Uttarakhand

monsoon · architecture

Saryu River Bridge in Champawat district of Uttarakhand, as monsoon swollen brown water river flows below. A bridge over the Sarju river in Kumaon.

monsoon · river

A bridge over the Sarju river in Kumaon. Verdant green valley forest and brown monsoon flooded view of Saryu River in Champawat, Uttarakhand Monsoon flooding leads to livestock and animals floating down the Saryu River at Champawat in Utta…

monsoon · river

Monsoon flooding leads to livestock and animals floating down the Saryu River at Champawat in Uttarakhand, past green rice and paddy fields and brown flooded river waters.

hills · aerial

With the monsoon clouds covering up the headroom in the sky with a dark blanket of warm impending rain, India seems to be crowding the Himalayan middle hills and foothills, as seen over Lohaghat town in Uttarakhand's Champawat, in this aeri…

flowers

Burgundy - Violet and pink Calla - Arum Lilies flower at wildfilmsindia botanical collections at Motidhar in Uttarakhand Burgundy - Violet Calla Lilies flower at wildfilmsindia botanical collections at Motidhar in Uttarakhand

flowers · hills

Calanthe plantaginea is a beautiful and rare light lilac coloured flowering ground orchid found in the wildfilmsindia forests in the western Himalaya.

forest · hills

The sun moves across our forest, creating a tapestry of sunlight and shadows. Western Himalayan temperate broadleaf forests of Uttarakhand, at wildfilmsindia protected sanctuary Our wildfilmsindia Himalayan jungle in sunlight and shadows! H…

flowers · hills

Already spring in the Himalaya! A variety of colours of Anemone flowers bloom in winter sunshine at wildfilmsindia Motidhar Estate in Uttarakhand.

river · wildlife

A pair of Spotted Forktails spotted along a Mussoorie stream in the wildfilmsindia sanctuary in Uttarakhand: An elegant stream-side resident that eats insects and pirouettes around the water and stones around a river, all day.

hills · village

Old world Himalayan village with terrace farming in Uttarakhand, with pumpkins drying on slate roof. Narrow ridges support cultivation on terraces, fed by a cement water tank that is recharged and then dispenses water for agriculture.

hills · flowers

Alpine Meadows of the Himalaya: Buggyals of Garhwal, misty grasslands flower covered summer pastures

flowers

A cheery blue, purple and white variegated Japanese morning glory Ipomea flowers on the vine at wildfilmsindia Jabbarkhet botanical collection in Uttarakhand.

river · highway

Warm evening light bathes Ganga river at Devprayag, as the turquoise Alaknanda and blueish-green Bhagirathi meet to form Ganges.

forest · birds

Long-tailed Broadbill is a rarely-seen bird in Garhwal, as it is more of an eastern Himalayan species. It wags its tail while sitting on a pine tree at our wildfilmsindia conservation lands in Uttarakhand.

river · hills

Fuzz ball of cotton! A Spotted Forktail fluffs out its feathers and preens on a post of our trout pond at the wildfilmsindia stream in Uttarakhand, showing lots of white inner feathers.

highway

Devprayag road in Uttarakhand, with Alaknanda and Bhagirathi streams of Ganga coming together A stunning disparity in water colour! Blue and green water streams of Bhagirathi and Alaknanda Ganga / Ganges meet at Devprayag in Uttarakhand.

river

Green Bhagirathi meets brown Alaknanda Ganga at Devprayag confluence of Ganges river in Uttarakhand A stunning disparity in water colour! Blue and green water streams of Bhagirathi and Alaknanda Ganga / Ganges meet at Devprayag in Uttarakha…

school

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.

village · river

Western disturbances cause mid-summer clouds and rains... Saari village clouds move in rapid motion, in Uttarakhand: Gateway to Deoria Tal and Chopta in Garhwal.

highway · industry

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.

hills · river

Does the Redstart not tire of wagging its tail up and down all day? Watch this White-capped Redstart by a stream at the wildfilmsindia sanctuary in Uttarakhand.

village

A local villager makes a snowman in Agoda village of Uttarakhand: Snowman making seems to have become a universal language, particularly thanks to popular and social media, perhaps?!

festival · hills

The crowds come together to catch fish after stunning them with a local anesthetic powder obtained from a shrub, and crowd into a stream. This practice ruins the riverine ecology.