“Himalayas”

festival · river

Ponies queue at the base camp of Kailash Manasarovar Yatra and wait for pilgrims. This is the first base camp for pilgrims. They start their holy journey from this base camp.

monsoon · hills

Lightning over the lower hills of the Himalaya and the Shivalik range, as seen from Landour in Uttarakhand, India. You can actually see the clouds with their discharge of rain, as they move across the Doon valley, during the monsoon months.

hills · river

Peaks of the Hata range, as seen from beyond Taluka. The trek above Osla and Sima village. Peaks from near the Swargarohini range, as seen from near Har-ki-doon valley.

Uttarakhand·temple · river

Yamunotri Temple is situated in the western region of Garhwal Himalayas at an altitude of 3,291 metres (10,797 ft) in Uttarkashi district, Uttarakhand.The temple is dedicated to Goddess Yamuna and has a black marble idol of the goddess.

Uttar Pradesh·river

Hindus float leaf lamps on banks of River Yamuna in Agra. The Yamuna is the longest and the second largest tributary river of the Ganges (Ganga) in northern India.

Agra, Uttar Pradesh·river

Indian laundrymen washing clothes and drying on banks of River Yamuna in Agra. The Yamuna is the longest and the second largest tributary river of the Ganges (Ganga) in northern India.

Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh

Tsering Dorjee aka Lionman of Dharamshala performs during Miss Tibet contest in Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh. Tsering, aged 27, was born in the Kham region of Tibet, near the capital Lhasa.

Himachal Pradesh·river · architecture

Nestled in the midst of snow-clad Himalayas and lined by the river Beas, Manali is a small, beautiful hill station in the Kullu district of Himachal Pradesh.

Himachal Pradesh·river

Water flowing in slow motion - Beas river, Manali The Beas River is a river in north India. The river rises in the Himalayas in central Himachal Pradesh, India, and flows for some 470 kilometres (290 mi) to the Sutlej River in the Indian st…

Shimla, Himachal Pradesh·bazaar

Mandi, formerly known as Mandav Nagar, also known as Sahor (Tibetan: Zahor), is a major city and a municipal council in Mandi District in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. It is situated 153 kilometres north of state capital, Shimla.

Himachal Pradesh·hills

The agricultural land in Shimla, the capital of Indian State Himachal Pradesh, on the foothills of Himalayas. Silhouette during the sunset over the hills in Shimla. Shimla is one of the most eminent tourist destination in the country.

Uttarakhand·hills · music

Tourists, Mussoorie and Woodstock residents and locals chatting and catching up at Rokeby Highlands during the Big Gig Festival 2014.

Uttarakhand·hills · music

Tourists, Mussoorie and Woodstock residents and locals chatting and catching up at Rokeby Highlands during the Big Gig Festival 2014.

Spiti, Himachal Pradesh·hills

Buddhists from different parts of the world travel to Tabo Monastery in Spiti Himachal for Kalachakra festival. Tabo Monastery is located in the Tabo village of Spiti Valley, Himachal Pradesh, northern India.

hills · wildlife

A pair of majestic Himalayan Vulture rests on a steep rocky cliff ledge high in the alpine Himalayas.

Leh, Ladakh·snow

A right hand side seat on the Delhi - Ladakh flight earns a passenger mystical views of the Ladakh ranges of the Himalayas as the flight nears Leh on its descent to land.

Jammu and Kashmir·hills

Kashmir is the northwestern region of the Indian subcontinent. Until the mid-19th century, the term Kashmir geographically denoted only the valley between the Great Himalayas and the Pir Panjal mountain range.

hills · river

A devotee worshipping at Skoba Jigstan Monastery, Tangtse in Ladakh. Tangtse lies on the valley floor through which the Harong stream flows.

Maharashtra·festival · hills

View of Mahagunas or Ganesh Top as seen from Domal during Amarnath Yatra in Kashmir, India. Building walking tracks for pilgrims in the Kashmir Himalaya leads to soil degradation and damage to the hillside's vegetation, as one can see here…

birds · hills

Pack elephants leading birding tourists in Namdapha National Park, Arunachal Pradesh, India. Namdapha National Park is the largest protected area in the Eastern Himalaya biodiversity hotspot and is located in Arunachal Pradesh.

Uttarakhand·river · aerial

Aerial view of holy ghat of Har ki Pauri in Haridwar on the banks of the Ganges River in Uttarakhand, India. Huge statue of lord Shiva is erected near Har Ki Pauri. Idol of Mother Ganga can also be seen in the middle of the river.

wildlife · river

Aerial view of the agricultural flood plains of the Brahmaputra river upstream of Guwahati in the riverine state of Assam in India. Assam is a state of India in the north-eastern region.

forest

We found this moth on the wall of the Wilderness Orchard and botanical gardens in the Uttarakhand Himalaya one morning in June 2018.

flowers

These brilliant yellow Irises grow at the Wilderness Films Estate and conservation center in the Himalaya, and were brought to India by the British over 150 years ago, by ship! Iris is a genus of 260--300 species of flowering plants with sh…