“Himalayas”

ceremony · hills

Prayer Flags in Ladakh. Prayer flag is a colorful panel or rectangular cloth found strung along mountain ridges and peaks high in the Himalayas to bless the surrounding countryside or for other purposes.There are two kinds of prayer flags:…

ceremony · hills

Prayer flag is a colorful panel or rectangular cloth found strung along mountain ridges and peaks high in the Himalayas to bless the surrounding countryside or for other purposes.There are two kinds of prayer flags: horizontal ones, called…

hills

Ladakh is the highest plateau of the Indian state of Kashmir with much of it being over 3,000 m (9,800 ft). It spans the Himalayan and Karakoram mountain ranges and the upper Indus River valley.

birds · hills

This Himalayan barbet has a green tail and yellow beak. They chisel out a hole inside a tree to build their nest. They are mainly fruit eating but will take insects.The great himalayan barbet's scientific name is Megalaema virens.

hills · village

A secluded mountain settlement nestled along the forested hills of Uttarakhand, India. A cluster of cottages and residential buildings stands on terraced slopes, following the natural contours of the mountainside.

Uttarakhand·hills · forest

Nestled amidst the emerald meadows of Chopta, Uttarakhand—often celebrated as the "Mini Switzerland of India"—a collection of colorful campsites rests peacefully in the lap of the Garhwal Himalayas.

Uttarakhand·hills · flowers

A Common Wall butterfly (Lasiommata schakra) and Common Tortoiseshell feeding on nectar from a bright red wild Dahlia flower in the Jabbarkhet area of Mussoorie, Uttarakhand, India.

hills · river

An aerial view shows Devprayag, a historic Himalayan town famous for the meeting point of the Bhagirathi and Alaknanda rivers, the official source of the Ganges River.

Uttarakhand·hills · monsoon

Monsoon landscape from Jabarkhet Nature Reserve near Mussoorie in the Indian Himalayas. Multiple mountain ridges stretch into the distance, with the nearest hills appearing dark and sharply defined, while successive layers gradually fade in…

hills

Experience the tranquil beauty of Sikkim as soft clouds drift across a brilliant blue sky above its towering mountains.

hills · highway

Tourists from Switzerland as they share their experiences of arriving in India and their first impressions of the country.

temple · ceremony

In this video, we take you to the divine surroundings of the Gangotri Temple, one of the most revered pilgrimage sites in India and a key point of the Char Dham Yatra.

forest · aerial

Virtually a monoculture of Deodar forests near Harsil on the Gangotri route, as seen aerially along the blue-green Ganga, as seen aerially, from the air, in this aerial view, from the Uttarakhand inner Himalaya.

hills

A sunrise over the Gad Valley trekking region in the Himalayas. Dark mountain ridges and distant peaks appear in silhouette as the first light spreads across the sky.

hills · river

Jomolhari or Chomolhari sometimes known as "the bride of Kangchenjunga”, is a mountain in the Himalayas, straddling the border between Yadong County of Tibet, China and the Thimphu district of Bhutan.

Ladakh·aerial · hills

Flying over the midnight blue-black mountains in the sky! View from the window of the Delhi-Leh flight, as interpreted by the Wilderness Films India cameraman! Zanskar is a sub-district or tehsil of the Kargil district, which lies in the ea…

hills

Kashmir is the northwestern region of the Indian subcontinent. Until the mid-19th century, the term Kashmir geographically denoted only the valley between the Great Himalayas and the Pir Panjal mountain range.

temple · river

Tungnath is the highest Shiva temple in the world and is one of the five and the highest Panch Kedar temples located in the mountain range of Tunganath in Rudraprayag district, in the Indian state of Uttarakhand.

Uttarakhand·river · hills

Yamuna is one of the major rivers of India having the total length of about 1370 km. The source of Yamuna is Yamunotri in the Uttaranchal Himalaya, which is north of Haridwar in the Himalayan Mountains.

Himachal Pradesh·hills · music

Moments from the very 1st edition of the Himalayan Music Festival 2014. This is the 1st edition of the Himalayan Music Festival 2014 in Dharamshala organized by Ants Entertainment.

hills

Thai massage being performed by a therapist on a client at a spa in the Himalaya, Uttaranchal / Uttarakhand, India.

Uttarakhand·snow · hills

Time lapse of clouds over snow covered mountains of Kedarnath, Uttarakhand. Kedarnath and Kedarnath Dome are two mountains in the Gangotri Group of peaks in the western Garhwal Himalaya in Uttarakhand state, India.

hills · river

Tangtse lies on the valley floor through which the Harong stream flows. Surrounded by mountains, the village lies on flat arid ground with greenery to be seen only along the Harong stream.

highway · snow

Truck accident in Drass. Narrow roads leads to accidents en route to Ladakh. The narrow road is on the western section of the Himalayas mountain range and is part of the 275-mile long route from Srinagar to Leh.