“Himalayas”

hills · river

Tangtse lies on the valley floor through which the Harong stream flows. Surrounded by mountains, the village lies on flat arid ground with greenery to be seen only along the Harong stream.

Uttarakhand·river

The sacred river Ganga flows through Rishikesh. In fact, it is here that the river leaves the Shivalik mountains Himalayas, and flows out into the plains of northern India.

Jammu and Kashmir·hills · river

Beas river captured in slow motion in Sonamarg town of Jammu and Kashmir, India. Sonamarg or Sonmarg, located at a hefty altitude of 2,740 m above sea level, literally means 'Meadow of Gold'.

birds

The verditer flycatcher (Eumyias thalassinus) is an Old World flycatcher found in the Indian subcontinent, especially in the Lower Himalaya.

Uttarakhand·wildlife

Striped Tiger or Danaus genutia butterflies in Corbett Park. These butterflies are found across India up to 2500 m in the Himalayas. They fly throughout the year. They prefer all types of habitat. They fly low over bushes and undergrowth.

Gujarat·river

View of a temple in Rann of Kutch, Gujarat. Boats are lined up near the bank of a river, a man is washing clothes and an old man is changing his clothes. Painted stork search for food and wade through water.

Nepal·snow · hills

Mountaineers witness snowfall at Everest Base Camp in Nepal. Nowhere in the world is more spectacular than in the Everest region. It is where four of the world's six tallest peaks Mt. Everest, Mt. Lhotse, Mt.

Nepal·hills · aerial

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

hills

Tourist vehicles slip on the icy roads in Ladakh, India. It's a dangerous situation to drive on icy roads.

Assam·wildlife · forest

Indian One-Horned Rhinoceros at Kaziranga National Park, Assam. The Indian rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis), also called the greater one-horned rhinoceros and one-horned Indian rhinoceros, belongs to the Rhinocerotidae family.

festival · temple

Men of the Oriya community along with the priest prepare for the Kalash Yatra early in the morning. They walk all the way to Gorakhnath temple to fill the Kalash from the temple's sacred pond.

ceremony

The festival of Durga Puja starts with Mahalaya, the first phase of the waxing moon in Aswin.

ceremony

Mahashashthi - On this day Goddess Durga arrives to the mortal world from her heavenly abode, accompanied by her children. She is welcomed with much fanfare amidst the beats of traditional drums.

hills

A Himalayan Pit Viper (Gloydius himalayanus), a venomous snake native to high-altitude regions of India, is seen crawling on the ground near a wall.

Rajasthan·birds · forest

Thanks to Abhishek Gulshan, we now realize that this is probably the Indian Scops Owl, a new sub-species that is closely related to the Collared Scops Owl.

flowers

Sorrel Sapphire forages on an Erigeron bellidioides (a wild daisy) flower at the Wilderness Orchard and botanical gardens in the Uttarakhand Himalaya, India.

hills · snow

Good stock footage of massive glacier with lakes and mountain range in Ladakh, India. These are the head-waters of the Indus river system! Ladakh "land of high passes" is a region of India in the state of Jammu and Kashmir that extends from…

hills · village

Travel to the Himalayan village of Lakhat near Chausar in Uttaranchal in North India. Images of the picturesque landscapes of the lower Himalayas with a cover of mist amongst the evergreen conifer trees and grassy slopes along the hillsides…

West Bengal·hills · railway

Time lapse shot of Darjeeling from Gorkha Rangamancha Bhawan or Bhanu Bhawan and the clouds cover the whole city.

West Bengal·hills · river

View of Kanchenjunga range as seen from Sandakphu ridge through the clouds. Kangchenjunga is the third highest mountain in the world.

Himachal Pradesh·river · hills

The town of Kaza, Kaze or Kaja is the subdivisional headquarters of the remote Spiti Valley valley in the Lahaul and Spiti district of the state of Himachal Pradesh in the Western Himalayas of India.

Jammu and Kashmir

Mulbekh, located 45 km east of Kargil is an area dominated by the Buddhists structures. Situated inside Mulbekh Camba is the 9 m high sculpture of Maitreya, the future Buddha and is a must see place to visit.

hills

Good aerial stock footage of Indian Army encampment at Tangtse in Ladakh, Kashmir. 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 Hima…

hills · snow

Naturalists walking the jagged rocky mountainscape of Ladakh during their search for Snow Leopard in India. The snow leopard is a large cat native to the mountain ranges of Central and South Asia.