Uttarakhand

festival · temple

At distance of 45 kms from Lohaghat in the Champawat district of Uttarakhand, Devidhura is famous for its Barahi temples.

temple · village

Shani Dev temple situated at Kharsali is considered as the oldest temple of Shani Dev. The temple holds incredible religious significance and due to this largest crowd of devotes can be seen at this place.

hills

Camellias are a commonly grown shrub in Himalayan hill station gardens and were first brought to India during British times. This tall shrub, almost a tree, grows in the hill-station town of Chakrata in Uttarakhand.

hills · flowers

Hibiscus syriacus flowering in the Kumaon region of the Himalaya, around Champawat and Abbott Mount.

flowers · industry

Wild Peonies growing on the road between Joshimath and Auli, in Uttarakhand, India. A tall, almost shrubby plant that attracts attention by way of its large showy white or pinkish flowers with deep yellow stamens and large deeply-cut leaves…

hills

The green Deodar Cedar hills of Landour - is home to the Himalayan Goral (Naemorhedus goral). At sunset, a Himalayan Goral is seen galloping on the dry grass in the mountainous terrain in Uttarakhand.

hills · wildlife

The Oriental Turtle Dove of Rufous Turtle Dove is a fairly common bird in the Himalayan regions of India and one can even hear the familiar call of the birds often enough.

hills

Clouds covered the Himalaya. Clouds cover the high mountains of Garhwal! Time lapse from the Bhyundar valley and Valley of Flowers national park.

temple · river

Lohaghat is a small hill station in the district of Champawat, Uttarakhand. This place receives a lot of footfall due to this old Shiva temple.

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.