Uttarakhand

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.

hills · snow

A majestic Himalayan Vyakshi peak in the pristine Derma Valley of the Pithoragarh district in Uttarakhand, featuring rugged, snow-covered peaks and steep rocky ridges.

hills · snow

The snow-covered Kedarnath mountain range rises above a rocky valley in the Garhwal Himalayas of Uttarakhand, India. Sunlight gradually spreads across the rugged mountain slopes, illuminating sections of the snow and exposed rock.

forest · hills

Trekkers and porters travelling along the Rudragaira trek in Uttarakhand's Garhwal Himalayas.

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.

industry

The intriguing seed pods of the Snake plant of the Western Himalaya turn from green to red and then almost black before they dry up and turn to seed, ready for dispersal.

hills

Winter Kuari Pass trek is among the most scenic excursions that you will ever take through the Himalayan Mountains. The mountain pass is located in the Garhwal region of the state of Uttarakhand.