Uttarakhand

hills

0:10 Bandarpunch 0:14 Black Peak 0:32 Lamkhaga Peak 0:45 Rudugaira / Rudragaira, perhaps? 0:48 Gangotri III 1:05 Srikantha A whole panorama of Garhwal Himalaya peaks as seen from the valley above Dharali, on a winter trek in October 2018, a…

snow · hills

Peeling onions within a kitchen tent at the Base Camp of a Himalayan peak in the western Himalayan state of Uttarakhand. Tea mugs sit outside the tent, as the camp prepares dinner and digs in for the night.

festival

Priests and religious leaders chant from religious texts as part of the Bagwal Mela at Maa Bahari Devi Mandir in Uttarakhand. The mela is held annually in Devidhura on the day of Raksha Bandhan.

livestock

Jaonli, Draupadi Ka Danda, Gangotri I, Gangotri II, Gangotri III and Srikanta or Shrikanta from Dayara Bugyal in Uttarakhand.

festival · railway

Hindu devotees sing Thariya Chofla during Nanda Devi Festival in Sutol Village in Uttarakhand. Thariya Chofla is a prominent folk song from Uttarakhand sung with dance.

hills · wildlife

Included in the Schedule 1 of the Indian Wildlife Protection Act, and thus due to be accorded the highest level of protection is this Cheer Pheasant as it looks fabulous with warm evening sun on the Chaukhamba Himalayan range peak, and amon…

hills · river

Madhu Ganga and Morkanda rivers flow through a dramatic mountain valley in Uttarakhand, carving their path between steep, lush green hills and rugged slopes.

hills · village

A drone captures a breathtaking aerial view of Maa Rakeshwari Temple in Ransi village, Ukhimath, Rudraprayag, Uttarakhand, where devotees are performing puja amidst the steep, green-covered Himalayan hillsides.

hills · village

A drone captures a stunning aerial view of Ransi village, near Ukhimath in Uttarakhand, revealing its location on a steep mountainside adorned with lush green terraced fields.

aerial · hills

Pithoragarh town in Kumaon is a widely spread-out mass of hill homes and buildings in Uttarakhand. What a massive sprawl of Himalayan 'urban', as seen aerially, in this aerial view, from the air.

forest · monsoon

Monsoon clouds swirl up from the plains, and cause heavy rain over the Himalaya, as seen from wildfilmsindia's conservation mountains in Uttarakhand.

river · lake

Dodital is magical when there are no people present, and just the trees, the beautiful lake and lots of snow! Experience this Himalayan magic for yourself...

farmland · bazaar

Tamatar is not just a necessity in the Indian kitchen now. Tamatar comes in multiple colours, shapes, hues and tastes as well , and not just the desi tomato we are all used to seeing in the neighbourhood sabzi mandi! Tomatoes ready for harv…

river · forest

A family enjoys a picnic along the Ramganga river in the lap of the Kumaon Himalyas. Their Ford Endeavour and Toyota Fortuner can be seen parked alongside the river, as forest guards come on rounds.

birds · forest

The Striated Laughing thrush is a bird species in the Leiothrichidae family. In the proposed rearrangement of the laughingthrushes, it is placed in the monotypic genus Grammatoptila, as G. striata.

bus · highway

In a chilling video from Uttarakhand which has been filmed during the monsoons in 2020 shows a bus and van struggling to get to the other end of the broken road.

village

Osla -Sima are village where they still follow polyandry and polygamy. Osla - Sima villages near Har-ki-dun - last bastion of polyandry and polygamy in India.

hills

Kuari Pass is probably the best window to view the high Himalayan peaks. The views are simply breathtaking with the Himalayan giants lined up in one magnificent arc easily making it one of the most wonderful views in the Himalaya.

hills · livestock

What a slice of every-day life on a Himalayan alpine meadow, with shepherds and their huge flocks of sheep out to graze. Sheep flock together in a rolling green alpine meadow or buggyal pastureland in the high Himalaya of Garhwal.

hills · snow

The Gangotri Group of mountains is a subdivision of the Garhwal Himalaya in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand.

hills

The warmth of a Himalayan camp fire, en route Rudragaira peak in the Garhwal Himalaya. it is evening, and there is still bright light on the peaks behind and Auden's Col, but it is winter and the chill is extreme.

snow · hills

A pile of stones creates a route marker known as a cairn or thoua en route the Gangotri peaks which can be clearly seen in bright winter light on the way up to Mt. Rudragaira in the Garhwal Himalaya.

hills · forest

In the headwaters of the Ganges lies this seldom explored or visited valley above Dharali, with vast Himalayan Silver Birch and conifer forests in the sub snow line...