“Himalayas”

snow

Kids having a whale of a time at the local village pond - now all frozen over in the winter! Children playing on Ice in Ladakh. Ladakh lies between the Kunlun mountain range in the north and the main Great Himalayas to the south.

snow · monsoon

Gangotri Glacier covered with fog. You can see the crevasses on the glacier, covered in glacial sand, till and soil. In the distance, the peaks of the Bhagirathi range lie shrouded in cloud-cover.

hills · snow

A panoramic view of Kargil, located in the Suru River Valley of Ladakh, India. The town stretches across the valley floor with clusters of flat-roofed homes, commercial buildings, and public infrastructure surrounded by the rugged landscape…

Uttarakhand·wildlife · birds

A Eurasian Jay (Garrulus glandarius), a native bird of the Indian Himalayas, observed in Jabarkhet, Mussoorie, Uttarakhand.

Uttarakhand·wildlife · hills

A camera trap recording of an Indian Muntjac, also known as a Barking Deer or Kakar (Muntiacus muntjak), moving through a forested area in the western Himalayas.

Uttarakhand·flowers · hills

A beautiful cluster of Drumstick Allium, also known as Round-headed Leek, blooms within the landscaped grounds of the Wildfilmsindia Jabbarkhet Botanical Arboretum in the Western Himalayas.

hills · wildlife

A Himalayan Ground Skink warms itself in the sunlight on a stone wall, pausing between quick movements across the rocks. Its slender body blend closely with the earthy surface as it absorbs heat in the mountain sun.

flowers · hills

This footage features tight, detailed shots of red and orange freesias blooming beautifully in a mountain garden in the Himalayas.

forest · hills

This charming nature sequence captures the Rufous Sibia (Heterophasia capistrata), a vibrant Himalayan songbird, as it feeds actively on a wild berry tree.

hills

The sunsets and sunrises of the Himalaya are stunning at any time of the year but the winterline in winters has its own charm altogether.

Bhutan, officially the Kingdom of Bhutan, is a landlocked country in South Asia located at the eastern end of the Himalayas. It is bordered to the north by China and to the south, east and west by India.

The Blood Pheasant (Ithaginis cruentus) is the only species in genus Ithaginis of the Pheasant family. These pheasants originate from the Himalayas, ranging from Nepal through Tibet into northern Burma to northwest China.

hills · forest

Last week was the end of spring and summer was well under way, at the Wilderness Orchard and botanical gardens in the Uttarakhand Himalaya, in this magical slow motion High Definition footage.

Uttarakhand

Gangotri wall of peaks and Jaonli (just about visible to the right) at sunrise from the Wilderness Orchard and botanical gardens in Uttarakhand, near landour and Mussoorie.

hills · sport

Skiiers on a steep run in the high altitudes of Himachal Pradesh, India. Pure white curry powder! Virgin snow, skiiers dropped from a helicopter - all unique hallmarks of Helicopter skiing in the Himalaya!

Uttar Pradesh

Gita Mehta reads her novel 'Snakes and Ladders. She reads, "Years ago when my son is only five years old he told me a story about gods in India I have tried to find out the way he might have learnt the story because he doesn't remember and…

Uttarakhand·temple · architecture

Hemkund Sahib is a pilgrimage site for Sikhs in Chamoli district, Uttarakhand, India. With a setting of a glacial lake surrounded by seven mountain peaks and each peak is adorned by a Nishan Sahib on its cliff, it is located in the Himalaya…

river

Kids bathing in the Yamuna river, Delhi. The Yamuna, sometimes called Jamuna or Jamuna, is the largest tributary river of the Ganges (Ganga) in northern India.

river · politics

The Yamuna, sometimes called Jamuna or Jumna, is the largest tributary river of the Ganges (Ganga) in northern India.

Sikkim·hills

Gangtok, the capital of Sikkim is tucked within the Himalayan foothills at an altitude on 5,800 feet facing Mt. Kanchenjungha.

Sikkim·hills

A glowing Himalayan city-gem - Gangtok town all lit-up at night! Gangtok is the capital and largest town of the Indian state of Sikkim. Gangtok is located in the eastern Himalayan range, at an altitude of 5,800 feet (1,800 m).

Himachal Pradesh·hills · festival

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·hills · architecture

Shimla is home to a number of buildings that are styled in the Tudor-bethan and neo-Gothic architectures dating from the colonial era, as well as multiple temples and churches.

Uttarakhand·school

Woodstock is the oldest international boarding school in Asia, and is regularly ranked as number one in India in peer and parent surveys (Education World 2008, 2009, 2011).