“monsoon”

hills · wildlife

What an elegant bird this is! The Spotted Forktail lives by our wildfilmsindia stream, displaying its streamered tail feathers Monsoon time riverbank bird roots around for insects: Spotted Forktail along Bindal upper head waters.

Uttarakhand·hills

With the monsoon-time cicadas calling vociferously, dawn slowly breaks at Jabbarkhet, with a hearty good morning from wildfilmsindia's Himalayan home, as the Super moon hides away for the night.

Uttarakhand·flowers · hills

Bunches of run-wild Crocuses have taken over our early monsoon late summer hillsides at the Jabbarkhet botanical gardens of wildfilmsindia, overlooking the plains and the higher mountains of the Himalaya, as garden escapes that have got nat…

hills

As the day progresses, clouds come and go at the end of the monsoon season, carrying with them water or returning after shedding it as precipitation. Clouds seem to have a life of their own, and a community.

river · hills

Kalesar Forest Rest House lies on the Yamuna river, on a spur or promontary over the river valley below, just as it enters the plains from the Himalayan foothills, near the confluence with the Giri nadi.

Nepal·hills · flowers

Mountaineers loading their luggage on Dzo near the base of Langma La in Kangshung valley of Tibet. The Langma La Pass offers gorgeous views of Makalu, Everest, Lhotse Shar and Lhotse.

hills

As monsoon clouds gather, a Nepalese man wearing the traditional topi cap looks across the heavily populated valley of Kathmandu in Nepal.

hills · industry

Located on the route to Mahabaleshwar, Parsi Point in Panchganj offers splendid views of the Krishna Valley and the waters of the Dhom Dam.

hills · river

An aerial view of Niti Valley reveals a glacial-fed river winding through a wide sandy bed with multiple braided channels. The water shows a clear turquoise-to-greenish hue, typical of Himalayan rivers during non-monsoon periods.

village · hills

Driving through Meghalaya offers a striking blend of natural beauty and rural life. As vehicles move along gently winding hill roads, low-hanging clouds drift across the landscape, sometimes settling over lush green agricultural fields that…

village · hills

Driving through Meghalaya offers a striking blend of natural beauty and rural life. As vehicles move along gently winding hill roads, low-hanging clouds drift across the landscape, sometimes settling over lush green agricultural fields that…

hills · highway

Driving in Meghalaya during the daytime reveals the full grandeur of Northeast India’s hill landscape. Under clear daylight, the rolling green hills, deep valleys, cascading waterfalls, and dense subtropical forests become vividly visible.

hills · aerial

An aerial view captures the Ksasi River flowing through a verdant valley in the East Khasi Hills of Meghalaya, India, likely near Shella or Dawki, close to the Bangladesh border.

Uttarakhand·hills · wildlife

Monsoon time riverbank bird roots around for insects: Spotted Forktail along Bindal upper head waters.

aerial · hills

Teams from different villages arrive for the stoning festival with stone pelting and throwing of apples and pears.

forest · hills

Male and female Kalij Pheasant couple root around in the forest leafy under storey, at Motidhar sanctuary of wildfilmsindia, with the red lappet of the male matching the dropped Rhododendron arboreum petals, in terms of colour tonality.

Maharashtra·railway · hills

Talk of narrow gauge - see the width of hose quaint train tracks! All thanks to Sir Adamji Peerbhoy, it seems! He was the Founder of the Matheran Light Railway.

hills

What steady focus and concentration, this caterpillar chows down on a ginger leaf, meticulously trying to finish the leaf and damage the plan, to ensure its own existence! What species of caterpillar would this be? A butterfly one, perhaps?…

hills · railway

This ladybird sucks on some plant sap and goes about exploring our vegetable patch in the monsoon season, as it seems to have missed the spring-time train to the Himalaya! Lady birds are supposed to migrate in large flocks to the glacial re…

Bhutan·hills

Jomolhari - The mountain (ri) of the Goddess (lha) Jomo, can be seen from Jele-la (la or pass) that connects Paro and Ha in Bhutan. It is also spelled as Cheli la, Jele la or Chele la.

highway · hills

Enjoy a peaceful daytime drive in Meghalaya, where a smooth two-lane road stretches through rolling green hills under a bright blue sky filled with soft white clouds.

hills · river

Bistorta flowers and the Jallandhri Garh stream above Harsil: Himalayan autumn in brilliant colours.

Uttarakhand·forest · hills

Pretty little Green Pigeons feed on monsoon fruiting Verbena - fig type berries at our wildfilmsindia Jabbarkhet sanctuary in the Himalaya, around Landour.

Uttarakhand·river · hills

An overview of the trek to Roopkund Lake through the meadows of Ali and Bedni buggyal in the Garhwal Himalaya.