Uttarakhand

flowers · hills

Wild Viola biflora growing at the Wilderness Orchard and botanical gardens in Uttarakhand. This plant's roots are the source of the Indian ayurvedic medicine known as banafsha.

hills

The first shot illustrates the lunar occlusion of Venus, as filmed from the Jallandhri Garh in Garhwal. The moon looks massive and so much more clear when see from the high Himalaya...

People attend morning Yoga session at the Glasshouse on the Ganges in Uttarakhand. The Glasshouse on the Ganges, honours an extraordinary geographical site where the Ganga turns around and flows north towards its source.

hills · flowers

Butterflies forage on Daphne bholua flowers in Uttarakhand state of India. The Large Cabbage White (Pieris brassicae) is the white butterfly with one spot when the wings are shut and the inners of the wings are lined black at the tip.

festival · temple

Garhwali women performing Tandi Nritya 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.

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.

industry · architecture

Construction workers mix cement, lay bricks and plaster walls at a building site in Uttarakhand. Workers apply cement plaster to brick surfaces using hand tools, while others handle materials and preparation tasks.

monsoon · highway

Heavy rain lashed large parts of North India, causing landslides at a number of places in Uttarakhand that claimed four lives. Delhi received rain overnight, causing waterlogging in a number of areas.

music

Jeewan Singh Garbyal, an expert on Kumaon and originally a resident of Garbyang in Kumaon tells us that: "They would be singing Rung or closest would be a Nepali folk song.

river · flowers

Heavy rains triggered cloudbursts in several districts of Uttarakhand, killing many people and washing away houses. Two houses in the ghat area of Chamoli district wash away in River Mandakini, while other houses are in danger.

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.

Uttarakhandi porters warm themselves before a bonfire at a high altitude campsite in Garhwal. With the 7800 m. high Chaumkhana behind them, this expedition group gets comfortable in the cold, with stars and a clear night for company.

school

A group of school children sit outside the school building in Champawat. Champawat is a town and a Nagar Palika Parishad in Champawat district in the state of Uttarakhand, India.

flowers · hills

Ox-eye daisies (Leucanthemum vulgare) are very similar looking to the Michaelmas daisies. They prosper in the Himalayan mountains of Uttarakhand, India.

We are making 'Aloo (potato) Thechani' is a very popular dish in Garhwal. We make aloo thechani and mooli (radish) thechani in Garhwal. In garhwali cuisine, we use the potato with its skin to make aloo thechani.

birds

The white-capped redstart or the white-capped water redstart (Phoenicurus leucocephalus) is a bird from the old world flycatcher family found in the Indian subcontinent and in South-east Asia.

hills

Colourful passerine birds on the way to Bandarpunch in Garhwal Himalaya towards Chhaian Gad Valley in early winter.

hills · flowers

Uttarakhand actually encompasses quite a bit of area in the plains too, around Udhamsingh Nagar, around Ramnagar and around Roorkee, too.

village

Panoramic view of lush green hills of Agoda Village in Garhwal region of Uttarakhand. Agoda is a village situated in Bhatwari Block of Uttarkashi district in Uttarakhand.

highway · hills

Cyclists brave the highway traffic on the curvy hills in Ranikhet, Uttarakhand during the Mountain Trek Bike challenge.

hills

Setting up a campsite at around 12, 000 feet altitude, in the valley above Dharali, en route Gangotri, in the Uttarakhand Himalaya of India.