Uttarakhand

river · lake

Aerial view of an idyllic talab in the mountains around Chopta in Uttarakhand. Deoria Tal, as seen aerially.

school · village

Discipline time and Physical training at a village government school in the mountains of Uttarakhand PT class for girls and boys at a school in Uttarakhand: Physical training in blue and white uniform, to the sound of a drum beat.

forest · wildlife

Dark-Grey Bush Chat male approaches chicks with insect feed in its beak, at wildfilmsindia sanctuary Bird eating insect Uttarakhand A male Dark Grey Bush Chat nests in wildfilmsindia sanctuary in the Himalaya, and successfully fetches grubs…

industry · highway

Road construction work for Char Dham Yatra four laning in Uttarakhand is leading to environmental doom. Heavy machinery is being worked on the high altitude roads, with malba and construction wast being thrown to the river valleys below.

Rudraprayag in Uttarakhand represents confluence of Mandakini and Alaknanda Ganga streams, of Ganges

Apple, cherry, nectarine and walnut fruit tree grafted saplings from Battistini Vivai in Italy get planted in the wildfilmsindia Uttarakhand orchards.

birds · hills

Turquoise-like Verditer Flycatcher trills on dead grey branch against blue sky: Perfect blue on blue! Deep blue bird catches evening light sitting on a Himalayan Cedar or deodar branch, and looks deceptively like a different bird but is rea…

river

River running in the Ganga: River Rafting Training Centre in Uttarakhand River running in the Ganga: River Rafting Training Centre in Uttarakhand

river · hills

The regal and stylish Spotted Forktail is spotted by the Bindal - Rispana river head-waters at wildfilmsindia Motidhar Estate forests in Uttarakhand, as it turns over leaves with glee and impishness! Enjoying its pristine Himalayan stream-s…

snow · village

Snowfall finally visits the hills of Garhwal and Kumaon in Uttarakhand, feeding groundwater aquifers, re-charging sub-surface moisture and encouraging winter tourism alike. Seen here is Agoda village during winter.

hills

Cute little doggo gets snowed down upon in Uttarakhand Himalaya's high mountains, looks cold forlorn Cute little doggo gets snowed down upon in Uttarakhand Himalaya's high mountains, looks cold forlorn

highway

monsoon · highway

Monsoon rains flow muddy brown as soil erosion takes away forest top soil in Rajaji National Park, Uttarakhand. Termites on the forest floor in the monsoons.

festival · hills

Camaraderie much, but at what cost? Fishing festival or riverine destruction? Maund mela on Aglar nadi behind Mussoorie leads to ecological damage. Locals band together in the river, to collect all the fish they have stunned.

forest

A Painted Lady butterfly, also known as Vanessa cardui sits and nectaring, with cicadas calling in background audio track, at the wildfilmsindia sanctuary in Uttarakhand. Painted Lady - Vanessa cardui

aerial · school

Mussoorie aerial journey with views of Woodstock School girls' hostel and sports fields, Dhobighat, Wynberg Allen School, St.

flowers · hills

With bird call filling the air, Anemones all pink and the odd yellow daffodil light up Himalayan spring at wildfilmsindia botanical gardens in Uttarakhand.

The notoriously ghost infested supposed aunted Lambi Dehar Mines: Mined hillsides return to greenery, extensive plantation work done in Uttarakhand Himalaya of India.

forest · hills

A wild mountain goat or Goral chomps on dry winter grasses on our cliffs at the wildfilmsindia wildlife sanctuary in Uttarakhand.

hills · river

Emerald glacial lake amid the moraine rubble! Aerial over-flight of Vasuki Tal lake and the upper reaches of the glacier below.

hills · forest

The terribly sad season of summer forest fires is upon us, when bird nests, offspring, eggs and chicks all perish.

snow · hills

The mountain peaks sparsely clad in permanent snow in autumn before the harsh winter arrives in Garhwal Himalaya. White snow covering parts of the mountains are quite a sight with the audio of a glacier sourced stream gushing on rocks.

hills · wildlife

Rhododendron campanulatum shrubbery in the higher Garhwal Himalaya, interspersed with Himalayan Birch / Bhoj patra or Betula utilis forests, makes for excellent Monal Pheasant, Bharal or Blue Sheep and Musk Deer habitat!