Uttarakhand

hills · river

View of Swargarohini and Banderpunch peaks as seen from Mussoorie. Swargarohini is a mountain massif in the Bandarpunch Range of the Garhwal Himalaya.

hills · birds

Uttarakhand's Jatoli village, en route the Pindari Glacier, hosts a Lammergeier or Himalayan Bearded Vulture, one of the most magnificent birds of the Himalaya.

festival · river

A man setting up a temporary tea-stall during Maund Mela, he use stone stands to burn firewood and a little boy joins him.

hills

This butterfly was found at about 15,000 feet on Mt. Rudragaira n the Garhwal Himalaya of Uttarakhand. We think this butterfly may be an Aulocera species. Help us identify this butterfly!

monsoon · bazaar

Roads of Uttarakhand are destructed after heavy rainfall and landslide. Landslide brought destruction to roads in Uttarakhand. It is difficult to start rebuilding the roads and it will take time too.

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.

temple · ceremony

Nowhere else in India do they worship the 'baddie' Duryodhana! The temple of 'Duryodhan' at Osla Village. It is on the on the way to Har-ki-Dun Valley at the North-West corner of Uttarakhand.

industry · hills

Berberis aristata growing in Uttarakhand, India. Berberis aristata, also known as Indian Barberry or Tree Turmeric, belongs to the family Berberidaceae and the genus Berberis.

flowers

A large genus of over 60 species, many differing by minute botanical characters. It is easy to identify plants as belonging among the Gentians by the characteristic shape of the flowers - the corolla being funnel- shaped and longer than the…

Found in the northern parts of Himachal Pradesh and Garhwal, this is a plant of open slopes and high meadows.

A somewhat rarer species of Primula, it is found in the eastern portion of our range, starting in Garhwal and Kumaon and stretching right across Nepal.

birds

A Greater Yellownape Picus Flavinucha perches on a tree seemingly in a thought over going about its business.

village

Woman wearing traditional Nath (Nathuli) or nose-ring in Osla village in Uttarakhand. Naths from Uttarakhand are made of gold and are famous for their artisitic value.

river · temple

Devotees cross mountains, lakes and snows just to visit the temple in uttrakhand which opens only one a year!

temple · river

People line up to enter the Annapurna or Ganesh temple in Dodital, Uttarakhand. Dodital is a freshwater lake in Uttarakhand, India, situated at a height of 3,024 metres (9,921 ft).

village

A Himalayan woman sieves wheat grains outside her house in Lakhwar Village, Uttarakhand. We see maize drying outside tied together in bunch hanging from seiling Lakhwar is a Village in Duggada Tehsil in Pauri Garhwal District of Uttarakhand…

Clouds roll over Gorson meadow situated in Garhwal region of Uttarakhand. Gorson Bugyal is a huge meadow spread amidst a mixed forest of oaks and conifers.Situated at an elevation of 3,056 m, Gorson Bugyal transforms into an eye-catching gr…

aerial · hills

Aerial view of Srikanta & Mahla then panning towards P. 6264M with Gangotri to the South. Uttarakhand is home to some of the highest peaks of the Himalaya. Fly over mountains covered in snow during winters in the Himalayas.

temple · highway

Devotees taking blessings from Sai Baba in Saisthanam temple, Nakronda, Uttarakhand, India. Saisthanam temple construction project has been started on 24th May 2007 with 'Sai Sandhya' Program and followed by Bhoomi Poojan on 25th May 2007.

sport · farmland

Football is religion for many around the world. International and national teams compete in stadiums with artificial turf grass. But here in Champawat natural green glades of grass is home for the football enthusiasts.

temple · flowers

Devotees lighting the lamps at Shree Kamleshwar Mahadev temple of Srinagar Garhwal of Uttarakhand state on the occasion of Vaikunth Chaturdashi.