“Himalayas”

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A high-altitude trekking route in the Garhwal Himalayas, Uttarakhand, India, near the Chaukhamba region. Three hikers are navigating a steep path covered with large boulders and loose scree typical of alpine and subalpine zones.

hills · highway

A road journey through the high-altitude terrain of Ladakh, India, filmed from inside a moving vehicle. The dashboard is visible in the foreground, providing a traveler's perspective of the route ahead.

Uttarakhand·forest · hills

A beautiful Common Punch (Dodona durga) resting quietly in the forests of Mussoorie. The butterfly displays its characteristic vandyke-brown wings adorned with striking yellow-orange and black markings, creating an intricate pattern that st…

hills · forest

Chele la (pass) at an elevation 13000 ft asl is considered to be one of the highest motorable passes in Bhutan. About an hour's drive from Paro as it passes through lush valleys, pine and rhododendron forest.

Himachal Pradesh·ceremony · hills

A close-up on a ceremony being performed by His Holiness The Dalai Lama. He is also delivering a sermon and presiding over the Kalchakra ceremony that took place in Spiti, Himachal pradesh, India, in 2001.

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Incense sticks are dried out in the sun after the mixture of the herbal ingredients are rolled onto the bamboo sticks to coat the stick evenly.

Uttarakhand·festival · music

From the Scottish plains and transplanted into the Western Himalaya - the bagpipes have many a tale to tell! Bagpipers band taking part in the procession during the auspicious celebration of Nanda Devi Fair in remembrance of the goddesses N…

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The aftermath of the 1991 Uttarkashi earthquake. The video shows the condition of the district in Uttarakhand. This earthquake was one of the worst-hit in the Himalaya due to shifting of tectonic plates.

temple · hills

The mud-brick fortress of Basgo Gompa is perched high in the hills of Ladakh, between the Himalaya and Karakoram mountain ranges in northern India.

West Bengal·highway · hills

This is the road behind Chowrasta stores, and sort of parallel to the Mall Road. Crowded market of Mall Road and one can see shops selling Kashmiri Pashmina shawls. Darjeeling is a hill station in the state of West Bengal.

West Bengal·hills · bazaar

Pigeons are flying, Cafe Coffee Day, local shops and one can also see the statue of Bhanu Bhakta Acharya Nepali national poet in the crowded market area of Chowrasta in Darjeeling, West Bengal.

Nepal·hills

Sagarmatha is an exceptional area with dramatic mountains, glaciers and deep valleys, dominated by Mount Everest, the highest peak in the world (8,848 m).

Jammu and Kashmir·hills

The Himalayan marmot (Marmota himalayana) is a marmot found in alpine grasslands throughout the Himalayas and on the Tibetan Plateau at elevation from 3,500 to 5,200 m (11,500 to 17,100 ft).

Ladakh·architecture · hills

The majestic Leh palace rises from the edge of a hill overlooking rest of the Ladakhi Himalayan town of Leh.

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A time lapse of clouds passing over Ladakh. A stupa mound-like structure containing Buddhist relics in Ladakh...Vehicles passing though the barren land of Ladakh....

Ladakh·hills

Monasteries are the unique flavour and beauty of the Leh Ladakh. Ladakh is a region of India in the state of Jammu and Kashmir that extends from the Karakoram Range in the north to the main Great Himalayas to the south, inhabited by people…

birds · hills

Robin Accentor (Prunella rubeculoides) seen in winter in Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir, India. Bird in Ladakh.

Uttarakhand·music · hills

Accidentals performing in Big Gig music festival in Landour. This group is from Woodstock School.

Uttarakhand·temple · hills

The ancient Someshwar Mahadev temple in Someshwar town, Almora district, Kumaon, Uttarakhand, India. 9 kms from Kausani is located the famous Shiva temple of Someshwar Mahadev with its large collection of bells.

hills · flowers

Uttarakhand actually encompasses quite a bit of area in the plains too, around Udhamsingh Nagar, around Ramnagar and around Roorkee, too.

Uttarakhand·hills · river

Aerial footage of some amazing roads cutting the mountain's shape, on hilly Nainital. Located above sea level, Nainital is set in a valley containing a mango-shaped lake, approximately two miles in circumference, and surrounded by mountains…

flowers · hills

The Brahma Kamal, the much reverred flower of the Himalayas, is an excellent example of plant life at the upper limit of high mountains (3,000-4,600 m).

hills · lake

Shruti Sharma of the Forest department, and erstwhile Director of Bharatpur or Keoladeo Ghana National Park, called them 'Crossed Checks"! Bar-headed Geese feeding at Tehla Jheel in Sariska National Park, Rajasthan, near the Aman Bagh prope…

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Mt. Srikantha. This peak can be seen from the lower Himalaya and from the Landour, Mussoorie ridge. however, here it is seen from the upper meadow of Kirakuti in the Jullundhri Garh valley above Harsil, when we trekked there in June 2007.