“Himalayas”

river · festival

Indian Hindu pilgrims comence their Manimahesh Yatra from Hadsar in Himachal Pradesh. Situated at Pir Panjal Range of Himalayas, Manimahesh lake is an high altitude lake (located almost at 4080 M from sea level).

river · lake

Devotee is taking bath in the freezing cold water at Manimahesh lake during Manimahesh yatra in Himachal Pradesh.

hills · river

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.

Uttarakhand·river

The sacred river Ganga flows through Rishikesh. In fact, it is here that the river leaves the Shivalik mountains Himalayas, and flows out into the plains of northern India.

Assam·river · wildlife

View of Guwahati city including the Brahmaputra river seen aerially. The huge sand bars one can see vary with the season and flow of the river. This is India's largest and widest river by flow, way larger than the Ganga or Ganges.

West Bengal·river

Workers busy weighing tea leaves at Glenburn Tea estate in Darjeeling, India. Glenburn is a heavenly little plantation retreat that lies on a hillock above the banks of the River Rangeet / Rungeet, high in the Himalayas, overlooked by the m…

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.

hills · river

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.

Uttarakhand·river

The sacred river Ganga flows through Rishikesh. In fact, it is here that the river leaves the Shivalik mountains Himalayas, and flows out into the plains of northern India.

Jammu and Kashmir·hills · river

Beas river captured in slow motion in Sonamarg town of Jammu and Kashmir, India. Sonamarg or Sonmarg, located at a hefty altitude of 2,740 m above sea level, literally means 'Meadow of Gold'.

Gujarat·river

View of a temple in Rann of Kutch, Gujarat. Boats are lined up near the bank of a river, a man is washing clothes and an old man is changing his clothes. Painted stork search for food and wade through water.

West Bengal·hills · river

View of Kanchenjunga range as seen from Sandakphu ridge through the clouds. Kangchenjunga is the third highest mountain in the world.

Himachal Pradesh·river · hills

The town of Kaza, Kaze or Kaja is the subdivisional headquarters of the remote Spiti Valley valley in the Lahaul and Spiti district of the state of Himachal Pradesh in the Western Himalayas of India.

temple · river

Indian pilgrims take part in the annual Yamunotri Yatra in Uttarakhand, India.Yamunotri is one of the Char Dham and it is also first place to visit in the Char Dham Circuit.

hills · river

Seen here are two keen fisherman angling for murrel. Mahseer is unarguably the best sport fish of India here in the clear Ramganga river which is famous world over for Mahseer and monster Catfish... They end up with a snakehead.

river · hills

Road journey along the Teesta river which is a lifeline of the Indian state of Sikkim, flowing for almost the entire length of the state and carving out verdant Himalayan temperate and tropical river valleys.

Uttarakhand·river · highway

A roadside board on Badrinath road shows the directions of tourist and rafters camp in Kaudiyala and distance of Badrinath while a tourist bus passes through the road. Tourists raft on river Ganga can be seen.

Uttarakhand·temple · festival

Yamunotri is one of the Char Dham and it is also first place to visit in the Char Dham Circuit. Thousands of devotees visit the sacred shrine of Yamunotri temple, Uttarakhand.

Uttarakhand·temple · river

Pilgrims gather during Yamunotri Yatra and volunteers are serving prasad to pilgrims. Yamunotri is one of the Char Dham and it is also first place to visit in the Char Dham Circuit.

Uttarakhand·temple · river

Devotees carry palanquin of 'Naag Devta' outside Yamunotri Temple in Uttarakhand. Yamunotri Temple is situated in the western region of Garhwal Himalayas at an altitude of 3,291 metres (10,797 ft) in Uttarkashi district, Uttarakhand.The tem…

Uttarakhand·temple · river

At the end of the pilgrim season, members of the temple committee count donations received as 'charhawa' in the temple hundi boxes, before depositing them in the temple bank account.

river

Driving along the Punatsangchhu river and crossing it over a bridge on the way to Wangdue Phodrang. Bhutan officially the Kingdom of Bhutan, is a landlocked country in South Asia at the eastern end of the Himalayas.

river · temple

Aerial view of the peaks to the north of Bhutan. Primarily see the sacred mountain of Jomolhari in Bhutan.

Haridwar, Uttarakhand·river

Roorkee is a city and seat of a municipal corporation in Haridwar district, Uttarakhand, that spread over a flat terrain with the grand spectacle of Himalayas ranges flanking it in the East and the North-east.