“Himalayas”

flowers

The most common low to middle altitude primula is the denticulata. Seen here growing on an open, grassy meadow in the Annapurna National Park in Nepal.

Uttarakhand·monsoon

The big question - is this Commelina coelestis? And if so, is it an indigenous species? Or is it an import from Mexico that has gone wild in the western Himalaya? It grows profusely on monsoon rain-drenched slopes around Landour in the Augu…

Landour, Uttarakhand·birds · wildlife

Collared Pygmy Owlet on an Quercus oak tree in Landour, Uttarakhand. Glaucidium brodiei resides across the Himalaya and north-east India. it is really tiny and barred heavily.

hills

Himalayan Griffon Vulture or simply, The Griffon Vulture (Gyps himalayensis) is one of the largest Himalayan birds and is found in the higher reaches of the Himalaya.

wildlife · forest

The dark grey-Bushchat (Saxicola ferreus) is a species of bird in the Muscicapidae family. It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam.

wildlife · forest

The grey-Bushchat (Saxicola ferreus) is a species of bird in the Muscicapidae family. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

Assam·wildlife · forest

Group of deer grazing in the green pastures at Kaziranga National Park in Assam. Kaziranga National Park is a national park in the Golaghat and Nagaon districts of the state of Assam, India.

Jammu and Kashmir·river · highway

Kargil is a city in the Kargil district of Ladakh, in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir. It is the second largest town in Ladakh after Leh.

river

A lovely road-side waterfall while driving to Chungthang in Sikkim, India. Sikkim is the least populous state in India and the second-smallest state after Goa. The climate ranges from subtropical to high alpine.

Army trucks on the way to Indo-China border in Sikkim. There is nothing of strategic value in this video and no information or locations have been compromised.

livestock

A herd of Yaks seen on a village path in Bhutan. They look well-fed and happy, enjoying the winter sunshine. The ground is brown and bare due to the recently melted winter snow.

Uttarakhand

Cadets seek blessing from family and friends after the parade at the Indian Military Academy in Dehradun. The cadet touches the feet of his mother and father.

Nathu La is a mountain pass in the Himalayas. It connects the Indian state of Sikkim with China's Tibet Autonomous Region. The pass, at 4,310 m (14,140 ft) above mean sea level, forms a part of an offshoot of the ancient Silk Road.

Sikkim is a landlocked Indian state located in the Himalayan mountains. The state borders Nepal to the west, China's Tibet Autonomous Region to the north and east, and Bhutan to the southeast.

hills · river

Mt. Pandim lies hidden in the mists of Sikkim east of Mt. Kanchenjunga. Kangchenjunga is the third highest mountain in the world.

Clouds converge upon Gidara Buggyal, a high altitude meadow in the Uttarakhand Himalaya. Dayara and Gidara buggyal are twin meadows located at an altitude close to 3000 metres above sea level and are a popular trekking destination offerring…

Nepal·hills · aerial

Fabulous aerial shots of Mount Makalu and Mount Everest. Mt. Lhotse flanking Mt. Everest to the right, 8,516m high as seen from the South, and Mt. Nuptse flanking Mt. Everest to the right, standing tall at 7,861m high.

monsoon

Heavy rain in the winters made a chill run through everyone's spine. Delhi's proximity to the Himalayas results in cold waves leading to lower apparent temperature due to wind chill.

Himachal Pradesh·hills

Robin Accentors ( Prunella rubeculoides) perch on metal poles in the dry, cold valley of Spiti in Himachal Pradesh. These birds are found in the high altitude mountain ranges of the Himalayas.

Lamayuru is a small village in Ladakh, midway between Kargil and Leh the Srinagar-Leh highway. Moon-like carvings on the surface of the Himalaya are the main attraction at this place.

festival · village

The contrasting colors of the Naropa stupa and the world's largest thangka at Hemis village in the cold dry desert of Ladakh during the Naropa festival in 2018. Hemis is an idyllic village in Ladakh, in Northern India .

hills

Annapurna South, also called Annapurna Dakshin or Moditse, is a mountain in the Annapurna Himal range of the Himalaya, and the 101st-highest mountain in the world.

wildlife · birds

A colony of Painted Storks perched on tree. Painted storks at their nesting site in Keoladeo National Park of Bharatpur, Rajasthan. The painted stork (Mycteria leucocephala) is a large wading bird in the stork family.

Leh, Ladakh·hills

View of a Ladakhi town surrounded by the barren mountains. Kids play football at the ground in Leh, Ladakh, India.