Uttarakhand

hills

View of Nanda Ghunti Summit from Bedni buggyal... 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. Longstaff in 1907.

festival · ceremony

Devotees throng during Nanda Devi Raj Jat Yatra in Uttarakhand. One can see priest puts tilak on the fore heads of all devotees... The three-week-long Nanda Devi Raj Jat is a pilgrimage and festival of Uttarakhand in India.

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

An old woman carrying gas cylinder on her back in the streets of Lohaghat, Uttarakhand. Lohaghat is a town and a nagar panchayat in Champawat district in the Indian state of Uttarakhand.

river · temple

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.

ceremony · festival

Kumaoni groom's relative singing at the jagrata before the Kumaoni wedding in KUmaon - Uttarakhand. Kumaoni weddings are very simple but are solemnized with a number of rituals and traditions.

ceremony · festival

Groom's relatives singing holy songs or kirtan during a jagrata at a Kumaon wedding. Kumaoni weddings are very simple but are solemnized with a number of rituals and traditions.

ceremony

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

festival · temple

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

festival · temple

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

dance · village

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

monsoon · village

Drive through Dadoli village of Uttarakhand. Heavy rainfall and flood on July 16 and 17 resulted in floods that damaged 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

Floods and landslides devastate Uttarakhand. Heavy rainfall and flood on July 16 and 17 resulted in floods that damaged National highway Roads and houses in the Uttarakhand.

flowers · monsoon

A splendid natural scenery on the trek to Gidara and Dayara Bugyal from Barsu village in Uttarakashi district in Uttarakhand. Flowers are at full bloom in the meadows of these basins. Specially in the monsoon and post monsoon season.

flowers · monsoon

A splendid natural scenery awaits on the trek to Gidara and Dayara Bugyal from Barsu village in Uttarakashi district in Uttarakhand. Flowers are at full bloom in the meadows of these basins.

flowers · monsoon

A splendid natural scenery awaits on the trek to Gidara and Dayara Bugyal from Barsu village in Uttarakashi district in Uttarakhand. Flowers are at full bloom in the meadows of these basins.

Traditional houses of Dhandakla, Uttrakhand Uttarakhand formerly Uttaranchal, is a state in the northern part of India.

temple · ceremony

This temple popularly known as Omkareshwar Pith is one of the oldest in the country and houses the dieties of Kedarnath and Madmaheswar during the winter months.

hills · birds

Hill White-cheeked Bulbul (Pycnonotus) eating wild pears or kaithal fruit at the Wilderness Films India Himalayan estate in Uttarakhand.

ceremony · temple

Travel to the Himalayan village of Lakhat near Chausar in Uttaranchal in North India. Images of the picturesque landscapes of the lower Himalayas with a cover of mist amongst the evergreen conifer trees and grassy slopes along the hillsides…

temple · river

Uttarkashi town and a temple in Uttarakhand Gaumukh translates to a cow's mouth, the mythological source of the river.