“Himalayas”

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Originating in the Eastern Himalayan regions, Dalle Khursani, also called the red cherry pepper or Akabare Khursani, is mostly grown in Nepal, Sikkim, Darjeeling, and Kalimpong. Red cherry paper is very hot and has a strong flavour.

Uttarakhand·hills · forest

Warm evening light on the deodar and oak forests as seen from wildfilmsindia's Jabbarkhet Estate in Mussoorie, as the day turns to night with the skyline ridge of Surkhanda Devi temple, Dhanolti and Kanatal going up to Chamba and the hills…

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A distorted image look but a 360 view from near the summit ridge or Rudragaira peak. Notice the cairn or thoua of rocks near the summit. Walking up the mountain slopes of Rudragaira peak in the Himalaya - 360 view.

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Spa treatments, pehelwan malish / maalish, massages and therapies and jacuzzi bath at a spa in the Himalayas, situated in the hills of Narendranagar, above the town of Rishikesh in Uttaranchal, India.

hills · forest

Beautiful green mountains and valleys of Uttarakhand, India where two women are doing agriculture work as agriculture is the backboned of Uttarakhand.

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Kashmir is the northwestern region of the Indian subcontinent. Until the mid-19th century, the term Kashmir geographically denoted only the valley between the Great Himalayas and the Pir Panjal mountain range.

flowers · hills

Webb's Rose is a common shrub rose, widely distributed, and growing from 1500 m to all the way to 4000 m. A shrub from 1-2 m high, with straight, slender, yellowish prickles. Leaflets 5-9, obvate or almost round, obtuse, grey-blue.

birds · hills

The verditer flycatcher (Eumyias thalassinus) is an Old World flycatcher found in the Indian subcontinent, especially in the Lower Himalaya.

forest · hills

Deodar forests are forests dominated Cedrus Deodara and are found in Western Himalayas from Gandak river in central Nepal to Hindukush in Afghanistan.

livestock · hills

A herd of Bharal or Blue sheep or Himalayan blue sheep (Pseudois nayaur) grazes on a steep grassy slope. Bharal are confined to the cold precipitous terrain of the Himalayas and hardly venture into forests.

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Flight is heading towards the Himalaya and Kanchenjunga peak, Jomolhari peak and Brahmaputra delta can be seen clearly.

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The OX-EYE DAISY, similar in looks to the Michaelmash daisy has run wild in the Himalaya and around our hill-station towns and what a welcome 'weed' it is!

Uttarakhand·hills · music

Tourists, Mussoorie and Woodstock residents and locals chatting and catching up at Rokeby Highlands during the Big Gig Festival 2014.

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A Common Jester or Symbrenthia hippoclus flits around on Maidenhair Ferns, as seen in Nainbagh, Uttarakhand, in the Lower Himalaya of the Yamuna River valley.

Nepal·hills

The Himalayas is a mountain range in Asia separating the plains of the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau. The Himalayan range is home to some of the planet's highest peaks, including the highest, Mount Everest.

hills · birds

Bamini skink runs off into rocks for shelter, even as an Ashy Drongo sits on guard on tree above, in the Himalaya.

hills · music

A Rufous Sibia perches tentatively on oak twig, looks around cautiously, its orange-rufous back aflame in the winter sun. It's call gives this bird its onomatopoeic name of Three Cheers.

hills · monsoon

Walking through deep snowpack Porters and team members assemble tents on a rocky glacial shelf above the main Raj Parav glacier in Garhwal, en route the Kalindi Khal pass trek in the western Himalaya.

Tehri, Uttarakhand·hills · school

A panoramic view of Chamba, a hill station in the Tehri Garhwal district of Uttarakhand, India.

hills · village

Mountain landscapes and historic settlement of Raini Village, located in the Niti Valley near Joshimath in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district.

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This serene landscape footage captures a beautiful sunset over the foothills of the Himalayas, where changing light transforms the mountains into a canvas of warm hues and soft shadows.

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Ayurvedic hand massage at a Spa resort in the Himalaya. Seen here is a luxurious world class destination spa frequently visited by high profile people from within the country and abroad.

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Thai massage being performed by a therapist on a client at a spa in the Himalaya, Uttaranchal / Uttarakhand, India.

Sikkim·hills

Red Panda, the state animal of Sikkim, is also known as the Shining Cat or the Firefox, and in Sikkim as Saknam (by the Lepcha) and Kaala (by the Limbu).