlife

A novice monitor lizard making its way to eat up eggs on a litchi tree. An intimate look at the rather distinct identify of the Shivaliks as a mountain range in their own right.

river

Dev Prayag is the place where two holy rivers meet, the Bhagirathi and the Alaknanda. Dev Prayag is one of the five prayags which means "confluence" in Sanskrit located in the Garhwal Himalayas, Uttarakhand.

Joshimath to Auli Gorson ropeway system is the highest ropeway of India. This ropeway has two cable cars and has 10 towers. It covers a slope distance of 3.96 KM and a track distance of 4.15 KM. This ropeway takes you up by 1110 meters.