Uttarakhand

industry

A shoe factory showing how shoes are made in India. This is actually one of the most automated super high tech plants in India, belonging to Liberty Shoes, and situated at Roorkee, in Uttarakhand, India.

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.

birds · wildlife

Note the open pneumostome on the slug! Slugs are types of snails without the armour or cover shells. It is a gastropod mollusc which eats on dead leaves, fungus, and decaying vegetable material.

birds · wildlife

Birds of Dehra dun and Chakrata: Lupine flowers, Green-backed Tit, Yellow-browed leaf Warbler, Himalayan Whistling Thrush, Himalayan Barbet and Brahminy Ducks or Ruddy Sheldrake (Surkhab) on Asan Barrage, Dehra dun, Uttarakhand, India.

Cable car service from Joshimath to Auli in the hills of Uttarakhand. Auli Ropeway is the major tourist attraction in Auli offering magnificent view of Himalayas.

river · wildlife

Char Dham or Four Pilgrimage sites in Uttarakhand. Gangotri, Yamunotri, Kedarnath, and Badrinath are related to the source of Ganga, Yamuna, Mandakini and Alaknanda river. Every year many pilgrims perform Char Dham Yatra.

Can you imagine waking up with such peaceful view of the Himalayan range around you? Such breathtaking landscapes available to check every time you look through a window! Uttarakhand, formerly known as Uttaranchal, is a state in the norther…

river · wildlife

Char Dham or Four Pilgrimage sites in Uttarakhand. Gangotri, Yamunotri, Kedarnath, and Badrinath are related to the source of Ganga, Yamuna, Mandakini and Alaknanda river. Every year many pilgrims perform Char Dham Yatra.

temple

Gopeshwar appears to have been major temple site located about 10km. away from Chamoli on the way to Ukhimath.

Regdu is a Place in Barakot Taluk in Champawat District of Uttarakhand State. Champawat district is a district of Uttarakhand state in northern India. The town of Champawat is the administrative headquarters.

monsoon · highway

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

monsoon · highway

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

temple · hills

Badrinath temple, sometimes called Badrinarayan temple, is situated along the Alaknanda river, in the hill town of Badrinath in Uttarakhand state in India.

birds · wildlife

Bird footage and super bird audio from the 1990's. Himalayan Jungle Crow (Corvus macrorhyncos himalayensis?), Lesser Scaly-bellied Green Woodpecker, a Dark-Grey Bush-chat, and the calls of the Long-tailed Minivet and a distant rooster crowi…

flowers

Cosmos is a genus, with the same common name of Cosmos, of about 20--26 species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. Cosmos are herbaceous perennial plants growing 0.3--2 m (1 ft 0 in--6 ft 7 in) tall.

ceremony · temple

A tantrik puja or hindu prayer / worship ceremony of Besi Pooja being held in Lakhat Village near Chausar in Uttaranchal in North India. The Besi Pooja is held only once in five years.

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…

village

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…

livestock

Sheep in high altitude Garhwal. The sheep have climbed up from the Kiarkoti buggyal or meadow and are crossing a juniper slope to the higher reaches.

hills · flowers

Valley of Flowers National Park is an Indian national park located in Uttarakhand state. Valley was declared a national park in 1982, and now it is a World Heritage Site.