Uttarakhand

temple · river

View of Durbil and Hanuman Chatti villages en route Yamunotri temple in Uttarakhand. Yamunotri is one of the Char Dham and it is also first place to visit in the Char Dham Circuit.

dance · railway

Men perform Pandav Nritya, one of the prominent and folk dance forms of Garhwal in Uttarakhand, India. Pandav Nritya is a dance form that explains the birth and life of the great Pandava kings.

festival · ceremony

Devotees on way to Nanda Devi during Nanda Devi Raj Jat in Uttarakhand, India. The three-week-long Nanda Devi Raj Jat is a pilgrimage and festival of Uttarakhand in India.

festival · ceremony

Traditional dance a part of the holy rituals perform by devotees before the Nanda Devi Yatra begins in Uttarakhand... The three-week-long Nanda Devi Raj Jat is a pilgrimage and festival of Uttarakhand in India.

ceremony · festival

Kumaoni groom along with his family members and priests performing 'havan' before his wedding in Uttarakhand. Kumaoni weddings are very simple but are solemnized with a number of rituals and traditions.

forest · village

White throated Laughing Thrushes in Jatoli village of Uttarakhand, India. White-Throated Laughingthrush (Garuulax albogularis) is a widespread resident in the Himalayas of the Indian Subcontinent.

festival · temple

Uttarakhand, the land known for its sanctity and religious fervor, is a cauldron of religious festivity.

temple · festival

Uttarakhand, the land known for its sanctity and religious fervor, is a cauldron of religious festivity.

snow · river

View from above Harsil. Gangotri is situated at an altitude of 3,048mts above sea level at the Uttarakashi district of Uttarakhand state. Located on the banks of the holy Bhagirathi River is one of the Char Dhams of Uttarakhand.

monsoon · river

Anil Kumar Bhatt : Uttarakhand flood survivor sharing his experience "My name is Anil Kumar Bhatt and I am a resident of Vijaynagar in District Rudraprayag". He Says "The destructive floods hit us on the night of the 16th of June.

highway · monsoon

Temporary road being attempted at Phata, so that villages and towns beyond can be connected. The temporary road also looks very weak but that seems to be the only option.

A vantage point on the Gidara Buggyal trail offers great views of the Garhwal Himalayas. While Dayara Bugyal is one of the easiest and popular trekking destination in Uttarakhand, most people don’t know that there is another gem hidden 14km…

temple · forest

Neelkanth Mahadev Temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to Nilkanth (Lord Shiva). The temple is situated at a height of 1330 meters and is located about 32 km from Rishikesh in the Pauri Garhwal district of Uttarakhand, India.

birds · wildlife

A male Himalayan woodpecker (Dendrocopos himalayensis) is observed on a sloping forest floor in Uttarakhand, surrounded by green vegetation, moss and fallen leaves.

festival · architecture

Janki Chatti in Uttarakhand serves as a major base for pilgrims travelling to Yamunotri. During the yatra, devotees cross a green iron truss bridge over a mountain river gorge.

hills · forest

A high-altitude trekking campsite in the Harsil region of Uttarakhand, India. A large canvas tent is set up on rocky terrain surrounded by dense forest vegetation and mature evergreen trees.

hills · village

The footage appears to capture everyday morning life in a small Himalayan village in Uttarakhand. The video begins with peaceful landscape shots of the village surrounded by forested hills under soft morning light.

forest

Wild fungi are seen growing on a moss-covered tree trunk in the forests of Uttarakhand. These mushrooms have smooth, glossy caps with orange to reddish tones and appear clustered on decaying wood, indicating active decomposition.

festival · temple

A crowd of devotees is seen running during the Bagwal Festival at Devidhura. The activity takes place at the Barahi Temple as part of traditional ritual practices. Participants move in coordinated groups within the temple area.

hills

Moon rise as seen from the Uttarakhand Himalayas on a clear night. The phase appears as a waning gibbous, with most of the lunar surface illuminated as it ascends above the ridgelines.

hills · aerial

Witness the raw beauty of the Pindari in Uttarakhand through stunning cinematic drone footage.

flowers

A female Stag Beetle explores the insides of a Cobaea scandens flower, with a Red-billed Blue Magpie cackling in the background audio, at the wildfilmsindia arboreta in Uttarakhand.

flowers · hills

Planting out a bed of blue Agapanthus lilies, seed-grown in the Himalaya, atour wildfilmsindia gardens in Uttarakhand. Trans-planting Agapanthus Lily clumps, after breaking the clumps and re-distributing them, at wildfilmsindia.