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.

monsoon

Flash flood washed away roads in Uttarakhand. Heavy rainfall and flood on July 16 and 17 resulted in floods that damaged National highway Roads and houses in the Uttarakhand.

ceremony

Uttarakhandi women attending a wedding in Kumaon gets possessed by the Devi and becomes a medium, while they're in a trance. Rare footage from a real situation. May 2014.

A monkey that knows no bound sit high up on a tree in Jabarkhet, Uttarakhand. Langur, the general name given to numerous species of Asian monkeys belonging to the subfamily Colobinae.

Mayavati Charitable hospital forms a part of Advata Ashrama, Mayavati. It came into being in response to the pressing needs of the neighbouring villages, where live some of the poorest people of the country.

hills

Potentilla atrosanguinea and Anemone flowers in a Himalayan meadow, Kiarkuti, Harsil valley, Uttarakhand.

flowers

Anemones don't have real petals, but have sepals which look like petals. This flower has four (also five) obovate-oblong sepals, which makes it look like clematis. It is a robust perennial with erect hairy stems growing up to 1-2.5 ft.

village

Lakhwar is a village situated in Kalsi Block of Dehradun district in Uttarakhand. Positioned in rural region of Dehradun district of Uttarakhand, it is one among the 204 villages of Kalsi Block of Dehradun district.

livestock

A large number of sheep feed themselves on grasses on green Himalayan meadows of Uttarakhand. Grazing is a method of feeding in which a herbivore feeds on plants such as grasses, or other multicellular organisms such as algae.

hills · river

Kumaon is the land of mythological stories and traditional values in Uttarakhand. Approx. 400 temples are situated in Kumaon. Chopta is situated between Kedarnath and Badrinath.

temple

View of Rudranath (Gopinath) Temple and one can also see the Shiva Lingas inside the temple in the state of Uttarakhand, India. Gopeshwar appears to have been major temple site located about 10km. away from Chamoli on the way to Ukhimath.

hills

Time lapse of moving clouds over the Nanda Ghunti mountain... Nanda Ghunti is a 6,309-metre-high (20,699 ft) mountain in Garhwal, India. It lies on the outer rim of the Nanda Devi Sanctuary. The mountain was first surveyed by T. G.

festival · ceremony

Top shoot of a village in Uttarakhand. One can see devotees head towards, carrying the palanquin of Goddess Nanda Devi during Raj Jat Yatra in Uttarakhand........

forest · river

The trek over the Kuari Pass was the route followed by Shipton and Tilman on their way to the Rishi Gorge and by other mountaineers en route to the peaks on the Indo-Tibetan border.

hills · river

View of the houses on the hills of Lohaghat town in Champawat district, Uttarakhand. Lohaghat is a town and a nagar panchayat in Champawat district in the Indian state of Uttarakhand. This is a hill station with many tourist spots around.

farmland

An old Kumaoni woman working in the fields in Kumaon region - Uttarakhand. Kumaon or Kumaun is one of the two regions and administrative divisions of Uttarakhand, a mountainous state of northern India, the other being Garhwal.

ceremony · festival

Women gathered during a sangeet ceremony a part of Kumaoni wedding. Kumaoni weddings are very simple but are solemnized with a number of rituals and traditions.

dance · festival

Choliya dancers performing at a Kumaoni baraat procession in Uttarakahnd, India. Choliya is a dance form practised in the Kumaun region of Uttarakhand.

hills · forest

Chakrata is a small town ,in Uttarakhand, which is at a distance about 92 kms from Dehradun. Its at the elevation of 5500-6500 feet from the sea level. It is 73 kms away from Mussoorie which is a well known hill station in uttarakhand.

ceremony · festival

Kumauni 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.

village · birds

Uttarakhand's Jatoli village hosts a gaggle of White throated Laughing Thrushes in the early winter, when there is a shortage of air-borne insects and bugs need to be searched for in hidden places.

festival · temple

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