Uttarakhand

farmland

This alarmingly large number of tented camps with mini swimming pools has clearly eaten into village rice and barley fields. Where does all the camp crap go? Tell us they treat the sewage and tell us another lie.

Uttarakhand·hills

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.

temple · hills

A troop of Rhesus Macaque gathers around the mountaintop surroundings of Kartik Swami Temple in the Garhwal Himalayas.

livestock · hills

Sheep graze in a high Himalayan valley near Kuari Pass in Uttarakhand, shepherd busy on his mobile phone proceeds to cut oak leaves for his sheep.

hills · snow

A majestic view of Trishul Peak in the Himalayan range, rising prominently in the western Kumaun region of Uttarakhand, India.

hills · village

The serene forests and rolling hills near Ganoli village in Uttarakhand. Vibrant green mountains stretch across the landscape, dotted with winding roads and small settlements that blend harmoniously with nature.

hills · monsoon

This tranquil monsoon footage captures the dramatic movement of clouds over the foothills of the Himalayas in Uttarakhand, offering a serene glimpse into the region’s seasonal transformation.

hills · village

On the Madhyamaheswar trek trail lies Ransi Village in Rudraprayag district, Uttarakhand as it presents a quintessential Himalayan landscape, where terraced fields and a compact cluster of traditional houses are built along the mountain slo…

hills · village

Bhabar village, near Gangotri Dham in Uttarakhand, showcases the serene beauty of a small Himalayan settlement nestled amid the magnificent mountain landscape.

hills · river

Tent pitching at Dodital Lake in the Garhwal Himalaya, a beautiful emerald coloured mountain tarn Dodital lake to Darwa Top route aerial view up the valley, through thick Musk Deer Rhododendron forests, as seen aerially, in this aerial view…

coastline · hills

Fold rock formation from under the sea, as seen in the Himalaya, at 7000 feet altitude in Uttarakhand

hills · aerial

The mighty peaks that circle the outer ring of the Nanda Devi Sanctuary: Banoti, Durgakot, Tharkot, Tent Peak and Mrigthuni as seen from below Sunderdhunga Khal in Kumaon.

hills · aerial

Pithoragarh town in Kumaon is a widely spread-out mass of hill homes and buildings in Uttarakhand. What a massive sprawl of Himalayan 'urban', as seen aerially, in this aerial view, from the air.

hills

Clouds roll in to the Sunderdhunga valley, over Panwali Dwar peak and our tents in the Sukhram valley, in a time lapse view from an alpine meadow of buttercups and potentillas in summer bloom.

festival · temple

Palanquin or palki of mountain god is carried with fanfare in a procession from Gaundar village to Madmaheshwar temple Garhwali women with giant nose ring or nath initiate the temple opening for the summer season of 2025.

flowers · hills

Calanthe plantaginea is a beautiful and rare light lilac coloured flowering ground orchid found in the wildfilmsindia forests in the western Himalaya.

aerial · hills

Buggyal meadows of Budha Madmaheshwar in Uttarakhand Himalaya, thick forest of Kedarnath Sanctuary, as seen aerially, from the air, in this aerial view.

hills · village

Flowering shrubs of Dhatura line the village roads around Ukhimath in the western Himalayan Rudraprayag region of Uttarakhand. Poisonour yet beautiful, the Datura is a lovely garden shrub.

temple · village

Ancient Himalayan temple with women devotees seen from air: Maa Rakeshwari Temple in Ransi village Ukhimath Rudraprayag Uttarakhand. The temple has a tall wooden gateway at the entrance.

forest · aerial

Virtually a monoculture of Deodar forests near Harsil on the Gangotri route, as seen aerially along the blue-green Ganga, as seen aerially, from the air, in this aerial view, from the Uttarakhand inner Himalaya.

river · aerial

Gauri Kund waterfalls below Gangotri temple in the Uttarakhand Himalaya, near the source of the Ganges, as seen aerially, from the air, in this aerial view.

monsoon · hills

Monsoon clouds swirl up from the plains, and cause heavy rain over the Himalaya, as seen from wildfilmsindia's conservation mountains in Uttarakhand.