Uttarakhand

bazaar · highway

This video captures the peaceful scenic beauty of Nanak Sagar Dam Lake in Champawat, Uttarakhand. Gentle river waves roll toward the shoreline, softly touching the coast and creating a calming natural rhythm.

highway · industry

This video captures real moments from the Silkyara Bend–Barkot Road Tunnel rescue operation in Uttarakhand, where 41 workers were trapped after the tunnel collapse in November 2023.

A woman carries a head load full of cauliflower in a sack on her head, to load onto a waiting MUV vehicle. Bandh gobhi or Cauliflower being harvested by women in Uttarakhand

hills · wildlife

A male Himalayan Monal (Lophophorus impejanus) perched on a thick, moss-covered tree branch within a Himalayan forest.

hills · forest

A rainbow comes visiting at wildfilmsindia sanctuary in the Himalaya while we were enjoying the rain in the Jabbarkhet orchard in Uttarakhand.

festival · hills

Chinese food is popular not only in plains but also in the hills of Uttarakhand. It is only then that we got to see fresh, hot momos and noodles being sold during Jaunsar Bawar's Shaheed Kesari Chand Mela.

temple · ceremony

Thousands of devotees gather on the occasion of Vaikunt chaturdashi to worship Lord Shiva at Shree Kamleshwar Mahadev temple of Srinagar Garhwal of Uttarakhand state. They all are stand in a queue and waiting for their turn.

hills

Range of Garhwal Himalayas including Kamet, Hath and Ghori mountains as seen from Kuari pass in Uttarakhand. Kamet is the second highest mountain in the Garhwal region of Uttarakhand, after Nanda Devi.

river · lake

The gem of Uttarakhand - Nainital is a charming hill station that sits prettily at the green foothills of the Kumaon ranges in the Himalayas.

wildlife · highway

Which one of those who have visited Dehra dun can forget the lovely journey through the forested Rajaji National Park, even if the Mohand tunnel traffic jams and the trucks aren't the prettiest sight? Doscos and Welhamites alike, and all th…

hills

A flight of Snow Pigeons shoots past the Birch (Betula utilis or bhoj patra) forest at the upper end of the Himalayan tree-line. This view comes to you above Dharali village, with the classic panorama of the 3 valleys on the North.

hills

A pair of young Bhotia dogs play with each other in the lush green meadows of the Garhwal Himalaya.

festival · river

Devotees of Lord Shiva throng Haridwar and take holy dip in the waters of river Ganges during the annual religious Kavad Mela.

flowers · hills

Butterflies forage on Daphne bholua flowers in Uttarakhand state of India. A Cabbage White butterfly offers itself to a receptive mate on a spring-time afternoon in the high Himalaya, close to the tree-line.

dance

A shared taxi gets stuck on the Morena Dhar to Dhanolti short-cut route, in Uttarakhand. With the tyres struggling to gain traction in the wet 'kichar' soil and mud, the driver decides to turn back, but with no better luck! The SUV simply m…

monsoon

river · architecture

An old iron bridge on the Ramganga river in the lower foothills of the Kumaon Himalayas is traversed in slow motion and one can spot mahseer fish floating in the waters of the river.

village

A happy rural village scene from inner Uttarakhand! This must be a hard-worked but blissful existence.

hills · snow

This footage begins with trekkers or local mountain workers digging into a barren hillside, possibly clearing, repairing, or preparing a section of the trail in the remote high-altitude terrain of the Rudragaira region.

hills · flowers

A Himalayan Agama eats Berberis flowers in the hills of Uttarakhand, India. Isn't this strange behaviour for a lizard to be eating berries from a thorny shrub? Even the lizard seems to recognize the high Vitamin C potential of this shrub th…

This is a jungle species which nests in a tree hole, laying two to four white eggs. Like other woodpeckers, this species has a straight pointed bill, a stiff tail to provide support against tree trunks, and zygodactyl or “yoked feet, with t…