Uttarakhand

hills

A mango tree in the Himalayan hilltown of Dehradun at the Indian Military Academy. The sound of drums and trumpets at the Passing Out Parade can be heard at the back.

river

Chhadaka waterfall at Agora, Uttarakhand Uttarakhand formerly Uttaranchal, is a state in the northern part of India.

festival · flowers

Kangdali Festival is a festival held by the rung tribe of the Pithoragarh district of Uttarakhand state in India. This festival coincides with the blooming of the Kandali plant, which flowers once every twelve years.

river

Gaumukh Trek in Uttarakhand, India. Some pilgrims opt to walk up to the glacial source, while others take a horse-back ride up. One can see clear views of the Bhagirathi peaks en route from Gangotri to Gaumukh.

flowers · industry

A striking specimen of the Common Foxglove (Digitalis purpurea) blooms in the hills of Mussoorie, Uttarakhand.

river · hills

Fast flowing tributary of River Yamuna, Aglar River in the North of Mussoorie, Uttarakhand. Aglar river is a major Himalayan tributary of the river Yamuna.

forest

A tortoise falls off a rock, plonks into the stream below and ambles off into the forested ravine beyond... Tortoise crawling near Ramnagar forest, Uttarakhand, India. Tortoise crawling, Shivalik

river · hills

Villagers who stay near Aglar river ready for fish killing festival in the North of Mussoorie, Uttarakhand. Aglar river is a major Himalayan tributary of the river Yamuna.

farmland

Green apples growing in an apple orchard owned by Dr. Kundan Singh Panwar, expert horticulturalist and consultant to Uttarakhand state government, on horticultural matters, at his Nainbagh fruit orchard in Uttarakhand state.

monsoon

Relief work in progress after a month in the state of Uttarakhand where floods devastated whole villages and killed innumerable lives.

Have you ever seen a caterpillar weave a web? Well, this one with a weird but unique modus operandi is up to weaving a web during monsoon on the hills of Uttarakhand.

village · livestock

Women wearing kurta and ghangra with scarf on their head milking a cow at Lakhwar Village in Uttarakhand, India. Lakhwar is a Village in Duggada Tehsil in Pauri Garhwal District of Uttarakhand State, India.

The white-collared Blackbird (Turdus albocinctus) is a species of bird in the family Turdidae. It is found in the Indian subcontinent, ranging across Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal and Pakistan.

forest

White collared blackbird search and eats insects in the forest of Uttarakhand, India. The bird black with very broad white collar extending from chin to mid-breast and around lower nape and upper mantle and it has yellow beak and yellow leg…

hills

A Rufous Sibia or Black-capped Sibia (Heterophasia capistrata) pecks on a ripe wild Pear fruit in Uttarakhand.

hills · snow

Good stock footage of spring time snow on the hills of Yamunotri in Garhwal, Uttarakhand. Clouds moving in fast motion over Garhwal Himalayas. The Garhwal Himalayas are mountain ranges located in the state of Uttarakhand, India.

The site of Asoka's inscriptions at Kalsi the only place in north India where the great Mauryan emperor has inscribed the set of the fourteen rock edicts (res).

river · snow

Peaceful and a great sight of the the world's highest man-made artificial lake in Uttarakhand Himalayas. This lake was developed by the government in view of creating artificial snow on the new ski slopes at the time of low snow fall.

festival · temple

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

A local man from Gharwal Region talks about the problems they are facing after Earthquake, he says, We haven'y form any organisation, whatever we are eating is on our own.

While in Jabarkhet you get to experience Dehradoon like never before. Lit like Diwali every night while the moon partially hides forming an imperfect crescent moon.

temple · ceremony

Ukhimath is a pilgrimage site in Rudraprayag district, Uttarakhand, India. It is at an elevation of 1311 metres and at a distance of 41 km from Rudraprayag.

flowers · industry

The Yucca plant is now seen globally, including here at 7200 feet altitude in the western Himalaya, at the Wilderness Orchard and botanical garden in Uttarakhand, India. September 2014, at the tail-end of the monsoon season.