Himalayas — Clipahoy

Interior decor, painting of women grinding flour with wooden pestles: Nagarkot hotel

Nepal·hills

A view of one of the hotel in Nagarkot. Colourful hanging walls of Buddha, dim lights, painting of women grinding flour with hand made wooden flour pestles can be seen in the clip.

Pumori, Cho Oyo and Lho La pass from Kala Pathar above Everest Base

Nepal·hills · snow

Pumori, Cho Oyo and Lho La pass from Kala Pattar above Everest Base with the sweeping Khumbu glacier below. A truly awe-inspiring view of the highest peaks in the world...

Lyonia ovalifolia, a short Himalayan tree with wonderful bell-shaped flowers

flowers

Oval Leafed Lyonia is a small deciduous tree growing up to 10 m tall. The tree has brown bark, peeling in narrow strips. Ovate leaves are leathery, acute or long-pointed, 8-15 cm, short-stalked.

Ladakhi Men find dead Ibex in wintery Ladakh, take home head as a trophy

hills · snow

Men find a dead Ibex during their search for Snow leopard in the upper Ladakh. The Himalayan Ibex (Capra sibirica hemalayanus) is regarded as a subspecies of the Siberian Ibex (Capra sibirica).

Dhaulagiri South as seen from Mulde peak - Poon hill axis in Nepal

hills · river

Dhaulagiri is the high point of the Dhaulagiri Himal or massif in Nepal, a sub-range of the Himalaya that rises between the Bheri River on the west and the Kali Gandaki River on the east.

Dark Grey Bushchat calls and flicks tail, at sanctuary, balancing delicately on twig

wildlife · forest

The smartly attired black eye striped Dark Gray Bush Chat sits on a tiny twig and trills, while flicking up its tail with each trill.

Rosy Starling - Delhi's winter visitor takes a break before heading to colder climes

These noisy visitors create quite a cacophony before heading North to the Himalaya after winters in the plains. Rosy Pastors or Rosy Starlings (Pastor roseus) are great, strong fliers and migrate great distances each year.

Rusty cheeked Scimitar Babbler - lovely Himalayan bird with scimitar shaped beak: Rhododendron feast, in Mussoorie

Uttarakhand·birds · hills

It's time for a Rhododendron floral nectar feast for this lovely, reclusive and rarely seen bird - the Rusty cheeked Scimitar Babbler is a lovely Himalayan bird with a scimitar shaped beak.

Kokla or Wedge-tailed Green Pigeon, Black-capped or Rufous Sibia in Mussoorie forests

Uttarakhand·birds · wildlife

It's summer time in the forests of the lower Himalaya, and also breeding time for birds... The 'Three Cheers' bird is the erstwhile Black-capped Sibia now known as the Rufous Sibia, seen here in the company of a White-cheeked Bulbul, a voca…

Spring-time Himalayan birds of Mussoorie, Motidhar and Jabbarkhet: Rare Broadbill sighting too!

Uttarakhand·birds · hills

Spring-time Himalayan birds of Mussoorie, Motidhar and Jabbarkhet, in wildfilmsindia forests and gardens: Black-crowned Jay, Cicada insect, Scaly-bellied Green Woodpecker, Himalayan Barbet, Peony buds, Himalayan Tree Pie, Blue-throated Barb…

Kalij Pheasant breeding pair of male and female forage for insects and seeds among ferns on hillside, in Mussoorie

Uttarakhand·hills · forest

A Kalij Pheasant breeding pair of male and female birds forage for insects and seeds among ferns on a moist early monsoon hillside at the wildfilmsindia estate in Motidhar, Mussoorie.

Long-tailed Broadbill is a cute bird, with gaudy bright green - yellow colours - hear Broadbill call

wildlife · birds

Hear the vocalization of the Broadbill in this video! What a unusual combination of bright green and bright yellow? For a bird that needs to be camouflaged in low foothill and low Himalayan forests, that seems like an unlikely combination o…

Dumpy little bird with multiple hues: Himalayan Mewli Hill Barbet is a common bird in the mountains

birds · hills

If you have spent time around hill stations and the lower hills, you would have heard the plaintive repetitive 'piao piao' calles of the cute Mewli of the Hill Barbet of the Himalaya.

Tourists at Auli try to negotiate snow, as Indian Army trucks pass by, in Uttarakhand

snow · forest

Tourists walk down snow covered hills of Auli as an Indian Army Truck passes by. A man rings bell on top of a building partially covered with the snow.

Main market road in Yinkiong town during rainfall, Arunachal Pradesh

highway · bazaar

The main market road in Yinkiong town in Upper Siang district of Arunachal Pradesh. See bike riders pass through the road as it rains in Yinkiong. One can see the lush green mountains belongs to the eastern Himalaya.

Himalayan clouds in rapid movement over fabulous Gangotri valley peaks Srikantha and Mahla, in Uttarakhand

hills

Srikanta is the taller peak to the left, and Mahla is to the right. Seen high above the Dharali-Harsil valley on early winter trek in October 2018, these stunning images show that the Uttarakhand Himalaya is no less than the high mountain c…

Himalayan snowpack runs deep on Gangotri peaks, as seen from Rudragaira, Auden's Col in distance

snow · hills

Himalayan snowpack runs deep on the Jogin and Gangotri peak ranges, as seen from Rudragaira, with Auden's Col in distance. The hanging glaciers on Jogin are rather awe-inspiring. See the lovely snow field on the summit ridge.

Mist rolls over River anemone flowers: Valley of flowers, Uttarakhand

flowers · river

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.

"Ishaq de nal teri jugni" performed at International Mahashivratri Festival, in Himachal Pradesh

bazaar · festival

"Ishaq de nal teri jugni" sung by local folk singers at Mandi Shivratri, Himachal. Mandi, formerly known as Mandav Nagar, also known as Sahor (Tibetan: Zahor), is a major city and a municipal council in Mandi District in the Indian state of…

An amazing view of ranges near Dayara from Darwa Top high above Dodital, in Uttarakhand

hills · river

An amazing view of Dodital valley and distant Bakria Khaga pass, from Darva / Darwa Top high above Dodital Lake in Uttarakhand, India. See Rhododendron and Juniper forests at the upper end of the tree line in the Himalaya.

Monkeys take over remote Himalayan temple foraging for holy food offerings in Kartik Swami Temple, in Uttarakhand

temple · hills

A troop of Rhesus Macaque gathers around the mountaintop surroundings of Kartik Swami Temple in the Garhwal Himalayas.

Koklass Pheasant female perched on a grassy knoll atop mountain ledge followed Lammergeier in flight

wildlife · hills

Female Koklass Pheasant, one of the most elusive pheasants inhabiting the temperate and coniferous forests of the Himalayas.

Ladakh Urial or Shapu herd grazes on Seabuckthorn shrubs in Ladakh mountains along Zanskar river

Ladakh·river · hills

As the Urial descend down a ravine, jumping across smaller precipices and chasms, they descend with great glee to the waters' edge to drink from the Zanskar river, and then proceed to eat berries of Leh Berry or Seabuckthorn (Hippophae tibe…

Scissor-tail bird? Spotted Forktail a fun but nervous energetic bird, lives along Himalayan streams, in Uttarakhand

river · wildlife

A pair of Spotted Forktails spotted along a Mussoorie stream in the wildfilmsindia sanctuary in Uttarakhand: An elegant stream-side resident that eats insects and pirouettes around the water and stones around a river, all day.