“Himalayas”

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…

hills

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.

festival · politics

The Tableau depicts the festival of Ramman based on the story of ‘Ramayana’ in Uttarakhand having Narshingh Devta ‘God’ at the front of the tableau. The festival has been declared World Heritage in 2009 by UNESCO.

Uttarakhand·temple · festival

Pilgrims head towards Yamunotri temple in Uttarakhand. Hundred throng Yamunotri temple to seek blessings from goddess Yamuna. Yamunotri is one of the Char Dham and it is also first place to visit in the Char Dham Circuit.

Uttarakhand·temple · river

Pilgrims gather at Yamunotri temple in Uttarakhand to seek blessings from Goddess. Yamunotri is one of the Char Dham and it is also first place to visit in the Char Dham Circuit.

temple · hills

View of western region of Garhwal hills at Janki Chatti on the way to Yamunotri in Uttarakhand. And pilgrims comes across Baharav Lal temple...

Uttarakhand·temple · river

Pilgrims ride on ponies during Yamunotri yatra. Yamunotri is one of the four sacred Dhams of Uttarakhand, and revered in Hindu mythology, Yamunothri is the source of the river Yamuna.

Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand·temple · river

A close up shot of Yamunotri temple in Uttarakhand. Yamunotri Temple is situated in the western region of Garhwal Himalayas at an altitude of 3,291 metres (10,797 ft) in Uttarkashi district, Uttarakhand.The temple is dedicated to Goddess Ya…

hills · forest

A Himalayan serow grazing in Himalayan forest, India. The Himalayan serow (Capricornis thar) is a goat-antelope native to the Himalayas, and eastern and southeastern Bangladesh.

Himachal Pradesh·temple · hills

Bhagsunath temple is a legendary heritage site built to acknowledge the historic moments of Gurkhas in past World Wars, which today is acknowledged as the 1st Gurkha Rifles' heritage.

Himachal Pradesh·music · hills

This is the 1st edition of the Himalayan Music Festival 2014 in Dharamshala organized by Ants Entertainment on 17th May 2014 at Great Himalayan Resort Bhagsunath, Himachal Pradesh to allow people to enjoy the genre of electronic dance music…

Himachal Pradesh·music · hills

People grooving on dance floor to the sound of techno music during Himalayan music festival 2014 in Dharamshala.

Assam·wildlife · forest

A short quick video on the one horned rhinoceros that was running in front of our jeep safari path at Kaziranga National Park, Assam.

Assam·wildlife · forest

Close-up shot of Rhino early in the morning at Kaziranga National Park, Assam. The Indian rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis), also called the greater one-horned rhinoceros and one-horned Indian rhinoceros, belongs to the Rhinocerotidae fami…

Assam·wildlife · forest

Kaziranga National Park is a national park in the Golaghat and Nagaon districts of the state of Assam, India. A World Heritage Site, the park hosts two-thirds of the world's Great One-horned Rhinoceroses.

birds · hills

The Himalayan Woodpecker (Dendrocopos himalayensis) or Himalayan Pied Woodpecker is a species of bird in the Picidae family.

Uttarakhand·hills · river

Dehradun is the capital city of the state of Uttarakhand in the northern part of India. Located in the Garhwal region, it is 236 km north of India's capital New Delhi and is one of the "Counter Magnets" of the National Capital Region (NCR)…

hills

Sal (Shorea robusta), a tree found in the Indian Subcontinent that is an important source of hardwood timber.

hills

Sal (Shorea robusta), a tree found in the Indian Subcontinent that is an important source of hardwood timber.

forest

Swami Vivekananda arrived at this Ashram for a visit on 3 January 1901, travelling via Kathgodam.

flowers · monsoon

Gidara trek in Uttarakhand: view of Shrikantha peak and the Gangotri / Rudragaira range, as seen from Gidara buggyal.

Uttarakhand formerly Uttaranchal, is a state in the northern part of India. It is often referred to as the "Land of the Gods" due to the many holy Hindu temples and pilgrimage centres found throughout the state.