“Himalayas”

Uttarakhand·music

Kumaoni folk music had its root in the lap of nature. The pure and blessed music have the feel and the touch of nature and subjects related to nature.

hills · music

A Ladakhi family sings folk songs and entertains foreign tourists in Ladakh, Kashmir, India.

music

The Painted Stork (Mycteria leucocephala) is a large wading bird in the stork family. It is found in the wetlands of the plains of tropical Asia south of the Himalayas in the Indian Subcontinent and extending into Southeast Asia.

music

The Painted Stork (Mycteria leucocephala) is a large wading bird in the stork family. It is found in the wetlands of the plains of tropical Asia south of the Himalayas in the Indian Subcontinent and extending into Southeast Asia.

music

The Painted Stork (Mycteria leucocephala) is a large wading bird in the stork family. It is found in the wetlands of the plains of tropical Asia south of the Himalayas in the Indian Subcontinent and extending into Southeast Asia.

hills · school

Conrad Anker talking about George Mallory, to a Himalayan Club audience in New Delhi. The Himalayan Club & The Explorers Club South Asia Chapter organized an illustrated talk "George Mallory - Everest Pioneer" by Conrad Anker at the India H…

Nepal·snow

Mountaineers crossing a ravine. Located in the Himalayas Mount Everest is the world's highest mountain above sea level at 8,848 metres (29,029 ft).

Uttarakhand·hills · festival

Captain Mohan Kohli speaks at Mussoorie Writers' Festival, he says, "Now they decided that I should be the overall leader and have the top American and Indian Climbers and of course on top of it have the Nuclear Experts and some of the othe…

Nepal·hills

Army officers trek through the mountains of the himalaya to reach the mount everest. Mt Everest climbing has proved to be a benchmark of climbing achievement. The mountain receives around 1000 summit attempts every year.

Nepal·snow

Bridging the icy chasm of the Khumbu glacier, Everest. Deep crevasses criss-cross the icefall at Khumbu. Mount Everest is the world's highest mountain, with a peak at 8,848 metres (29,029 ft) above sea level.

Nepal·snow

Ascending a steep couloir in evening light, with blue sky behind. Climbers ascend roped up. Climbers ascend a steep ice wall past the Khumbu icefall and glacier.

Uttarakhand·river · temple

IAF helicopter - Mi8 landing on a helipad built near Kedarnath temple. Whereas the devotees and workers wait for the chopper to land so that they can make their way through the tiring hills of Kedarnath.

hills

Driving on the snow covered roads of Ladakh in Kashmir, India. Ladakh is a region of India in the state of Jammu and Kashmir that extends from the Karakoram Range in the north to the main Great Himalayas to the south, inhabited by people of…

hills

Driving on the snow covered roads of Ladakh in Kashmir, India. Ladakh is a region of India in the state of Jammu and Kashmir that extends from the Karakoram Range in the north to the main Great Himalayas to the south, inhabited by people of…

Assam·wildlife · forest

Indian rhinoceros wallowing in water at Kaziranga National Park, Golaghat - Assam. The Indian rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis), also called the greater one-horned rhinoceros and one-horned Indian rhinoceros, belongs to the Rhinocerotidae…

Assam·wildlife · forest

Viewer discretion advised due to possible graphic content. Rhino found dead at Kaziranga National Park,as the poachers chopped off its horn..

West Bengal·ceremony · festival

At the end of six days, the idol is taken for immersion in a procession amid loud chants of 'Bolo Durga mai-ki jai' (glory be to Mother Durga') and 'aashchhe bochhor abar hobe' ('it will happen again next year') and drumbeats to the river o…

Nepal·snow

Climbers negotiate spindrift and light powdery fresh snow as they descend a steep icewall, using crampons. They are roped up with the help of carabiners.

flowers

The local names for this flower in Garhwal and Kumaon are Kupheru, Jhulu and Kapas. The altitudinal range for this flower is 1200-2400 meters. It flowers in the months of March through June.

music

Jeewan Singh Garbyal, an expert on Kumaon and originally a resident of Garbyang in Kumaon tells us that: "They would be singing Rung or closest would be a Nepali folk song.

bazaar

Men selling meat, jackets and blankets at a market in Nepal. Nepal, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked country located in South Asia.

Uttarakhand·river · sport

River rafting being an adventurous sports has its own pros and cons. A rafter is being seen struggling against the gurgling dangerous waves of the river in Rishikesh.

West Bengal·hills · railway

Aerial view of Darjeeling city and the clouds cover the whole city. Darjeeling is famous for toy train, tea gardens and hills, tourist from all over India love to spend their vacation in this hilly town.

Uttarakhand·monsoon · flowers

Impatiens- wild Balsam thrives in Landour, Uttarakhand during the monsoon season. Impatiens glandulifera is a large annual plant native to the Himalayas. Via human introduction it is now present across much of the Northern Hemisphere.