Uttarakhand

Water-logging due to heavy rain causes inconvenience to commuters in Uttarakhand. See the shared auto rickshaws, bikes, school bus, and cycles pass through a water-logged street in a market.

industry · highway

An active boring machine operating at a road construction site in the Himalayan region of India. The heavy machine is engaged in drilling or boring work as part of ongoing road infrastructure construction.

ceremony · temple

Thousands of women take participate in this ritual in the hope to get a child. Ladies stand for whole night with a lighted Diya on their palm . They fast for the entire night, and are not allowed to sit even for a while.

temple · school

School going children pass through Rudranath Gopinath Temple and takes a blessing from outside the temple entrance in Uttarakhand. Gopeshwar appears to have been major temple site located about 10km.

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 chanting religious bhajans, gruop of people take blessings from aarti during Nanda Devi Yatra in Uttarakhand, India. The three-week-long Nanda Devi Raj Jat is a pilgrimage and festival of Uttarakhand in India.

ceremony · festival

Woman dancing at a sangeet in Kumaoni wedding. Kumaoni weddings are very simple but are solemnized with a number of rituals and traditions.

ceremony · festival

People having great time singing holy songs at jagrata a pre-wedding function at Kumaon.. Kumaoni weddings are very simple but are solemnized with a number of rituals and traditions.

ceremony · festival

Young traditional drummer accompanying a wedding procession in Indiaa. This young drummer becomes the center of attention during a Kumaoni wedding in Uttarakhand as he plays drum in a unique style befitting a talented street artist.

ceremony · music

Kumaoni groom singing songs along with his relatives beofre wedding in Uttarakhand. Kumaoni weddings are very simple but are solemnized with a number of rituals and traditions.

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.

temple · festival

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.

festival · temple

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

temple · river

The temple idol at Gangotri is brought down for the winter months, in an elaborate procession that has priests, army bands and the drum beats of local villagers, all of whom are in tow...

monsoon · highway

Poor condition of road on the way to Silli town of Uttarakhand. Heavy rainfall and flood on July 16 and 17 resulted in floods that damaged National highway No. 58 in the Uttarakhand.

monsoon · highway

Damaged and dangerous road to Silli after flood in Uttarakhand. Heavy rainfall and flood on July 16 and 17 resulted in floods that damaged National highway No. 58 in the Uttarakhand.

monsoon · highway

Rudraprayag - Tehri road in Uttarakhand Heavy rainfall and flood on July 16 and 17 resulted in floods that damaged roads in the Uttarakhand.

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 · river

Heavy rainfall and flood on July 16 and 17 resulted in floods that damaged houses and roads in the Uttarakhand. The river has widened in a few areas, changed its course in some and has engulfed a lot of areas in the Uttarakhand valley.

monsoon · bazaar

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

Post disaster, road connectivity is yet to begin in a lot of areas in Uttarakhand. These people need to take alternative mountain routes dor their daily to and fro.

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.