“monsoon”

monsoon

Roads and villages submerged in water causing massive damage in Kerala. Flash flood leaves no room for people to stay indoor as water gushes everywhere in Kerala.

boats · monsoon

4K S log footage of a boat journey in slow motion, down the estuarine waterways and mangroves of the Sunderbans region in West Bengal.

Uttarakhand·forest

The forest turns lush green during monsoon at the WildFilmsIndia Jabbarkhet Estate. A thick layer of moss can be seen growing almost everywhere around. The ferns are spreading from every corner to every corner of the forest.

Uttar Pradesh·river · industry

Big construction project near Delhi/NCR region, on the ecologically sensitive Yamuna / Jamna / Jamuna river-bed near NOIDA, with hundreds of tractors and trucks working away to lift river-bed sand, dredge the riverine alluvial flood plain a…

Uttar Pradesh·monsoon · industry

Big construction project near Delhi/NCR region, on the ecologically sensitive Yamuna / Jamna / Jamuna river-bed near NOIDA, with hundreds of tractors and trucks working away to lift river-bed sand, dredge the riverine alluvial flood plain a…

river · hills

Kalesar Forest Rest House lies on the Yamuna river, on a spur or promontary over the river valley below, just as it enters the plains from the Himalayan foothills, near the confluence with the Giri nadi.

ceremony · festival

Men in yellow attire and women in reds and oranges pray at the India Gate waterways in Delhi, on the occasion of Chhat puja for the Chatt festival. They stand in knee-deep water and pray to the sun.

ceremony · festival

Perhaps the largest and biggest festival of Bihar, Chhat Puja is observed primarily in Bihar, Jharkhand, Nepal and Eastern Uttar Pradesh.

monsoon · highway

When it rains, it pours in New Delhi's monsoon season! Most parts of North India, hitherto bereft of rains, today reeled under hot and rainy conditions while Srinagar witnessed the hottest day in seven years, even as the national capital wa…

Water, Water everywhere at a dam in Chandauli, Uttar Pradesh during the monsoon. The roaring sounds and the overflowing dam does little to dissuade the locals playing and frolicking in the water.

flowers

The Delhi springs bring yellow to life with these brightly coloured Indian Laburnum known as Amaltas in Hindi. These ornamental flowering trees bloom from early spring till the monsoon and is almost leafless during the blooming season.

Nepal·hills · flowers

Mountaineers loading their luggage on Dzo near the base of Langma La in Kangshung valley of Tibet. The Langma La Pass offers gorgeous views of Makalu, Everest, Lhotse Shar and Lhotse.

monsoon · boats

Visuals of the flood-ravaged Bhagalpur district in Bihar during the monsoon floods. Residents riding on motorcycles or pushing it across flooded roads. Young children are also seen rowing on wooden canoes to get to the other side.

monsoon · politics

Locals take out a rally in a village which is flooded in the monsoons in Uttar Pradesh. Houses in the village are almost submerged in the water with the smaller shacks succumbing to the floodwater.

monsoon

A man walks through a flooded village in India following heavy rainfall. The lush, coastal state of Kerala in the southernmost part of India is no stranger to heavy rainfall.

highway

Fruit and vegetables are often purchased on road-sides and on streets and paths in India. This roadside fruit shop sells fat plump juicy Ramgarh plums, Madhya Pradesh guava amrud and apples from Himachal Pradesh, including Shareefa or Custa…

flowers

Come spring and regions with hotter climatic conditions are yellow with this flowering trees blooming the whole spring till the monsoons.

Meghalaya·monsoon

The monsoon is when Cherrapunji in a way becomes alive, when nature makes everything dance to its tune, creating wonders which men would never be able to replicate.

highway

We found this python near the Chhatarpur road, in the midst of a lot of busy traffic and pedestrian footfalls, in September 2019, in the latter half of the monsoon season.

hills

As monsoon clouds gather, a Nepalese man wearing the traditional topi cap looks across the heavily populated valley of Kathmandu in Nepal.

wildlife · birds

The Sarus crane is the tallest flying bird in the world standing 152-156 cm tall with a wingspan of 240cm. It has a predominantly grey plumage with a naked red head and upper neck and pale red legs.

birds

A female Bluebull antelope sits and chews its cud in lush monsoon grass in Rajasthan, hosting a bevy of flies on its snout and a friendly Myna that sits around and looks for insect prey.

forest · river

Don't you just want to walk that lovely path above the falls, and peer over the ledge or the edge of the precipice and see the water falling to the brown monsoon lagoon below, surrounded by thick forests and a stream emanating from the flow…

river

What a wonderful set of imagery from the Old India - no pollution, dirt, corruption or compromise in sight! This is the way India used to be, and as it still remains, in pockets. And this is the India we love, and fight on for...