“Himalayas”

snow · hills

A group of naturalists searches Snow Leopard in the snowy mountains of Ladakh, India. The snow leopard is a large cat native to the mountain ranges of Central and South Asia.

Women worker planting tea saplings and cuttings and seeds at a tea estate in Champawat of Kumaon region in Uttarakhand. Soil is being turned and prepared, plastic sheeting is being placed atop the plants of Camellia sinensis.

ceremony · river

Buddhist prayer flags in different colours hung up at Stakna Monastery in Ladakh. A prayer flag is a colorful rectangular cloth, often found strung along mountain ridges and peaks high in the Himalayas.

Uttarakhand·river · boats

River rafting groups rafts on the river Ganga in Rishikesh in Uttarakhand. The slow-motion shot of the raft boat and people sitting over it. One can see the Himalayas in the background and boats flow with the water.

Himachal Pradesh·river

Beas river flows in slow motion at Manali, Himachal Pradesh. The Beas River is a river in north India.

Uttarakhand·flowers

In May each year, thousands of Great Blackvein butterflies (Aporia agathon) descend on the blooms of the Himalayan Horse Chestnut (Aesculus indica) at the Wilderness Orchard and botanical gardens at Jabbarkhet, in Mussoorie, Uttarakhand.

hills · snow

The snow leopard is a large cat native to the mountain ranges of Central and South Asia. It is listed as endangered on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species because as of 2003, the size of the global population was estimated at 4,080–6,59…

West Bengal·ceremony · river

Kanya puja takes palce on the ninth day of Durga puja. 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 wil…

Nepal·hills

View of a large tented city for climbers at Everest Base camp in Nepal. Tented accommodation for mountaineers at Everest base Camp. Nowhere in the world is more spectacular than in the Everest region.

village · farmland

A young bride and her mother tend to their potato field in Bantoli village in the Kedarnath - Madhyamaheshwar region in Garhwal, Uttarakhand.

hills

Solo pilot on a cock-pit style harness for proper leg room and comfort, glides easily through the clear blue skies.

Nyachung Monastery in Chungpo in Tibet. This is a 900 years old monastery, constructed by Chungpo Nyamgyol. An entry gate with 'Welcome to Nyalam' written over it.

wildlife · forest

A monkey or a Macaca mulatta seen eating a fruit, sitting atop an Oak tree in the middle Himalaya, on a mossy oak branch. A monkey mother is also seen breastfeeding her monkey infant, on the parapet of a wall.

Uttarakhand·hills · forest

Time-lapse shot of post monsoon cloud movement in Himalayan cedar forests of Landour in the Indian state of Uttarakhand.

Himachal Pradesh·hills · river

Farmlands (mostly rice cultivation) of the Kullu Valley located in Himachal Pradesh, India. Kullu Valley is formed between the majestic Himalaya and the river Beas.

Himachal Pradesh·village · river

The little town of Kasol in Himachal Pradesh is called the backpacker's heaven! The Great Himalayas with their snow-capped peaks surround Kasol, situated 5380 feet above sea level.

river · village

The little town of Kasol in Himachal Pradesh is called the backpacker's heaven! The Great Himalayas with their snow-capped peaks surround Kasol, situated 5380 feet above sea level.

festival · hills

Hemis Monastery is a Himalayan Buddhist monastery of the Drukpa Lineage, in Hemis, Ladakh, India. Situated 45 km from Leh, the monastery was re-established in 1672 by the Ladakhi king Sengge Namgyal.

Mawa tree or Engelhardtia spicata or Mauwa is a tree identified by fissured bark, compound leaves with leaflets opposite, and winged nut. It is a deciduous tree up to 20 m tall. Bole is straight.

Jammu and Kashmir·highway · village

View of Karu village as seen from Leh-Manali Highway en route Ladakh in Jammu and Kashmir, India.

Himachal Pradesh·river · hills

Nakeela pass or Nakee la, the third mountain pass of the brown and barren mountain range of Greater Himalayas, Indus river flowing through Naki la, on the Leh Manali journey, the route which is part of national highway 21, NH 21.

river · hills

Tangtse lies on the valley floor through which the Harong stream flows. Surrounded by mountains, the village lies on flat arid ground with greenery to be seen only along the Harong stream.

snow · hills

Naturalists make fire and warm themselves as they take a break from the search of Snow Leopard in the upper Ladakh. The snow leopard is a large cat native to the mountain ranges of Central and South Asia.

Ladakh·hills

Huge statue of Maitreya Buddha facing down the Shyok River towards Pakistan in Nubra Valley in Ladakh.