“Himalayas”

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.

Uttarakhand

Cadets stand in attention as the trumpet blows to mark the beginning of the parade at the Indian Military Academy.

railway · monsoon

An overhead look at a heavily loaded Indian Railways freight train carrying black mineral coal through the urban rail network near Delhi's Safdarjung Railway Station (DSJ).

Tall Digitalis or foxgloves among the pines in Bhutan's bucolic Bumthang valley. Bhutan, officially the Kingdom of Bhutan, is a landlocked state in South Asia, located at the eastern end of the Himalayas and bordered to the south, east and…

river · temple

Invoking Goddess through music The Gangotri temple was built by the Gorkha General Amar Singh Thapa, in the 18th century, is situated on the left bank of Bhagirathi.

The Indian rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis), also called the greater one-horned rhinoceros and Indian one-horned rhinoceros, belongs to the Rhinocerotidae family.

The Indian rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis), also called the greater one-horned rhinoceros and Indian one-horned rhinoceros, belongs to the Rhinocerotidae family.

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.

birds · wildlife

The ashy drongo (Dicrurus leucophaeus) is a species of bird in the drongo family Dicruridae.

Cadets march smartly during the passing out parade of the Indian Military Academy in Uttarakhand. The Indian Military Academy, Dehradun (also known as IMA) is the officer training Academy of the Indian Army. IMA was established in 1932.

flowers

Dwarf Rhododendrons in Sikkim, India. The slopes of the upper altitudes in Sikkim are carpeted with Rhododendron blossom in the months of May and June, in different shades and hues.

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…

Uttarakhand·ceremony · river

The sunset Ganga Aarti at Parmarth Niketan draws between hundreds and thousands of visitors each day from all cultures, all languages, all religions and all walks of life.

Shimla, Himachal Pradesh·temple

The famous Bhimakali Temple in Shimla is a very popular tourist attraction. Also known as Bheemakali Temple of Simla, this architectural wonder is one of the representatives of 51 Shakti Peeths.