“Himalayas”

hills · ceremony

Lighting dhoop battis or joss sticks and sending the fragrance into the air, thes high altitude trekkers undertake a morning pooja prayers before the difficult and dangerous climb to Chaukhamba Col in the Garhwal Himalaya.

hills · flowers

Cherry blossom in the Himalaya is not a spring thing, but an early winter flowering occasion. Hordes of insect and nectar eating birds arrive on the scene, meanwhile, including Black Bulbuls visiting for the feast.

hills · wildlife

Sunning itself on a winter's day, in the warm sun, is this Sibia, at our wildfilmsindia estate. It's call gives this bird its onomatopoeic name of Three Cheers.

Ladakh·hills

The Zanskar leg of the Raid de Himalaya proves to be the ultimate test of riders and drivers alike. With tarred roads making way for actual dirt roads, the challenge of riding gets difficult manifold.

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Bikers use tools to check, calibrate and change tyres, as needed, during a small town overnight stop during the Raid de Himalaya cross country rally in the high Himalaya.

Uttarakhand·hills · forest

A flock of Himalayan domestic sheep descend from the high Himalaya to over-winter around Mussoorie, in an open forest pasture for the cold months.

Himachal Pradesh·hills · aerial

Aerial views of a snow-covered Nako Village in the Hangrang Valley of Spiti in Himachal Pradesh. At an altitude of 11,893 feet or 3,625 meters above sea level, this village lies near the Indo-China border in Kinnaur district.

hills · wildlife

Himalayan griffon vultures are seen soaring in flight against a clear blue sky in the Himalayan region. The birds circle and glide through the open air while making audible calls.

hills · village

Daily life in a mountain village in the Garhwal region of Uttarakhand, India. Local residents, including children and adults, are gathered outside a traditional hillside home overlooking terraced Himalayan slopes.

farmland · flowers

Inside the poly house, the Lilium framing involves a structured setup where the delicate Lilium plants are cultivated under controlled environmental conditions.

Uttarakhand·hills · birds

Steppe Eagles and Griffon Vultures in the Himalaya at Landour in Uttarakhand, at the Wilderness Orchard and botanical gardens. The steppe eagle (Aquila nipalensis) is a bird of prey. Like all eagles, it belongs to the family Accipitridae.

hills · sport

Check out virgin runs for skiing and snow-boarding in the Himalayan state of Himachal Pradesh in India...

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The Garhwal Himalayas are mountain ranges located in the state of Uttarakhand, India. The mountain ranges comprise two regions: Garhwal division and Kumaon division.

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Padmasana instructions by Yog guru of a Himalayan spa resort. This is a luxury destination spa in Narendra Nagar, Uttarakhand, set in the Indian Himalayas.

Himachal Pradesh·hills · festival

This is the 1st edition of the Himalayan Music Festival 2014 in Dharamshala organized by Ants Entertainment.

hills · farmland

Choona or lime paint marking apple trees at our apply orchard in the Himalaya, to prevent fungal growth or any pests and diseases on the fruit trees.

snow · hills

Walking crunch-crunch in freshly fallen hail at wildfilmsindia Jabbarkhet in the Uttarakhand Himalaya. Climate change seems to have swapped snowfall for hail, and hardly any snow seems to be received now.

wildlife · hills

Moving its head left to right, this young Panther or Leopard stops right in front of our camera trap, and films itself in failing evening light in the Himalaya, at the wildfilmsindia wildlife sanctuary in Uttarakhand.

hills · politics

Presenting glimpses of some high speed imagery from the world's highest rally raid - Raid de Himalaya.

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As you fly parallel to the Himalaya, from east to west, you can see a vast swathe of the Himalayan range, from the peaks of Nepal to the Garhwal and Kumaon Himalaya, after having initially passed Sikkim and Bhutan.

Uttarakhand·farmland · flowers

In the serene wilderness of Jabbarkhet, the garden comes alive with activity as men carefully pluck fresh, green broccoli from the plants and place them onto carts.

flowers · hills

This time lapse captures workers carefully preparing soil and planting flowers inside a greenhouse nestled in the Himalayas.

hills · flowers

A dragonfly filmed at 400 fps (frames per second) at the Wilderness Orchard botanical garden in the Himalaya.

Himachal Pradesh·hills · music

This is the 1st edition of the Himalayan Music Festival 2014 in Dharamshala organized by Ants Entertainment.