Uttarakhand

hills

Horses grazing on Kuari pass meadow in Garhwal region of Uttarakhand, India. Kuari Pass is probably the best window to view the high Himalayan peaks.

village · farmland

One starts the trek for Madhyamaheshwar from the village of Ransi with its terraced fields, located beyond Ukhimath town in Uttarakhand.

highway · river

This a shot of the Jadh Ganga and the bridge over it, on the road to Gangotri. The deodar forets on all sides dominate the valley sides, and steep rock faces ascend to the higher mountains beyond, at Lanka.

industry · hills

Manual labourers carrying out construction work in the hilly terrain of Uttarakhand, India. Workers transport and handle construction materials using metal pans and basins, then pour and spread wet concrete along a steep dirt pathway.

river · forest

Deodar or Cedrus deodara Himalayan Cedar forests around Harsil in upper Uttarakhand, near Gangotri. A waterfall gushes forth from a tributary stream, leading into the Ganga near Harsil and Mukhba.

hills

Fly towards Mt. Shrikantha in the high ranges above Dharali and Harsil along the Ganga valley in Garhwal, Uttarakhand. Look across the valley to the Bandarpunch and Swargarohini range.

festival

Devotees gather in thousands at the Maa Barahi Devi Temple in Uttarakhand for the Bagwal Mela. Men in turbans are jumping and chanting on the muddy ground as they prepare for the game of Bawal or pelting stones.

temple

Baleshwar Temple complex is believed to be a 10th-century temple complex. Mainly dedicated to Lord Shiva, this complex is having two other temples, one dedicated to 'Ratneshwar' and other to 'Champawati Durga'.

festival · temple

In the Kumaon region of Uttarakhand in India, a dangerous festival of stone pelting is organized annually now done with fruits. Outside of this region, to the rest of the world, this festival would seem bizarre.

monsoon

Inder Singh from Badoli village witness of Uttarakhand disaster. He says "We built a new house this year and within the same year my house was washed away. One of my grandsons is very sick.

school

This film from the 2000s shows students of Rajiv Gandhi Navodaya School during their leisure time inside a school building.

ceremony · hills

Witness the spiritual grandeur of Nag Panchami at Dodital Lake, a sacred high-altitude pilgrimage site nestled in the Garhwal Himalayas of Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand.

farmland · hills

A time-lapse sequence captures a woman manually harvesting mustard crops across the terraced agricultural fields of Agora Village in the Indian Himalayas.

temple · hills

The sacred Maa Rajeshwari Temple, an ancient and spiritually significant Himalayan shrine located in Ransi village near Ukhimath, in the Rudraprayag district of Uttarakhand.

river · temple

In this video, we capture the breathtaking waterfall on the way to Shri Madmaheshwar Temple, one of the sacred Panch Kedar in Uttarakhand.

aerial

Aerial view of Gairsain, the planned but now refunct summer capital of Uttarakhand, as seen aerially, in this aerial view, from the air.

snow · hills

The peak is Changuch and to the left side is Pindari Glacier, and the central ridge along which we are flying, is the as Pindari Glacier view point.

hills

Landslides hit western Himalaya in Uttarakhand - see mountains collapse before you. With a thunderous sound, the mountain collapses into a cloud of dust.

Women worker planting tea saplings and cuttings and seeds at a tea estate in Champawat of Kumaon region in Uttarakhand. Soil is being turned and prepared, plastic sheeting is being placed atop the plants of Camellia sinensis.

monsoon · bazaar

Roads of Uttarakhand are destructed after heavy rainfall and landslide. Landslide brought destruction to roads in Uttarakhand. It is difficult to start rebuilding the roads and it will take time too.

Early morning light over the Panchachuli peaks as seen from beyond Pithoragarh and Munsiyari in Kumaon, Uttarakhand. Archival footage from the 1990's when the peaks had a lot more snow cover. Help us identify the buildings.

hills · flowers

A trekking trail winding through the Valley of Flowers National Park in Uttarakhand, India, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in the western Himalayas.

hills · river

The Jallandhri Garh torrent flows through the Kiarkoti valley below Lamkhaga pass in Uttarakhand.