“Himalayas”

hills · festival

Largest Thangka of Buddha Amitabha. One of the largest thangkas in the world, the 60 feet silk embroidered brocade of Buddha Amitabha was unfurled during Naropa festival. Hemis is an idyllic village in Ladakh, in Northern India .

forest · hills

Pinus wallichiana is a coniferous evergreen tree native to the Himalaya, Karakoram and Hindu Kush mountains, from eastern Afghanistan east across northern Pakistan and India to Yunnan in southwest China.

Uttarakhand·hills · village

Surreal panorama of Bandarpunch and the Garwal Himalaya from Landour during the morning and the same view in evening from Masrana near Landour.

Uttarakhand·river · hills

The Mandakini comes down from Kedarnath side and the Alaknanda emerges from the mountains above Badrinath, fed by the streams from the Valley of Flowers and Hemkund valleys, as well as the Rishi Ganga coming down from Nanda Devi.

ceremony · hills

Thousands of colourful Buddhist prayer flags on Chele La Pass in Bhutan. Chele la (pass) at an elevation 13000 ft asl is considered to be one of the highest motorable passes in Bhutan.

ceremony · hills

Thousands of colourful Buddhist prayer flags on Chele La Pass in Bhutan. Chele la (pass) at an elevation 13000 ft asl is considered to be one of the highest motorable passes in Bhutan.

ceremony · hills

Thousands of colourful Buddhist prayer flags on Chele La Pass in Bhutan. Chele la (pass) at an elevation 13000 ft asl is considered to be one of the highest motorable passes in Bhutan.

hills

High altitude Himalayan Birch forests en route Sukhi Top in Uttarakhand, along the Gidara route that also heads on to Dayara buggyal.

Uttarakhand·temple · architecture

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--1708), the tenth Sikh Guru, which finds mention in Dasam Granth, a piece of work beli…

Chamoli, Uttarakhand·temple · hills

High ridges surround the Nanda Devi Bio Reserve and Hemkund Sahib Gurudwara and very exotic flowers bloom in the area.

flowers · hills

Himalayan Birch or Betula utilis trees or bhoj parta on the bark of which old Hindu manuscripts were written! A splendid natural scenery on the trek to Gidara and Dayara Bugyal from Barsu village in Uttarakashi district in Uttarakhand.

forest · hills

Beautiful view of pine trees in a Himalayan mono-culture forest, with cones hanging off the branches.

birds · hills

This Himalayan barbet has a green tail and yellow beak. They chisel out a hole inside a tree to build their nest. They are mainly fruit eating but will take insects.The great himalayan barbet's scientific name is Megalaema virens.

Himachal Pradesh·hills · wildlife

Rugged mountains of Spiti Valley—large colonies of the Himalayan Giant Honeybee (Apis laboriosa) nesting on a steep rocky cliff.

hills

A group of trekkers makes its way through the spectacular wilderness of Harsil Valley, deep within the Garhwal Himalayas.

hills · aerial

A stunning aerial view of the picturesque Kangra Valley, where the mighty Beas River flows through a dramatic Himalayan landscape.

Uttarakhand·birds · hills

A female Himalayan Woodpecker actively pecking and drilling into a tree trunk in the temperate forests of the Himalayas.

Uttarakhand·hills · snow

A beautiful winter scene unfolds in the snowy mountains near Tungnath and Chopta, located in the Garhwal Himalayas of Uttarakhand.

Uttarakhand·hills · forest

Witness a breathtaking sunrise at Jabarkhet, Mussoorie, where a thin golden line slowly paints the horizon before dawn.

hills · river

Ransi village in Uttarakhand offers a dramatic view of the Ganga river flowing through a deep Himalayan gorge, surrounded by steep, forest-covered mountains.

hills · forest

We have stopped all forms of poaching and habitat disturbance, so these Himalayan pheasants just come and gambol among our Arum Lilly Calla flower beds at wildfilmsindia.

Uttarakhand·birds · forest

Grey-winged Blackbird is one of India's finest songsters, even as it silently pecks around for insects A Grey winged Blackbird scrabbles around in the undergrowth at our wildfilmsindia sanctuary at Jabbarkhet, Uttarakhand.

hills · festival

Himalayan people crowd together at Devidhura Festival in Champawat, Uttarakhand, for stone pelting occasion.

Uttarakhand·flowers · hills

Giant Tree Dahlia or Dahlia imperialis from Mexico growing at wildfilmsindia Jabbarkhet botanical collection Tree Dahlia imperialis plants grow to 20-30 feet in the Himalaya, originally from Mexico Autumnal feel of pink Tree Dahlia imperial…