“Himalayas”

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.

river · forest

The first days of 16 mm colour film, from the pre-Independence era, with a monsoon water lake, an elephant walking up a forest stream-bed, a trout stream in the western Himalaya and other footage elements from the collection of a British fo…

Ladakh·hills

Tourist take a halt on their way to Ladakh, India. Ladakh "land of high passes" 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…

snow · hills

View of massive glacier with snow peaks of Ladakh as seen from an aeroplane's window. 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,…

hills · snow

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 · livestock

Bharals grazing in high himalayan mountains of Ladakh, Kashmir, India. The Bharal , also known as the Blue Sheep, is a high mountain sheep that is the primary prey of Snow Leopards.

hills · livestock

Bharals grazing in high himalayan mountains of Ladakh, Kashmir, India. The Bharal , also known as the Blue Sheep, is a high mountain sheep that is the primary prey of Snow Leopards.

river · architecture

Bridge over the River Rangeet in Sikkim. Rangeet River, Indian RiverRangeet River is a tributary of the Teesta River, the largest river in the Sikkim state of India. Rangeet River is also spelled as ‘Rangit River’.

Cadets march smartly during the passing out parade of the Indian Military Academy at Dehra dun in Uttarakhand, during the passing out parade of 2007.

flowers · forest

Of the over thirty species of Rhododendron in Nepal, the most renowned is Rhododendron arboreum, known as Gurans in Nepali.

snow

Yaks are synonymous to life at high altitudes, like in the Himalayas. The yaks are easy to spot – they can be up to two meters tall and up to a metric ton in weight.