“monsoon”

river · aerial

Zophai on the Assam border with Mizoram: stunning aerial view of Tuirial river, tributary of Barak River.

farmland · hills

Pahari kheera - Himalayan cucumber grows on vine, gets large and ready for harvest and seed collection. See the large climbing tendrils on the vine.

flowers · highway

Teak wood's hardness everyone knows about, but do you know of its slight delicate white blooms that grow and flower in large bunches at the end of the monsoon season? The Teak is a prominent hard wood tree in India, but its harvest is now a…

boats · sport

What a sight from the skies! Competing hand-made wooden snake boats races race each other in the waters of Punnamada Lake in Kerala, in a years-old tradition that is held towards the end of the monsoon season.

Uttarakhand·river

Patiently walking along the banks of the Jumna nadi is this villager from the bearby Aglar Junction bazaar, as he fishes for mahseer and local fish species, in the fast flowing pre-monsoon Yamuna river.

Uttarakhand·river

With fresh baskets, nets and trapping tools, these village men drink water from a small stream waterfall en route the Aglar river where the Maund Mela is to be held.

Uttarakhand·festival

The arduous monsoon time Nanda Devi Raj Jat Yatra that culminates in the Roopkund trek. The tarn of Rupkund lies at a high altitude, in the shadow of Nanda Devi, and is the target of the Nanda Devi Raj Jat Yatra that takes place once every…

Kerala·flowers · forest

Among the Cardamom plantations of Munnar in Kerala, this waterfall dashes down a friendly rock face, with unidentified purpose flowers growing in its wake.

Meerut, Uttar Pradesh

Ghevar being made at a sweet meats mithai shop in Meerut town of Uttar Pradesh. See how the milk is curdled and boiled to make this unique monsoon time Indian sweet from Rajasthan.

railway

A railway station platform adorned with frescos and murals throughout its length, in north India. An electric sub-station to manage the power to the trains follows after that. A parked locomotive carriage sits on the side tracks.

farmland

The fall of spring and the herald of monsoon, green Chilli Peppers have gotten red and ready to be harvested. Chilli pepper is an important ingredient in Indian cooking.

flowers

A Cobra snake stands tall and surveys its urban environment in a leafy New Delhi garden. It glistens in the afternoon monsoon light.

Outside our house in Delhi, this Wolf Snake appeared and caught hold of the regular Indian urban chhipkalli or House Gecko.

Himachal Pradesh

People quickly put together a monsoon defense by way of a sandbagged pit and a related flooding protection system in Himachal Pradesh, India.

highway · bazaar

Delhi's traffic is legendary and it gets even crazier when it rains like this small glimpse of Yusuf Sarai Market area during the heavy monsoon rains in August 2021. Ambulances shoot past, heading to the hospital district.

livestock · river

Clear canals brimming with water from the monsoon, such a relief for the buffalos and young boys frolicking in the water. A trio of women in colourful clothing riding on a buffalo cart on the way home.

Telangana·highway

The visuals of devastation in Hyderabad after the 2020 monsoon floods. A parking lot is completely destroyed. Take a look at the eroded concrete with cars and trucks parked near it.

monsoon · railway

Andhra Pradesh experienced one of the worst flash floods in 2020 towards the end of the monsoon. Multiple places in the city were flooded as heavy rains lashed the south Indian state.

birds · wildlife

Birds of Jhalana: Jhalana is home to a lot of bird species. And almost an equal number come here for monsoons and for breeding.

wildlife · birds

Common Tailor Bird stitches its nest with elan: India's darzi chidiya also known as Orthotomus sutorius for sutures that it makes.

wildlife · birds

A Darzi chidiya creates sutures to expertly stitch together its leaf nest. Expertly and deftly weaving the cotton fibers it has collected from plants and leaves, this Tailor Bird makes little holes in two Teak tree leaves that it has brough…

hills · highway

Adimali Hills laced with a thin layer of clouds looks spectacular from the sky during sunset. Water bodies between the small hillocks and valleys and highway running between the valley.

Maharashtra·hills · railway

A walk inside a forest in Matheran Hill Station in Maharashtra. Located in one of the few rainforest areas in India, this hill station in the Western Ghats is a favourite destination doe hikers and adventure lovers for a quick break from th…

farmland · river

A lush green landscape dotted with paddy fields and swollen streams. A monsoon stream with a bridge running across., in the outlying Western Ghats - Sahyadri belt.