Uttarakhand

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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.

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Heavy rainfall and flood on July 16 and 17 resulted in floods that damaged roads in the Uttarakhand.

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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 · hills

In the riverbed full of debris, JCB and trucks carry out the work of cleaning out the debris, a month after the Uttarakhand floods ravaged the state.

river · monsoon

River still flows through houses in Silli even after a month of the floods that destroyed many villages in Uttarakhand.

flowers · monsoon

Splendid natural scenery on the trek to Gidara and Dayara Bugyal from Barsu village in Uttarakashi district in Uttarakhand.

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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.

livestock

Indian men slaughtered a goat and inflating its lungs like a balloon at a village in Uttarakhand.

industry

A Gray Langur from Uttarakhand fetches a cauliflower from inside a polythene bag and goes a high wall to relish it. Langurs are usually plant-eaters and usually live on the moisture from the food they eat.

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Smiling kids of Agora Village, Uttrakhand Uttarakhand formerly Uttaranchal, is a state in the northern part of India.

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Rhododendron campanulatum shrubs in flower in the Kiarkoti valley of the Jullandhri Garh above Harsil, in the Gangotri region of Uttarakhand.

forest · hills

This footage captures tight close-up shots of a honey beehive surrounded by hundreds of active honey bees in a forested area of Uttarakhand.

snow · river

The frozen mountain stands strong as the holy Hindu river Bhagirathi flow out of a snout in Gaumukh in Uttarakhand. Gomukh, the terminus or snout of the Gangotri Glacier, from where Bhagirathi river originates.

hills · river

Ten must do treks in Garhwal Himalaya. For true adventure seekers, the less crowded, in fact mostly isolated Himalayan terrains of the Garhwal region make for perfect trekking destinations.

hills

Thai massage being performed by a therapist on a client at a spa in the Himalaya, Uttaranchal / Uttarakhand, India.

Yoga stretching exercise session at a Himalayan spa. This is a spa in Narendra Nagar, Uttarakhand, set in the Indian Himalayas.

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The aftermath of the 1991 Uttarkashi earthquake. The video shows the condition of the district in Uttarakhand. This earthquake was one of the worst-hit in the Himalaya due to shifting of tectonic plates.

music · village

Man sings folk song of Lakhwar Village in Uttarakhand. Lakhwar is a Village in Duggada Tehsil in Pauri Garhwal District of Uttarakhand State, India. It is located 48 KM towards South from District head quarters Pauri.

temple · village

Notice the lovely traditional construction of houses in Garhwal, with traditional stone and wood used in alternating bands. The villages of Osla and Sima lie along the Har ki dun trekking route.

river

Devotees coming to the religious Dodital to sanctify religious idiols in Uttrakhand. Dodital is a freshwater lake in Uttarakhand, India, situated at a height of 3,024 metres.

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A block of stone or cement, a make-shift chair, a shelf with barber's supplied and a simple mirror, and voila - a new hair-cutting salon is born! And that too, over an open sewer/drain in Dehra dun, Uttarakhand, India.

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Roscoea purpurea and Agapanthus lily flowers in Kumaon. Agapanthus is the only genus in the subfamily Agapanthoideae of the flowering plant family Amaryllidaceae. The family is in the monocot order Asparagales.

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Seeding seed pods of the Agapanthus lily growing around Champawat, Kumaon, India. Agapanthus is the only genus in the subfamily Agapanthoideae of the flowering plant family Amaryllidaceae. The family is in the monocot order Asparagales.