“Himalayas”

hills · forest

A plump little Rufous Sibia fluffs out its feathers, preens and enjoys the winter sun at wildfilmsindia Motidhar sanctuary Rufous Sibia is the new name what we always called the Black-capped Sibia or Three Cheers! Winter wild pears are an a…

Himachal Pradesh·hills · street food

A trekking party and their porters prepare a campsite and meal, as they climb above Harsil valley towards Lamkhaga pass that crosses into Himachal, from Uttarakhand. Trekking and pass crossing in the high Himalaya.

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.

river · hills

Fuzz ball of cotton! A Spotted Forktail fluffs out its feathers and preens on a post of our trout pond at the wildfilmsindia stream in Uttarakhand, showing lots of white inner feathers.

Uttarakhand·hills · village

Indian Garhwali woman goes into a trance stage at edge of the Ganges river in the Himalaya Indian woman in a trance in Agoda village near Uttarkashi: Himalayan Garhwali woman enters another world, to the sounds of Garhwali religious music a…

hills · birds

This super cheery singer songster is the Grey-winged Blackbird, while it's more dapper and colourful forest-mate is the Verditer Flycatcher which makes it a point to sign from high dead branches, to make its presence felt.

festival · river

Men behave rowdy and rambunctious, excitable and in a festive mood at the Maund Mela fish killing festival in the western Himalaya.

West Bengal·hills · birds

A Darjeeling Himalayan Pied Woodpecker chips away at old wood on a dead branch, in search of insects, at the Wilderness Orchard and wildlife sanctuary in the Himalaya.

wildlife · birds

Bird tourism takes flight in India, as Cranes darken the sky and ground - so many birds create the most beautiful cacophony of Demoiselle Crane calls! What a sight! What an absolutely fabulous sight of wild birds coming together in such num…

village · wildlife

What a sight! What an absolutely fabulous sight of wild birds coming together in such numbers to escape the harsher climes up north, in warmer balmier wintery India.

Uttarakhand·hills · aerial

See the LBSNAA campus and the western part of Mussoorie town, from the air. One can see the Garhwal range of the Himalaya on a brilliantly clear winter morning, in the backdrop.

Uttarakhand·birds · wildlife

A winter visitor to our wildfilmsindia forests around Mussoorie, with beautiful flanks of orange, a flicking tail, nervous demeanour and aquamarine blue, meet the Orange-flanked Bush Robin! The Red-flanked Bluetail (Tarsiger cyanurus), also…

hills · sport

With the monsoon rains comes profusion of every kind. Even earthworms breed and their numbers swell as food and water supply steps up.

village · ceremony

A Garhwali groom in the inner Himalaya bids adieu from his village home to go to the girl's house and fetch his bride. The village elders bless him and spray him with rice, as a form of blessing.

Uttarakhand·river · aerial

Aerial view of Haridwar on the banks of the Ganges River in Uttarakhand, India. Huge statue of lord Shiva is erected near Har Ki Pauri. Smooth flow of traffic is on a bridge which connects Haridwar to Dehradun and Rishikesh.

river · hills

Indus river from which India gets its name: aerial view of Hemis Monastery. Indus River, Tibetan and Sanskrit Sindhu, Sindhi Sindhu, or Mehran, a great trans-Himalayan river of South Asia.

flowers

With Green Barbets calling, this Tree Peony bloom makes a stunning presence in a New Delhi spring-time garden, with its fragrant insides.

monsoon · coastline

Camera captured a slow motion shot of rain pouring down during the monsoon season in India. The monsoon season in India brings along a quite heavy rainfall along the west coast between June and September whereas the eastern coast observes r…

Jabbarkhet, Uttarakhand·forest

Watch close-ups of a beautiful Indian Fritillary butterfly, Common Punch and Indian Red Admiral as seen at our Wildfilmsindia sanctuary in Jabbarkhet in the Himalaya.

Himachal Pradesh

See the trash thrown carelessly below the bridge, by tourists? This is why we need Swachh Bharat to work.

river · lake

One used to have to get to Pangong Tso early in the day as the waters in Pagal nalla used to rise by noon. Now there is a bridge and one can plan one's trip at ease... Tangtse village on Leh- Pangong Tso road.

flowers · river

This beautiful fragrant Primula grows close to water in spring-time alpine meadows that have abundant snow-melt.

river · flowers

River Anemone is an erect silky-haired perennial plant found on forest margins, grassy slopes, streamsides and lakesides in the Himalayas. It is 30-90 cm tall.

flowers · hills

A melange of monsoon time wild flowers from the Wilderness Orchard and botanical gardens in the Himalaya (in order) - Begonia dioica and picta, Roscoea purpurea is a wild ground orchid of sorts, wild ginger, green seed pods of Arisaema wall…