“Himalayas”

bazaar · festival

Devotees taking out the traditional Mahashivratri procession were they swing the palanquin of deities, Madi - Himachal Pradesh.

bazaar · hills

Deities of the hills get together at the Paddal ground at Mandi during Mahashivratri International festival and hug each other as the devotees carry their palanquin and brings them to the Paddal grounds.

Uttarakhand·highway

Road making equipment, tractors, cement mixing machines and road rollers in the middle of Rajaji National Park, Dehradun, Uttarakhand.

snow · hills

The rocky spires around Jogin form a backdrop to the kitchen tent (more of a lean-to tarp thrown over the pre-existing slate slab kitchen) at Base Camp of Mt. Rudragaira in the Gangotri Himalaya.

forest · village

White throated Laughing Thrushes in Jatoli village of Uttarakhand, India. White-Throated Laughingthrush (Garuulax albogularis) is a widespread resident in the Himalayas of the Indian Subcontinent.

Uttarakhand·temple · hills

Inside the Gurudwara Hemkund Sahib Ji is a completely different scene, with traditional Sikh decoratings and the Guru Granth Sahib.

Uttarakhand·temple · architecture

Inside the Gurudwara Hemkund Sahib Ji is a completely different scene, with traditional Sikh decoratings and the Guru Granth Sahib.

temple · river

One of the most sacred destinations to salvation and redemption, the Uttarakhand Char Dham Yatra is meant for the holy devotees round the world.

Uttarakhand·wildlife · river

Without the Ramganga river there would be no Corbett. It is the largest of the precious few perennial sources of water in the Park. In fact, for a brief period (from 1954 to 1957) the Park was known as Ramganga National Park.

Uttarakhand·wildlife · river

Without the Ramganga river there would be no Corbett. It is the largest of the precious few perennial sources of water in the Park. In fact, for a brief period (from 1954 to 1957) the Park was known as Ramganga National Park.

Uttarakhand·wildlife · river

Without the Ramganga river there would be no Corbett. It is the largest of the precious few perennial sources of water in the Park. In fact, for a brief period (from 1954 to 1957) the Park was known as Ramganga National Park.

Uttarakhand·wildlife · river

Without the Ramganga river there would be no Corbett. It is the largest of the precious few perennial sources of water in the Park. In fact, for a brief period (from 1954 to 1957) the Park was known as Ramganga National Park.

river · politics

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

Assam·forest · wildlife

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.

Uttarakhand·hills · festival

"The Tetseo Sisters are the new cultural ambassadors of the North East with their "Li", breaking barriers and boundaries.

Uttarakhand·hills

Sawargarohini, Bandarpunch, Jaonli, Rudragaira, Srikantha and other high peaks of the Garhwal Himalaya, as viewed from the Landour ridge.

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

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.

Jammu and Kashmir·snow · hills

Himachal Pradesh is a state in Northern India the western Himalayas. It is spread over 21,495 sq mi and is bordered by Jammu and Kashmir on the north, Punjab on the west and south-west, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh on the south, Uttarakhand o…

Himachal Pradesh·river · hills

Archival footage of rickety state road transport buses running in Spiri, Himachal Pradesh, many decades back.

ceremony · temple

Travel to the Himalayan village of Lakhat near Chausar in Uttaranchal in North India. Images of the picturesque landscapes of the lower Himalayas with a cover of mist amongst the evergreen conifer trees and grassy slopes along the hillsides…

birds · wildlife

A Brown-fronted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos auriceps) excavates a nest cavity in the moss-covered trunk of a tree in the Garhwal Himalaya of Uttarakhand.

Ladakh·hills · river

An aerial journey over Nubra Valley in Ladakh, capturing the striking beauty of the Shyok River as it winds through one of the most dramatic landscapes of the Himalaya.

Ladakh·hills · village

Barchey village in the Kargil district of Ladakh from above. The village sits among the mountains at an elevation of around 2,676 metres (8,780 feet) and is surrounded by the rugged landscape of the Himalayas.