“Himalayas”

Nepal·architecture · snow

Mountaineers cross a swinging bridge on their way through the Sagarmatha National Park, to Everest Base Camp... Mountaineers heading towardsEverest.

Uttarakhand·hills · festival

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

river · village

Cars and trucks Crossing melting Glacier water in the Himalayas very cold and tricky at times. Jispa (elevation 3,200 m or 10,500 ft; population 332) is a village in Lahaul, in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh.

Himachal Pradesh·hills · bus

A tourist bus passes on the roads of Spiti valley in Himachal Pradesh. The Spiti Valley is a desert mountain valley located high in the Himalaya mountains in the north-eastern part of the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh.

West Bengal·ceremony · river

At the end of six days, the idol is taken for immersion in a procession amid loud chants of 'Bolo Durga mai-ki jai' (glory be to Mother Durga') and 'aashchhe bochhor abar hobe' ('it will happen again next year') and drumbeats to the river o…

school · hills

The Doon School is located in Northern Uttar Pradesh. The school is situated in the Doon valley, which rises in the Himalayan foothills, so it is perhaps hardly surprising that the school has been involved in mountaineering since its founda…

hills · river

View of Ladakh from air and one can also see the river valley and high altitude soil erosion.

hills · river

Kanchenjunga lies on the border between India and Nepal so both countries can legitimately claim the summit and peak as theirs! Around 8 kms from Gangtok Tashi View Point located on the Gangtok – North Sikkim Highway offers the spectacular…

hills · aerial

Aerial view of Everest and Tibetan Plateau. Mount Everest, also known in Nepal as Sagarmāthā and in Tibet as Chomolungma, is the Earth's highest mountain. It is located in the Mahalangur section of the Himalayas.

flowers

Edible Mayflower is a plant 45-80 cm tall. Rhizomes are tuberous, 1-2 cm thick. Stem is zigzagged, distally velvet-hairy or becoming hairless.

bazaar · hills

Aerial view of Mandi town were we see clusters of houses in the hill slope of Mandi, Himachal Pradesh.

temple · forest

Hidimba Devi Temple in Dhungri forest in Himachal Pradesh. See the kids ring the prayer bells at Hidimba Devi Temple. Hindu women cut a coconut which they get as a Prashad from the temple. Pagoda type structure erected in 1553 A. D.

river · temple

Fly over the Mahabodhi temple in Bodhgaya in the Gaya district of Bihar. The temple is surrounded by the garden. Mahabodhi temple is a UNESCO World Heritage site. Muchalinda Lake at the far left area of the temple grounds.

temple

The Golden Pagoda is built on a plateau overlooking the plains at the foothill of the last fringes of Eastern Himalayas of Patkai Range. It is built in Burmese architectural design and style.

Ladakh·hills

Colourful prayer flags blow by wind in Leh Ladakh, India. Ladakh is a region of India in the state of Jammu and Kashmir that currently extends from the Kuen Lun mountain range to the main Great Himalayas to the south, inhabited by people o…

Ladakh·bazaar

A perfect place for shopping in Leh is the old Tibetan Refugee market on Leh road where you come across a wide range of varied products ranging from unpolished silver and turquoise jewellery to chunky shell bangles worn by Ladakhi women.

livestock · snow

Yaks are synonymous to life at high altitudes, like in the Himalayas. The yaks are easy to spot – they can be up to two meters tall and up to a metric ton in weight.

flowers

Rhododendron campanulatum, the most prolific high altitude shrub rhododendron flower across the Himalaya. Seen here growing on an open, grassy meadow in the Annapurna National Park in Nepal.

Nepal·hills

Once you start moving higher towards the rhododendron woodlands of Central Nepal the views of Annapurna and Mount Machhapuchhre are amazing sceneries.

flowers

Two Leaved Chirita is a perennial herb with erect stem up to 25 cm tall. The stem is leafless at the base during flowering, and has 2 unequal leaves above.

flowers

Rhododendron campanulatum, the most prolific high altitude shrub rhododendron flower across the Himalaya. Seen here growing on an open, grassy meadow in the Annapurna National Park in Nepal.

Uttarakhand·forest · wildlife

This langur is enjoying its spring-time feast of fresh crunchy oak leaves in the lower Himalaya, at the wildfilmsindia wildlife sanctuary, around Jabbarkhet in Uttarakhand.

birds · hills

Fantastic audio of the mewli of Garhwal - the Himalayan Barbet! The Great or Himalayan Barbet (Megalaima virens) is an Asian barbet. Barbets are a group of near passerine birds with a worldwide tropical distribution.

Second perhaps only to the Shama and competing closely with the White-winged Blackbird of the Himalaya, the Magpie-Robin is a common and cheery resident of the plains, of city gardens and forests alike, and an adept songster and musical cal…