Uttarakhand

birds

A pair of Paradise Flycatcher at their nest trying to feed their new born babies in the Shivalik range, India. The Asian Paradise-flycatcher (Terpsiphone paradisi) is a medium-sized passerine bird native to Asia.

ceremony · temple

Women join hands to dance on Nag Devta Puja ahead of Annapurna Devi Yatra in Uttarakhand. Annapurna temple, situated in world famous tourist spot Dodital opens its portals for the pilgrims.

hills

Standing just above the tree-line with the last Birch tree below me, I filmed this sequence from the meadows below Kiarkoti en route Lamkhaga pass, as the clouds cleared to reveal the most brilliant views of Srikantha and the Gangatri wall…

snow · forest

A close-up view shows a reddish-pink flower bud partially enclosed by protective brown and green scales, attached to a thin dark branch. The bud is covered with a layer of freshly fallen white snow, indicating active winter conditions.

hills · village

Lovely mid-winter views of Mahla, Srikantha and Lamkhaga pass and peak in Garhwal Himalaya above Harsil in Uttarakhand state. The fields and apple orchards are above Mahla village and Dharali gaon. The peak is of Mahla near Srikantha.

hills

Devidhura, famous for its temples and its association with Hindu mythology stands covered in fog. The houses on top of green hills and greenery of terraced farms.

temple · flowers

Devotees queue up outside Kamleshwar Mahadev temple on the occasion of Vaikunth chaturdashi.

temple · festival

Devotees carry palanquin of deity during Yamunotri Yatra in Uttarakhand. And devotees touching the palanquin seek blessings. Yamunotri is one of the Char Dham and it is also first place to visit in the Char Dham Circuit.

festival · ceremony

Hindu devotees trek towards holy Nauti village during Nanda Devi Festival in Uttarakhand, India. The three-week-long Nanda Devi Raj Jat is a pilgrimage and festival of Uttarakhand in India.

festival · ceremony

Devotees take a halt on the way to Nanda Devi during Nanda Devi Raj Jat Yatra in Uttarakhand. It is one such festival of Uttarakhand that is famous globally....

river · lake

Roopkund (sometimes called Skeleton Lake) is a glacial lake in Uttarakhand state of India famous due to more than five hundred human skeletons found at the edge of the lake.

festival · ceremony

Hindu devotees relaxes on trail to Homkund during Nanda Devi Raj Jat Yatra in Uttarakhand. The three-week-long Nanda Devi Raj Jat is a pilgrimage and festival of Uttarakhand in India.

festival · ceremony

Devotees offer prayer and seek blessings from Goddess during Nanda Devi Raj Jat Yatra in Uttarakhand. The three-week-long Nanda Devi Raj Jat is a pilgrimage and festival of Uttarakhand in India.

festival · ceremony

Devotees throng during Nanda Devi Raj Jat Yatra in Uttarakhand. It is one such Uttarakhand festival that is globally famous..... The three-week-long Nanda Devi Raj Jat is a pilgrimage and festival of Uttarakhand in India.

river · temple

Banners of various political parties like BJP, Congress, etc. being displayed on the streets of Lohaghat town, Uttarakhand. Lohaghat is a town and a nagar panchayat in Champawat district in the Indian state of Uttarakhand.

ceremony · festival

Women having great time at a Kumaoni wedding sangeet ceremony in Redgu - Uttarakhand. Kumaoni weddings are very simple but are solemnized with a number of rituals and traditions.

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…

hills · forest

Himalayan Woodpecker (Dendrocopos himalayensis) in Garhwal, Uttarakhand. How often does one see a Woodpecker pecking into a pine cone? Is it looking for insects drawn to the sap or is it eating the chilgoza pine seeds themselves? We filmed…

Champawat is a town and a nagar panchayat in Champawat district in the state of Uttarakhand, India. It is the administrative headquarters of Champawat district.

river · temple

At the beginning of winter, the idol at Gangotri temple is moved down, in a procession, to a lower village temple, near Mukhba.

monsoon

In June 2013, a multi-day cloudburst centered on the North Indian state of Uttarakhand caused devastating floods and landslides in the country's worst natural disaster since the 2004 tsunami.

monsoon

In June 2013, a multi-day cloudburst centered on the North Indian state of Uttarakhand caused devastating floods and landslides in the country's worst natural disaster since the 2004 tsunami.

monsoon

In June 2013, a multi-day cloudburst centered on the North Indian state of Uttarakhand caused devastating floods and landslides in the country's worst natural disaster since the 2004 tsunami.