“Himalayas”

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.

flowers · industry

Butterfly forages on Daphne bholua and shrub Rhododendron campanulatum flowers in the upper reaches of the Yamunotri range in Uttarakhand state of India.

forest · hills

The grey bush chat (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.

Uttarakhand·temple · festival

Pilgrims on way to Yamunotri temple carrying palanquin of deities Naag Devta and Yamuna Devi during Yamunotri Yatra in Uttarakhand. Yamunotri is one of the Char Dham and it is also first place to visit in the Char Dham Circuit.

wildlife · birds

Foreign tourists disturb the peace of Demoiselle Cranes. They pay local school kids to make the cranes fly, thereby disturbing their afternoon siesta and rest time, prior to their return migration across the Himalaya.

hills · forest

Chele la (pass) at an elevation 13000 ft asl is considered to be one of the highest motorable passes in Bhutan. About an hour's drive from Paro as it passes through lush valleys, pine and rhododendron forest.

Himachal Pradesh·snow · hills

Aerial view of huge glacier & mountain system in Himachal Pradesh, India... Himachal Pradesh is a state in Northern India.

temple · festival

Devotees offer prayer and seek blessings from the deity which is carried on palanquin by devotees during Yamunotri Yatra in Uttarakhand. Yamunotri is one of the Char Dham and it is also first place to visit in the Char Dham Circuit.