“Himalayas”

bazaar

Devotees carry the palanquin of deities on their shoulders around the town of Mandi during the Mahashivratri.

hills · festival

Hemis is an idyllic village in Ladakh, in Northern India . The town is just over 40 km southeast of the town of Leh. Hemis is home to the Hemis Gompa a pre- 11th century monastery that was re-established in 1672.

flowers

Duabanga is a tall deciduous fast growing tree, indigenous to the Eastern Himalayas. So it is found in the North Eastern states of India.

A buddhist monk wores his hand made sun cap and sits near by small temple as he continue with his chanting.

festival · hills

Hemis is an idyllic village in Ladakh, in Northern India . The town is just over 40 km southeast of the town of Leh. Hemis is home to the Hemis Gompa a pre- 11th century monastery that was re-established in 1672.

river · hills

Indian men walk over a frozen stream in wintery Ladakh, 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…

Leh, Ladakh·hills

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

hills

Dark black and white clouds moving fast in the morning sky - Time lapse in Ladakh. 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, in…

Ladakh·highway

Lamayuru is a land of picturesque and scenic beauties, situated at a distance of 130km in the West of Leh, Ladakh.

hills · snow

A lone man walks over the snow covered barren mountains 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,…

snow · hills

Naturalists searching for Snow Leopard in the snow covered barren mountains of Ladakh, India. The snow leopard is a large cat native to the mountain ranges of Central and South Asia.

Rare footage of the Siberian Ibex and Ladakh Urial in Ladakh. Petr Hrabina correctly identifies these species for us and also adds: "The first animals on this video are siberian Ibex (Capra sibirica), second Ladakh urial (Ovis vignei) and t…

hills · snow

Ladakhi children playing in snow as a winter storm hits Ladakh, Kashmir, 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 Himalay…

livestock

A herd of Yaks grazing the green pastures of Mulde Peak in Nepal while being surrounded by rhododendrons. The mist moves fast and covers the peak hiding the number of Yaks further away from our site.

flowers · forest

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

hills · flowers

Thymus linearis or wild ajwain, is a wild Himalayan flowering herb plant that grows close to the ground in the middle altitudes.

industry · river

Seen here in Sikkim growing by a little mountain stream, Dhatura is a very beautiful but poisonous flowering plant that is rather common in the Himalaya. Sikkim even has a pink dhatura variety.

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.