Uttarakhand

music · railway

Hindu devotees sing 'Thariya Chofla', one of the prominent and old folk song of Garhwal. Thariya Chofla is a prominent folk song from Uttarakhand sung with dance.

temple · festival

Indian Hindu devotees carry idol of Goddess Annapurna at Nag Devta Temple in Uttarakhand as they start procession for Annapurna Temple yatra.

temple · festival

People perform Raas dance as Annapurna Yatra procession starts from Nag Devta Temple in Uttarakhand. Annapurna temple, situated in world famous tourist spot Dodital opens its portals for the pilgrims.

hills

Time lapse of clouds in motion over lower and middle Himalaya near Bhatwari in Uttarakhand while the sun sets in the background.

temple · festival

Procession of Annapurna Devi Yatra reaches Ganesh Temple in Dodital, Uttarakhand. Annapurna temple, situated in world famous tourist spot Dodital opens its portals for the pilgrims.

forest

Lansdowne is 45 kilometer away from Kotdwar. Lansdowne was originally a popular hill station with the British. They made a cantonment in Lansdowne. Command office of Garhwal Rifles is situated in Lansdown.

forest

Lansdowne is 45 kilometer away from Kotdwar. Lansdowne was originally a popular hill station with the British. They made a cantonment in Lansdowne. Command office of Garhwal Rifles is situated in Lansdown.

hills · highway

A road journey by a Nehru Institute of Mountaineering course to Chaurangi Khal and Shri Guru Chaurangi Nath Mandir in Uttarakhand, travelling through the Garhwal Himalaya.

hills · flowers

As our team slogs up the hill in cold wintery conditions from Dharali village before Harsil and Gangotri in the Uttarakhand Himalaya, they come across Rhododendron campanulatum shrubs with frost and icy snow in the lower alpine zone.

A JCB bulldozer clears landslide debris on the route to Jhaul before Pithoragarh in Kumaon, Uttarakhand, India. Passengers have come out of their buses and cars and wait on the road for the rockfall cum land slide to get cleared.

politics

Citizens in the then hilly parts of erstwhile Uttar Pradesh in northern India take to the streets to protest the reservation policy of the ruling Mulayam Singh Government.

farmland

Amidst bird calls and temple bells, the green hilly town of Champawat is famous among tourists and motorcycle enthusiasts. It is an important town as it connects tourists to other destinations in the higher altitude.

hills · snow

Pristine view of snow covered Himalayan mountains of Uttarakhand state of India. The Garhwal Himalayas are mountain ranges located in the state of Uttarakhand, India.

ceremony · temple

Priest performs various rituals on the occasion of Vaikunth chaturdashi at Kamleshwar Mahadev temple of Srinagar Garhwal. Thousands of couples participate in this ritual hoping to have a child.

dance · railway

Men perform Pandav Nritya, one of the prominent and folk dance forms of Garhwal in Uttarakhand, India. The Pandav Nritya, which is related to the story of the Mahabharata, has been very popular, particularly in the Garhwal region.

festival · railway

Hindu devotees sing Thariya Chofla during Nanda Devi Festival in Sutol Village in Uttarakhand. Thariya Chofla is a prominent folk song from Uttarakhand sung with dance.

dance · railway

Men perform Pandav Nritya, one of the prominent and folk dance forms of Garhwal in Uttarakhand, India. The Pandav Nritya, which is related to the story of the Mahabharata, has been very popular, particularly in the Garhwal region.

festival · ceremony

Pilgrims take a halt on the way to Nanda Devi. One can see pilgrims take a break during the Nanda Devi Raj Jat Yatra in Uttarakhand..... The three-week-long Nanda Devi Raj Jat is a pilgrimage and festival of Uttarakhand in India.

livestock · forest

Herd of Sheep grazing on a meadow en route Kuari Pass. The trek over the Kuari Pass was the route followed by Shipton and Tilman on their way to the Rishi Gorge and by other mountaineers en route to the peaks on the Indo-Tibetan border.

ceremony · river

Burning flames of a pyre at Chandi cremation ghat of Haridwar, Uttarakhand. Cremation is the use of high-temperature burning, vaporization, and oxidation to reduce dead animal bodies, including human ones, to basic chemical compounds, such…

Regdu is a Place in Barakot Taluk in Champawat District of Uttarakhand State. Champawat district is a district of Uttarakhand state in northern India. The town of Champawat is the administrative headquarters.

ceremony · festival

Kumaoni women making suwal pithai during a wedding in Uttarakhand, India. This ritual is very specific to Kumaoni traditions wherein wheat flour is kneaded into dough and rolled into rotis but a little thinner and dried in the sun after dip…