“Himalayas”

livestock

Sheep shearer shearing sheep in a foothill of the Himalayas. Traditional Way of Sheep Shearing

West Bengal·flowers · hills

Monsoon clouds mill around the valley even as a Darjeeling Himalayan Pied Woodpecker, a Striated Laughing Thrush and a Yellow-crowned Woodpecker hunt for insects on the oaks around our blue-green valley of Agapanthus blooms in the Himalaya!…

monsoon · hills

With its natter white and black tail, this Spotted Forktail dances as the monsoon rains come to the hills of the lower Himalaya.

Himachal Pradesh·river · hills

Locked behind formidable mountain barriers connected by treacherous passes and narrow paths line inhospitable yet breathtakingly beautiful land.

music

Yellow-billed blue Magpie spotted in Bhutan The Yellow-billed Blue Magpie or Gold-billed Magpie (Urocissa flavirostris) is a passerine bird in the crow and jay family, Corvidae.

forest · flowers

Fresh spring-time Oak trees sport whitish leaf buds as they emerge from winter dormancy, having shed their older leaves. That is why our forest looks so white in March 2019.

monsoon

Dewdrops look like pearls hanging off the grass due to 'Surface Tension Effect' during monsoon season in the Himalayas.

Anandpur Sahib, Punjab·temple · architecture

The Anandpur Sahib Gurudwara known as Gurudwara Takht Sri Keshgarh Sahib in the Anandpur city in Ropar district of Punjab. It rains in the city and people use polyethene sheet to cover themselves.

temple

A dhaba or tea shop en route Tungnath shrine as part of the Panch Kedar trek cum pilgrimage in Uttarakhand's Himalaya.

Uttar Pradesh·river

People bathing in polluted Yamuna river in Agra. Women doing laundry on filthy ghats banks of the river. The Yamuna is the longest and the second largest tributary river of the Ganges (Ganga) in northern India.

river · politics

The Yamuna, sometimes called Jamuna or Jumna, is the largest tributary river of the Ganges (Ganga) in northern India.

Uttarakhand·hills · festival

Mussoorie Writers' EXPERIENCE THE HIMALAYA: A MOUNTAIN FESTIVAL (Nov. 1-4, 2012) celebrated exploration, natural history and mountain culture.

Himachal Pradesh·hills

H.H. Dalai Lama speaks at Tabo Monastery during Kalachakra in Himachal Pradesh in 1996. Tabo Monastery is located in the Tabo village of Spiti Valley, Himachal Pradesh, northern India.

Mount Makalu (8462m). Makalu is a close neighbor of Mount Everest, lying in the northeast region of Nepal. Besides, the Makalu Barun National Park in the region offers some of the most spectacular scenery in the Himalayas.

Monica Natraj teaches these young and beautiful Miss Tibet contestants about going beyond the figure and cope up with the nervousness and awkwardness.

Himachal Pradesh·aerial

Good stock footage of Himachal's high peaks which can be seen aerially... Himachal Pradesh is a state in Northern India.

ceremony · temple

Warming up the drums for the big ceremony, near the fire... Travel to the Himalayan village of Lakhat near Chausar in Uttaranchal in North India.

Assam·wildlife · forest

Kaziranga National Park is a national park in the Golaghat and Nagaon districts of the state of Assam, India. A World Heritage Site, the park hosts two-thirds of the world's Great One-horned Rhinoceroses.

Assam·wildlife · forest

Asiatic elephant hides in thick undergrowth 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.

wildlife · flowers

Letekujan Garden is a place in Golaghat district of Assam in India. Assam is a state of India in the north-eastern region. Its capital is Dispur, located within the municipal area of Guwahati city.

hills · aerial

Aerial view of Lunar landscape & high altitude desert in the Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir.

Assam·wildlife · forest

Armed rangers protect the residents Kaziranga National Park from poaching. Kaziranga National Park is a national park in the Golaghat and Nagaon districts of the state of Assam, India.

hills · industry

Dalle Khursani (Capsicum annuum var. grossum) is one of the Himalayan region's most prized chilli peppers.

hills

Foreign tourists join Ladakhi for tea-break at a village in Ladakh, Kashmir, India. This family serves them salt and butter tea along with some Ladakhi snacks.