“Himalayas”

hills · wildlife

A Himalayan Jay (Garrulus lanceolatus) is perched on a weathered, bare tree branch in its natural mountain habitat.

Uttarakhand·wildlife · birds

A Spotted Forktail is observed near a clear forest stream in Motidhar. This striking bird is identified by its white forehead, black upperparts marked with distinct white spots, and a long, deeply forked tail patterned in black and white.

Uttarakhand·hills · industry

Traditional manual labour associated with chestnut sapling trans-planting is observed at the Wildfilmsindia Jabbarkhet Botanical Arboretum.

Uttarakhand·hills · highway

Timelapse of clouds moving over the Mussoorie–Landour hills in the lower western Himalaya. Sunset light spreads warm tones across the sky, with shifting color gradients as the sun lowers toward the horizon.

hills · river

The Bhagirathi Ganga flows gracefully through the Himalayan region of Uttarakhand, India, surrounded by lush green hills and untouched landscapes.

Uttarakhand·hills

Known as the 'Queen of Hill Stations', Mussoorie truly captures the traveller's imagination with its unparalleled beauty.

Uttarakhand·hills · architecture

The mountains of the western Himalaya are crowded with hill-station developments and ill-planned towns such as Mussoorie, with urban sanitation problems, non-earthquake-proof buildings and over-crowding, not to speak of massive shortages of…

Uttarakhand·hills

Mussoorie is a hill station and a municipal board in the Dehradun District of the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand. It is located about 35 km from the state capital of Dehradun and 290 km north from the national capital of New Delhi.

hills

Street vendors of Ladakh, India. Ladakh is a region of India in the state of Jammu and Kashmir and lies between the Kunlun mountain range in the north and the main Great Himalayas to the south, inhabited by people of Indo-Aryan and Tibetan…

West Bengal·hills

Stray dogs are freely running all around the garden of Kalimpong Animal Shelter which was built in the outskirts of the town, Darjeeling.

Ladakh·hills

Ladakh a word which means "land of high passes", is a region in the state of Jammu and Kashmir of Northern India sandwiched between the Karakoram mountain range to the north and the Himalayas to the south.

hills

A Himalayan Black Bear (with the V mark on the neck) scratches himself and generally strolls around his enclosure in Nagaland, even as Hoolock Gibbons call in the background...

Leh, Ladakh·hills

Ladakh a word which means "land of high passes", is a region in the state of Jammu and Kashmir of Northern India sandwiched between the Karakoram mountain range to the north and the Himalayas to the south.

hills · livestock

Yak and a cow in Ladakh in the state of Jammu and Kashmir in North India. Ladakh is a region of India in the state of Jammu and Kashmir that lies between the Kunlun mountain range in the north and the main Great Himalayas to the south, inha…

hills

Ladakh a word which means "land of high passes", is a region in the state of Jammu and Kashmir of Northern India sandwiched between the Karakoram mountain range to the north and the Himalayas to the south.

hills

Ladakh is a region of India in the state of Jammu and Kashmir and lies between the Kunlun mountain range in the north and the main Great Himalayas to the south, inhabited by people of Indo-Aryan and Tibetan descent.

hills

Man cleaning Cordyceps with toothbrush in western Himalaya. The fungus cordyceps (Cordyceps sinensis, Ophiocordycipitaceae) has been known as an effective tonic and aphrodisiac in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and is increasingly used…

hills · river

Kangchenjunga is the third highest mountain in the world.It rises with an elevation of 8,586 m (28,169 ft) in a section of the Himalayas called Kangchenjunga Himal that is limited in the west by the Tamur River and in the east by the Teesta…

hills · river

Kangchenjunga is the third highest mountain in the world.It rises with an elevation of 8,586 m (28,169 ft) in a section of the Himalayas called Kangchenjunga Himal that is limited in the west by the Tamur River and in the east by the Teesta…

forest · hills

Uttarakhand formerly Uttaranchal, is a state in the northern part of India. It is often referred to as the "Land of the Gods" due to the many holy Hindu temples and pilgrimage centres found throughout the state.

Uttarakhand·hills

Mussoorie is a hill station and a municipal board in the Dehradun District of the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand. It is located about 35 km from the state capital of Dehradun and 290 km north from the national capital of New Delhi.

hills

An old Ladakhi woman in her agricultural field with a spade. The Ladakh people have features very similar to the native American people, as can be seen here. Ladakh is in the state of Jammu and Kashmir in North India.

hills · flowers

Uttarakhand, formerly Uttaranchal, is a state in the northern part of India. It is often referred to as the "Land of the Gods" due to the many holy Hindu temples and pilgrimage centres found throughout the state.

river · snow

Pilgrims making their journey to a holy place Gaumukh, the source of Ganga for various religious reason. The Ganges, is a trans-boundary river of India and Bangladesh.