Uttarakhand

flowers · industry

Wild Peonis 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 · river

Pitching a tent at Dodital, in front of the old Forest Rest House, in good old Lakhiram's days! Dodital is a freshwater lake in Uttarakhand, India, situated at a height of 3,024 metres (9,921 ft).

Nanda Devi raj jat is the once in 12 years trek up to Roopkund lake, where pilgrims witness human bones and skulls abandoned there centuries ago.

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.

Kuheli Biswas Das tells us that "This is a Shield Bug." Mittal Gala adds that "Shield bugs come in beautiful colors from green to yellow to blood red." "Pentatomoidea is a superfamily of insects in the Heteroptera suborder of the Hemiptera…

snow · hills

Snow Partridge chick lost and returned to its nest by a porter in Garhwal Himalaya, Uttarakhand.

festival · river

Vain sadhu at the Kumbh Mela! Sadhus and vanity? Watch these men of god clean their faces in hand mirrors, neaten up their tikas / face paint and pat down the loose hairs of their beards! Further, he uses a comb to straighten out the white…

snow · hills

Snow-view and sun-rise as seen from Snow View Hotel in Chakrata, Uttarakhand, India. Through the deodar trees, one can see the hill-top of Landour and the ridge of Mussoorie.

coastline · hills

A slug or snail crawls at geological pace on a moss-laden stone slope in the Himalaya, at the Wilderness Orchard and botanical garden in Uttarakhand. It leaves behind a slimy trail...

hills · snow

The peaks of the Kedarnath range, as seen from the Kedarnath valley: spring 2014. Kedarnath (or Kedarnath Main) and Kedarnath Dome (or Kedar Dome) are two mountains in the Gangotri Group of peaks in the western Garhwal Himalaya in Uttarakha…

temple · festival

Uttarakhand, the land known for its sanctity and religious fervor, is a cauldron of religious festivity.

temple · festival

Uttarakhand, the land known for its sanctity and religious fervor, is a cauldron of religious festivity.

Champawat is a town and a nagar panchayat in Champawat district in the state of Uttarakhand, India. It is the administrative headquarters of Champawat district.

monsoon

Rough road on the way to Silli after Uttarakhand flood. Heavy rainfall and flood on July 16 and 17 resulted in floods that damaged roads in the Uttarakhand.

monsoon

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

snow

Skulls and bones sit on dirty ice at the edge of the high altitude glacial tarn of Roopkund, at the edge of the Nanda Devi Sanctuary in Garhwal, Uttarakhand. Roopkund trek.

Teak is the common name for the tropical hardwood tree species Tectona grandis and its wood products.

hills · river

Mussoorie is located at about 36 km from Dehradun. Mussoorie is a hill station in Uttarakhand and is well-connected to Dehradun by roadways. However, the best way to travel from Dehradun to Mussoorie is by car, a journey of over an hour.

temple · festival

Uttarakhand, the land known for its sanctity and religious fervor, is a cauldron of religious festivity.

monsoon · highway

Heavy rain lashed large parts of North India, causing landslides at a number of places in Uttarakhand that claimed four lives. Delhi received rain overnight, causing waterlogging in a number of areas.

river

Villages in and around Roorkee in Uttarakhand face the brunt of the monsoon waters. Residents cross the waist-deep water to go from one place to the other.

Yoga Session at a spa in the Himalaya. This is a luxury destination spa in Narendra Nagar, Uttarakhand, set in the Indian Himalayas.

river · bazaar

An old man buying chillum and looking for other rosary items in the local market of Haridwar, Uttarakhand. Haridwar is an ancient city and municipality in the Haridwar district of Uttarakhand, India.