“Himalayas”

Uttarakhand·hills · flowers

This beautiful flowering Mangolia from the eastern Himalaya grows in the botanical collections of wildfilmsindia around Landour in Mussoorie, flowering for the first time in ten years after having been planted here from a specimen brought…

hills · river

Enjoy a meadow walk in autumn in the high Himalaya! The buggyals or alpine meadows of the Garhwal Himalaya are famous for their floral spread in season, and for their endless green blanket in other months.

birds · hills

The Verditer Flycatcher is an Old World flycatcher found in the Indian subcontinent, especially in the Lower Himalaya.

hills

Ripe and juicy peaches from the Himalaya - ready for harvesting on the tree, and sans any fertilizers, pesticides or chemicals! It's time to enjoy the peaches of Ramgarh and the entire Kumaon region! While the Aurobindo ashram cans their pe…

flowers · hills

Bearded Iris bruno, a German rhizomatic grows in spring time warmth of wildfilmsindia botanical garden Bearded Iris Bruno and Iris Alba flowers in the western Himalayas of Uttarakhand.

Uttarakhand·forest · hills

Forest Fire in the Himalaya: The new climate change reality of our mountains drying up in the long summer months, with fires caused by careless tourists throwing away lit cigarettes or villagers proactively causing fires hoping for a fresh…

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.

birds · wildlife

A gorgeous Blue Whistling Thrush (Myophonus caeruleus) resting peacefully on a mossy tree branch.

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.

wildlife · birds

The erstwhile so-named Grey headed or the newly-named Canary Flycather nests on a mossy tree trunk with a nest carved into a sagging crook of a crevice on the trunk, and made out of moss itself, at the wildfilmsindia bird sanctuary in the w…

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.