Himalayas — Clipahoy

Thiksey, Shey, Indus river and distant Leh, as seen in stunning aerial view of Ladakh mountains

Ladakh·aerial · river

Aerial view of Thiksey Monastery. It is situated 18 km from Leh in the valley of Indus river. Thiksey Monastery is the largest monastery in central Ladakh district in Jammu & Kashmir.

Shimla train passes through tunnel near Kathleeghat railway station

Himachal Pradesh·railway · hills

The Himalayan Toy Train at Kathleeghat railway station. The station passes through a tunnel and halts at the Kathleeghat station. The train carries six passenger coaches and one luggage coach.

Door and window frames made from Cedar wood: time lapse of wood being prepared on site

industry

Cedar wood beams being prepared for wooden chakhats of doors and windows (door frames), as prepared on site, even as the mist swirls in and darkens the daylight...

Ancient farming process - Farmer ploughing paddy fields with bullocks, West Bengal

hills · farmland

West Bengal is a state in the eastern region of India and is the nation's fourth-most populous. It is also the seventh-most populous sub-national entity in the world, with over 91 million inhabitants.

Goral graze on steep grassy slopes along Ganga river bank, below Gangotri

hills

These cliffs are actually 70 to 80 degrees in verticality and the wild mountain goats of the Himalaya, known as Goral, manage to cling on just fine!

Street vendors sell vegetables, fruits, snacks - Anandpur Sahib market, Punjab

Punjab·bazaar · festival

Good stock footage of street vendors selling vegetables, fruits, snacks, etc. in the Anandpur Sahib market of Punjab, India. Anandpur Sahib is a city in Rupnagar district (Ropar) in the state of Punjab, India.

Book launch of Himalayan Rapture by Hari Dang: Suman Dubey introduced by Himraj Dang, in Nanda Devi

Uttarakhand·hills · wildlife

Suman Dubey speaks on recollections of mountaineering and walking the Himalaya with Hari Dang, dating back to his early days on Everest in 1962.

Driving from Yingkiong to Pasighat via Gobuk in Arunachal Pradesh, India Part 1

hills · highway

Driving from Yingkiong town to Pasighat via National Highway 513 in Arunachal Pradesh. See the twisted road through the eastern Himalaya in a cloudy weather. One can see the clouds moving around the hills and the rainforest of Arunachal.

Winter snow at Mashobra en route Shimla - denuded deforested barren slopes

Himachal Pradesh·hills

The hill stations of Mashobra and Shimla seem to have seen much denudation, deforestation and soil erosion.

HIMANK Project maintains and improves roads over the highest passes in Ladakh

river · highway

A view of Himalaya in Ladakh region of the Indian states of Jammu & Kashmir. One can see the Indus river amid of the mountains and Hindustan Motor's Ambassador passes through on a road along side the river.

Qutab Minar aerial journey: Iconic Delhi monument from 12th century, in Nanda Devi

Uttarakhand·hills · forest

The 1193 built minaret - spire of Qutub Minar stands out from the semi urban sprawl of South Delhi.

Yucca aloifolia blooming at the Land's End point beside Haunted house Jabbarkhet

Uttarakhand·flowers

From the WildFilmsIndia Jabberkhet Estate, this Yucca aloifolia or Yucca flower stands almost 6ft high, full of whitish colored flower. The stem covered with buds of flowers weighs almost around 4kgs.

Spring-time Himalayan Saxifrage or Bergenia, Shilphara in Sanskrit - this plant cracks open rocks!

industry · flowers

Lovely pink insides to these waxy white flowers that grow on the moister parts of our hillsides, mostly on the north faces.

Blue Sheep are neither blue nor sheep, they are closely related to goats

livestock

Blue sheep, also called bharal, either of two species of sheeplike mammals, family Bovidae that inhabit upland slopes in a wide range throughout China, from Inner Mongolia to the Himalayas.

Wet and enjoying the Himalayan rain, this langur monkey chomps on fresh oak leaves, in Jabbarkhet

Uttarakhand·forest · hills

This langur is enjoying its spring-time feast of fresh crunchy oak leaves in the lower Himalaya, at the wildfilmsindia wildlife sanctuary, around Jabbarkhet in Uttarakhand.

Alert Goral chews cud and scratches its ear with hoof, looking to source of noise, in Mussoorie

Uttarakhand·hills · forest

Life among cliffs, Oak forests and Berberis aristata bushes, this is truly the good life for this Goral or wild mountain goat of the Himalaya, living under the protection of the Wilderness Orchard and botanical gardens in Mussoorie, Uttarak…

Old World vulture nesting on crags in mountains: Himalayan Griffon Vulture

hills · wildlife

The Himalayan Griffon Vulture, Gyps himalayensis, is an Old World vulture in the family Accipitridae, which also includes eagles, kites, buzzards and hawks. It is closely related to the European Griffon Vulture, G. fulvus.

Grey-winged Blackbird forages on a forest berry shrub in Jabarkhet

forest · wildlife

This beautiful songster is rather silent as it feeds on wild fruit on a shrub at the wildfilmsindia wildlife sanctuary in the Himalaya. The Grey-winged Blackbird male has black plumage on head, neck, back and top of underparts.

White Wagtails are to have headed to the plains, but this one remained near Roopkund in early winter

Uttarakhand·river

White Wagtail or Motacilla alba is a common winter visitor to the plains of north India, breeding in the middle to high Himalaya. This individual remained at a high altitude in October, not having descended to the plains below.

Yellow-bellied wagtail catches hold of a moth and batters it on the ground, before consuming it

river

With much glee due to its impending meal, this Yellow-bellied Wagtail has caught hold of a moth, and batters it on the ground prior to eating it up, wings and all.

Villagers work in their fields in Assam, while children collect water and fish with buckets

wildlife · river

A group of Indian labourers working on a farm in Assam, India. Small kids collecting water in a traditional way... Assam is a state of India in the north-eastern region.

Nanda Devi mountain range as seen form a Garhwal meadow, Uttarakhand

Uttarakhand·hills

Nanda Devi in the highest peak in the Indian Garhwal Himalaya. The mountain has two tops, the main summit at 7816m (25,643ft) and Nanda Davy East at 7434m (24,389ft).

Monsoon agony: cars and Himalayan villagers have to drive over flooded road and waterfall, in Uttarkashi

Uttarakhand·monsoon · village

At Sangam Chatti near Uttarkashi, monsoon floods wash over a road, forcing local village jeeps, cars and pedestrian villagers to walk across or drive across the gushing waters.

Yamunotri, one of the four sites in India's Char Dham pilgrimage in Uttarakhand

river · temple

Yamunotri is the source of Yamuna river and one of the four sites in India's Char Dham pilgrimage. It is the first destination of Char Dham Yatra. Tourism in this place has increased with the passage of time.