Uttarakhand

forest · coastline

Chopta is a village located in Uttarakhand state, India and a base for trekking to Tungnath, third temple of Panch Kedar which is at a distance of 3.5 km.

temple · bazaar

View of local market of Gopeshwar, Rudranath (Gopinath) Temple and it's surrounding area from a vantage point. Gopeshwar appears to have been major temple site located about 10km. away from Chamoli on the way to Ukhimath.

festival · ceremony

Devotees take a break during Nanda Devi Raj Jat in Uttarakhand. 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

Ready-made garments shop, photo studio and a furniture shop in a local market of Lohaghat, Uttarakhand. Billboard and shop marketing board for Idea cellular.

ceremony · festival

Women dancing at Kumaoni wedding sangeet - Regdu, Uttarakhand. Kumaoni weddings are very simple but are solemnized with a number of rituals and traditions.

ceremony · festival

Women dancing and singing at a Kumaoni wedding sangeet in Regdu - Uttarakhand. Kumaoni weddings are very simple but are solemnized with a number of rituals and traditions.

ceremony · festival

Women singing during a Kumaoni wedding in Kumaon - Uttarakhand. Kumaoni weddings are very simple but are solemnized with a number of rituals and traditions.

Deoband is about 150 km from Delhi. Deoband is Famous for Darul Uloom of Deoband and Shri Bala Sundri Devi Mata Temple. Darul Uloom is one of the most important and influential schools of Islamic Studies.

birds

Uttarakhand's Jatoli village hosts a gaggle of White throated Laughing Thrushes in the early winter, when there is a shortage of air-borne insects and bugs need to be searched for in hidden places.

festival · temple

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

temple · river

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.

village · 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.

Champawat district is a district of Uttarakhand state in northern India. The town of Champawat is the administrative headquarters. The district is divided into five tehsils: Barakot, Champawat, Lohaghat, Pati, Purnagiri.

river · temple

At the beginning of winter, the idol at Gangotri temple is moved down, in a procession, to a lower village temple, near Mukhba.

river · temple

As Autumn begins in Garhwal, idol of Goddess Ganga is shifted from Gangotri temple to Mukhba and the valley is filled with peculiar sights and sounds.

music · ceremony

Jaagar is a form of ancestor spirit worship practiced in the hills of Uttarakhand, both in Kumaon as well as Garhwal.

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

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

monsoon

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

monsoon · highway

Drive through Vijay Nagar-Tilwara road. Heavy rainfall and flood on July 16 and 17 resulted in floods that damaged National highway Roads and houses in the Uttarakhand.

monsoon

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.