“Himalayas”

Uttarakhand·hills

Clouds cover Nanda Devi mountain range as seen from Gorson meadow near Auli, Uttarakhand. Nanda Devi is the second highest mountain in India, and the highest located entirely within the country.

hills · livestock

Sheep grazing on Kauri pass meadows as they move upwards in Garhwal region of Uttarakhand. Kuari Pass is probably the best window to view the high Himalayan peaks.

hills

A US$20 million mansion was destroyed by the bull dozers and JCB machines of the local cantonment board in the western Himalaya, after the High Court gave a demolition order, due to irregularities in the construction and have rules that wer…

Himachal Pradesh·village · hills

Chicham is relatively known (or unknown) for its location – it lies across a very narrow and dangerous gorge from Kibber village (which was “The Highest Motorable Village in the World” till a few years ago).

hills

The most widely distributed carnivore in the world the Red fox is extremely variable in body colour and size.

Uttarakhand·hills

A peek at Himalayan peaks from Landour above Mussoorie. Early morning sun hits the summits from the east, over Swargarohini (Ladder of heaven, from where the Pandavas ascended to heaven, at the end of the Mahabharatha), Bandarpunch range be…

snow · hills

A group of naturalists search Snow Leopard in the snowy mountains of Ladakh, India. The snow leopard is a large cat native to the mountain ranges of Central and South Asia.

Uttarakhand·temple · hills

Conversations between a local and a Sikh pilgrim at Hemkund Sahib in Uttarakhand. Hemkund Sahib (also spelled Hemkunt) is a Sikh place of worship Gurudwara, known as Gurudwara Sri Hemkunt Sahib Ji, devoted to Guru Gobind Singh Ji (1666--170…

river · hills

Paro has the privilege of hosting Bhutan's lone airport. The Paro Chhu valley is an excellent trout stream and runs through the valley.

hills · river

Paro hosts Bhutan's lone airport and the valley comprises a range of bucolic imagery including traditional Bhutanese homes, dzongs or fortified monasteries and green rice fields as far as the eyes can see.

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Stok Kangri range as seen from Leh. Stok Kangri is a popular climbing peak and is easily accessed from Leh. Ladakh is a region of Jammu and Kashmir,in the northernmost state of the Republic of India.

Uttarakhand·hills · festival

Captain Mohan Singh Kohli is an internationally renowned Indian mountaineer. An officer in the Indian Navy who joined the Indo-Tibetan Border Police, he led the 1965 Indian expedition which put nine men on the summit of Everest, a world rec…

Himachal Pradesh·bus · hills

Look at all the weathered and dried puke outside the windows of these Himalayan roadways buses! This is a year 2000 archival clip from the Spiti Kalchakra at Key gompa.

ceremony · village

Age-old tantrik rituals take place in the dead of night at the high Himalayan village of Lakhat in Uttarakhand, during an auspicious festive season.

Bhutan·hills · temple

Dochula pass above Thimphu, en route central Bhutan... 108 stupas have been built on this beautiful pass which leads to the valley of Punakha to the north or to central Bhutan's Bumthang valley.

ceremony · hills

Witness the spiritual grandeur of Nag Panchami at Dodital Lake, a sacred high-altitude pilgrimage site nestled in the Garhwal Himalayas of Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand.

Uttarakhand·hills · flowers

A striking upright cone of the Himalayan Silver Fir growing among dense needle-like foliage at the Wildfilmsindia Jabbarkhet Botanical Arboretum.

wildlife · birds

White-tailed Nuthatch resting among a network of bare tree branches. This small passerine bird is a characteristic resident of Himalayan forests and is admired by birdwatchers for its distinctive appearance and agile behavior.

Uttarakhand·birds · wildlife

A Grey-winged Blackbird moves quietly across the lush green grass at the Wildfilmsindia Jabbarkhet Botanical Arboretum in the western Himalayas.

aerial · highway

High-altitude terrain near Hanle in the Changthang region of the Indian Himalayas. Vast and isolated landscapes of Hanle Road in Ladakh, where long stretches of mountain highway pass through barren high-altitude plains surrounded by rugged…

Chamoli, Uttarakhand·hills · highway

Pilgrimage route toward Bhavishya Badri Temple in the Garhwal Himalayas. This dashboard-view footage captures a scenic drive through the winding mountain roads of Uttarakhand while traveling toward Subhai Village and the sacred Bhavishya Ba…

hills · snow

This timelapse footage captures the dramatic movement of clouds above snow-covered Himalayan mountains, filmed during a trek near the Harsil Valley in Uttarakhand.

flowers · hills

This footage features wide and tight shots of the Common poppy (Papaver rhoeas) blooming across the foothills of the Himalayas, showcasing its delicate beauty against a natural mountain landscape.

forest · hills

This wildlife footage captures a Black-headed jay (Garrulus lanceolatus) actively foraging on a wild berry tree in its natural Himalayan habitat.