“Himalayas”

flowers · monsoon

A splendid natural scenery awaits on the trek to Gidara and Dayara Bugyal from Barsu village in Uttarakashi district in Uttarakhand. Flowers are at full bloom in the meadows of these basins.

Leh, Ladakh·hills

Clouds passing over the Leh city and the huge barren mountains of Ladakh. A fantastic establishing shot of Leh, Ladakh! Ladakh is a region of India in the state of Jammu and Kashmir that lies between the Kunlun mountain range in the north…

hills · highway

Time lapse of loaded trucks passing through a busy road in Kashmir. A blue dhaba sits behind a row of parked motorbikes. Kashmir is the northwestern region of the Indian subcontinent.

The Hanuman Langur holds it little baby to its chest and eats plants. The entire distribution of all gray langur species stretches from the Himalayas in the north to Sri Lanka in the south and Bangladesh in the east to Pakistan in the west.…

Uttarakhand·birds · wildlife

Pallas' Fishing Eagle (Haliaeetus leucoryphus) in a tree in Corbett National Park, Uttaranchal / Uttarakhand in North India.

livestock · wildlife

Bharal or Blue Sheep among the juniper shrubs at 14, 500 feet altitude across from Mt. Shivling, above Gaumukh.

flowers

is a beautiful tree with a broad, shady crown, found widespread in Tropical Himalayas (Punjab to Nepal), India, Ceylon, Burma, Thailand, Indo-China, Malaysia. This tree is mostly noticed because of its bright red leaves when they are new.

forest · flowers

Kusum is a beautiful tree with a broad, shady crown, found widespread in Tropical Himalayas (Punjab to Nepal), India, Ceylon, Burma, Thailand, Indo-China, Malaysia.

Plan a holiday in the hilly terrains of Himachal Pradesh. Himachal Pradesh is a state in Northern India.

forest · hills

Cedrus deodara, the Himalayan Cedar or deodar tree. Notice the tiny cones growing on the branches - so different from pine cones! Cedrus deodara is a species of cedar native to the western Himalayas in eastern Afghanistan, northern Pakistan…

birds · hills

This Himalayan barbet has a green tail and yellow beak. They chisel out a hole inside a tree to build their nest. They are mainly fruit eating but will take insects.The great himalayan barbet's scientific name is Megalaema virens.

birds · hills

This Himalayan barbet has a green tail and yellow beak. They chisel out a hole inside a tree to build their nest. They are mainly fruit eating but will take insects.The great himalayan barbet's scientific name is Megalaema virens.

birds · hills

This Himalayan barbet has a green tail and yellow beak. They chisel out a hole inside a tree to build their nest. They are mainly fruit eating but will take insects.The great himalayan barbet's scientific name is Megalaema virens.

temple · ceremony

Dhauladhar range view from Baijnath temple, with brilliantly illuminated monsoon clouds and a railway siding at Baijnath.

Assam·wildlife · forest

A pair of one horned rhinoceros caught mating in the dark... Kaziranga National Park is a national park in the Golaghat and Nagaon districts of the state of Assam, India.

Himachal Pradesh·hills · desert

The Spiti Valley is a mountain desert valley located high in the Himalaya mountains in the north-eastern part of the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. The name "Spiti" means "The Middle Land", i.e. the land between Tibet and India.

Himachal Pradesh·hills

The Spiti Valley is a desert mountain valley located high in the Himalaya mountains in the north-eastern part of the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. The name "Spiti" means "The Middle Land", i.e. the land between Tibet and India.

flowers · festival

Saussurea gossypiphora. According to Wikipedia: "Saussurea is a genus of about 300 species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, native to cool temperate and arctic regions of Asia, Europe, and North America, with the highest divers…

birds · hills

Young chick peering out of nest-hole. They are almost ready to fly out and explore the bigger world outside their tiny little nest-hole which is the only home they have known these past few weeks! Also, male Scaly-bellied Green Woodpecker a…

Uttarakhand·birds · hills

Male Scaly-bellied Green Woodpecker at its nest-hole, feeding a chick! Scaly-bellied Green Woodpecker nesting in Landour, Mussoorie, India. This is a resident in the foothills and lower/middle hills of Himalaya.

snow

Red-billed Choughs merrily digging in the snow, for food and plant seeds. Choughs belong to the corvid or crow family, and they often live around human habitations but are equally happy living on their own around the high snow peaks! Small…

festival · hills

During the Jeetu Bagdwal festival in the Garhwal Himalaya of Uttarakhand, participants gather for a traditional folk ritual accompanied by singing, dancing, and the rhythmic beats of the dhol and other percussion instruments.

hills · aerial

Experience a breathtaking aerial journey over the spectacular Nubra Valley in Ladakh, where the striking aquamarine waters of the Shyok River wind through one of the Himalaya's most dramatic high-altitude landscapes.

hills · festival

During the Jeetu Bagdwal festival in the Garhwal Himalaya of Uttarakhand, participants gather for a traditional folk ritual accompanied by singing, dancing, and the rhythmic beats of the dhol and other percussion instruments.