Uttarakhand

ceremony · festival

Groom's female relatives in traditional attire, wearing 'rangwali pichaura performing rituals for baraat ceremony during a Kumaoni wedding in a village of Uttarakhand...

festival

For a one day fair, Shaheed Kesari Chand Mela attracts a lot of people, and when one takes into account the fact that it is held on a hilltop ground near Chakrata, then it assumes all the more importance as around five to ten thousand peopl…

village

A little girl roams barefoot in a village in Garhwal. A Garhwali mother and daughter duo sits outside their cracked house and watches their cattle. People walk on the uneven path in the village.

river

Vignettes from the drive up to Gangotri and the views beyond. Gaumukh Trek in Uttarakhand, India. Some pilgrims opt to walk up to the glacial source, while others take a horse-back ride up.

river

Aerial view of the confluence of river Alaknanda and Nandakini in Nandaprayag in Uttarakhand.

river · temple

See the damage done to the famous confluence at Devprayag, where the two mighty streams of the Ganga come together and officially form the Ganga or the Ganges river - the most famous and important river of South Asia! Whereas prior to the c…

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 · 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 · 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

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 · bazaar

The now muddy waters of the Ganga can only tell the story of the horrors of the Uttarakhand floods in the town of Vijaynagar in June2013.

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.

Road-side trekkers' dhaba for the Dodital trekking route. This man runs a neat and clean joint, and his chappatis look delicious, especially after a long walk up from Kalyani and Agoda, as you head towards Dodital! Chapatti making in the wi…

flowers

Moorcroft's Corydalis is a perennial, glaucous herb, 15-30 cm tall. Rootstock is long, 1-2 cm in diameter at tip, often branched, crowned with residual petiolar bases.

A Green-backed Tit is filmed on a cedar tree in Uttarakhand in the early winters. Interestingly the bird is seen pecking on the wood and looks to be feeding on something from the small wood hollow.

farmland

Jaonli, a 21,760 ft mountain, a little to the south and east of Gangotri massif. To reach it one leaves the road at Bhatwari 60 km short of Gangotri and follows the Lod Gad, a tributary of the Ganga, to its origin at the snout of the Jaonli…

village

Woman wearing traditional Nath (Nathuli) or nose-ring in Osla village in Uttarakhand. She enjoys the warm winter sun outside her house, weaving yarn out of goats' wool, using the traditional method of 'Hand spinning' with a spindle at Osla…

temple · river

Lakhamandal is an ancient Hindu temple complex, situated in the Jaunsar-Bawar region of Dehradun district in the state of Uttarakhand.

Skiers filmed from a cable car in Auli. Auli is a popular skiing destination in Uttarakhand. Auli, also known as Auli Bugyal, in Garhwali, which means meadow, is located at an elevation of 2500 to 3050 meters above sea level.

river · snow

The land of immortals, the home of the Himalayas and truly a paradise on earth, allures everyone from everywhere. Garhwal is a former district of British India and later of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.

monsoon · hills

The monsoon season gets underway in the Himalaya, as monsoon clouds move in from the plains, as a result of the onset of the south-west monsoon. The Uttarakhand Himalaya gets dressed in white for the season of rain and bountiful clouds.

crafts · livestock

An Uttarakhandi woman spinning wool into yarn. The beautiful hills of Uttarakhand are the abode of the craft of weaving wool, initiated by the women of the villages.

village · industry

Construction work in a village in Garhwal region of Uttarakhand. Garhwali people walk with ponies in a village in Uttarakhand. Ponies can be seen carrying heavy loads.