“Himalayas”

Assam

Rhino in tall grass, with a line along its body marked by the water level of the local pond! Seen here in Kaziranga National Park, Assam, India.

Himachal Pradesh·temple · hills

Bhagsunag 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·farmland

Indian farmers harvest apples in Himachal Pradesh. Farmers are doing selective harvesting of apples and they are carrying apples inside the bamboo basket to apple mandi.

Gujarat

Flock of Painted stork preening their feathers sitting on a Neem tree, Alang - Gujarat. The painted stork (Mycteria leucocephala) is a large wading bird in the stork family.

temple · hills

The mud-brick fortress of Basgo Gompa is perched high in the hills of Ladakh, between the Himalaya and Karakoram mountain ranges in northern India.

fort · temple

The mud-brick fortress of Basgo Gompa is perched high in the hills of Ladakh, between the Himalaya and Karakoram mountain ranges in northern India.

river

The Ganges, also Ganga, is a trans-boundary river of India and Bangladesh. The 2,525 km (1,569 mi) river rises in the western Himalayas in the Indian state of Uttarakhand, and flows south and east through the Gangetic Plain of North India i…

Uttarakhand·river · temple

Gangotri, the origin of the River Ganges is a town and a Nagar Panchayat (municipality) in Uttarkashi district in the state of Uttarakhand, India. It is a Hindu pilgrim town on the banks of the river Bhagirathi.

Nepal·hills

Kathmandu to Paro flight, from Nepal to Bhutan, flying east along and across the Himalaya. One can see Mt.

hills · flowers

See different Himalayan butterflies such as a Sorrel Sapphire (Heliophorus sena), Blue Pansy (Junonia orithiya), Pale Grass Blue or Tiny Grass Blue (Pseudozizeeria maha or Zizula hylax) and a Great Blackvein (Aporia agathon), mostly on Hors…

Uttarakhand·temple · river

These waters are in common with those coming out of the Valley of Flowers region which neighbours Hemkund Sahib, and the water eventually joins the Ganga / Ganges below, in the form of the Alaknanda.

Uttarakhand·music · hills

Accidentals performing in Big Gig music festival in Landour. This group is from Woodstock School.

Gangtok, Sikkim

Red Panda, the state animal of Sikkim, is also known as the Shining Cat or the Firefox, and in Sikkim as Saknam (by the Lepcha) and Kaala (by the Limbu).

Sikkim

Red Panda, the state animal of Sikkim, is also known as the Shining Cat or the Firefox, and in Sikkim as Saknam (by the Lepcha) and Kaala (by the Limbu).

Uttarakhand

The academy is located in the foothills of the Himalayas, about 8 km west of Dehradun in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand. The campus is on National Highway 72, which separates the North and South Campus.

hills · snow

Superb views of the peaks of Nepal and Sikkim in India, with the summit of Kanchenjunga standing out, as seen from the air.

highway · bus

Leaving Glasshouse on the Ganges managed by the Neemrana Hotels group, one drives along the beautiful state highway from Badrinath down to the plains, soon hitting Rishikesh.

Assam

Have you ever seen an animal as big as a Rhinoceros run? It is quite a rare sight. This one was seen running from a fellow rhino at Kaziranga National park in Assam.

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.

ceremony

Men of Oriya community perform Tarpana at Gorakhnath temple in Delhi The festival of Durga Puja starts with Mahalaya, the first phase of the waxing moon in Aswin.

Sulphogaeana is a genus of cicadas found in Asia from the Himalayas east to Laos. They were earlier included in the genus Gaeana.

hills · architecture

The Rufous Sibia (Heterophasia capistrata) is a species of bird in the Leiothrichidae family. It feeds on berries and insects. It is found in the northern parts of the Indian Subcontinent, ranging across India, Bhutan and Nepal.

Nepal·snow · hills

Walking to Everest Base Camp, in the spring-time, through Sagarmatha National Park, when the beautiful middle Himalayan mountain landscape is covered in snow! The climbers (and even a pair of skittish yaks!) cross a suspension bridge over a…

hills · flowers

An as-yet unidentified-by-us Himalayan wild flower in Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir, North India.