“monsoon”

monsoon · highway

Heavy rain lashed large parts of North India, causing landslides at a number of places in Uttarakhand that claimed four lives. Delhi received rain overnight, causing waterlogging in a number of areas.

monsoon · bus

Trucks and buses were taken away in monsoon flood waters, Himachal Pradesh.

forest · hills

In the fading light of a monsoon day, what has this female Kalij Pheasant found as she gobbles it up, trying to stuff it down her beak, camouflaged as she is into forest leaf litter digs in to the understorey for insects and seeds? Male thr…

festival · hills

Maund Mela is the Fish killing festival of Uttarakhand, takes place in monsoon, decimates stream of aquatic life but is also culture.

Uttarakhand·monsoon · hills

Look at that damselfly flex its thorax in that fabulously contorted fashion! And see hlicoptr dragonflies take off vertically like VTOL's.

Kerala·forest · monsoon

A profusion of monsoon foliage covers the shola forest floor, even as mini waterfalls run at every turn, in the Nilgiri forests of Kerala, around Munnar.

Uttarakhand·monsoon · hills

Ever walked down stairs that had water streaming down them? Only in Mussoorie! Monsoon water cascades down the Mussoorie hills. The water is flowing down from the rock, forming another mini stream on the road side.

hills · monsoon

Abbott Mount is an old British times hill station in Kumaon, close to Champawat, Devidhura and in the general Almora district.

flowers · monsoon

An inflorescence of Rangoon creeper mid bloom, pink flowers and becoming a circular shape. This flower is a popular creeper in New Delhi. The bright blooms are seen in the monsoon season.

monsoon · river

Grown men playing like children in a Kerala lake after a monsoon shower! The mystical land of Kerala, also known as 'GOD'S OWN COUNTRY' lies between the Lakshadweep sea and the Western Ghats. It has the humid equatorial tropic climate.

Uttarakhand·monsoon · forest

During monsoon, the dense forests of Landour and Mussoorie receive heavy rainfall, almost every single day of the season.

Madhya Pradesh·river · monsoon

When monsoon waters flood out of the forests of Panna, they carry with them tonnes of reddish-brown earth, and the fury with which the waters gush down the waterfall channels form a torrent of furious proportions.

birds

How quickly an Indian Peafowl goes from egg to full grown size - all in a mere four months! This tiny chick has grown into a full grown make Peacock in four months flat but will take another year to attain its full ornamental plumage.

monsoon

The dramatic arrival of a rainstorm in Delhi, India. Thick grey storm clouds gather across the sky as strong winds cause the trees to sway.

monsoon · river

A dramatic flooding scene unfolds at Nigambodh Ghat, one of the oldest cremation grounds situated along the Yamuna River.

monsoon

Monsoon rains is their time of year! Male Peafowl in their element in Delhi's humid heat, termites and all!

monsoon

A male Pavo cristatis walks tall and confidently, strutting his stuff in front of the females and turfing out his terrain.

Madhya Pradesh·monsoon

Thick cover of monsoon clouds over the placid waters of Ranguwan Dam in central India. Calm waters surrounded by green hillocks, with the clouds painting themselves in different hues and shapes over Ranguwan Dam in the evening, around Panna…

river · monsoon

Crystal clear waters flowing from the dam downstream from the Barvi River after monsoon rains. Water roaring as it gushes with full force after release from the dam.

flowers · monsoon

Snowy white bloom to dark green leaves, the fragrance, much talked about is the Arabian Jasmine or Mogra and other different names according to the region.

forest · monsoon

Jungle Babblers and Golden Orioles call out in the verdant greenery of a monsoon forest in the ancient Aravalli range of Rajasthan, India. A panther or leopard sets about on the prowl, looking for Peafowl or other small prey.

monsoon · temple

NDRF and state rescue personnel wading in wait-deep floodwater at a temple complex in Karnataka during the monsoon floods. Residents, dogs are seen on the rescue boats which are dragged by locals and rescue workers.

river · monsoon

Monsoon fury ushers in the frothing flow of a waterfall in Karnataka. Look at the amount of water making its way downstream and almost flooding the neighbouring town.

monsoon

Floods in Assam has left 23 of the 35 districts of the State under water, forcing lakhs of people to take shelter in relief camps. Almost 80 per cent of Kaziranga National Park, home to the one-horned rhinoceros, is submerged under water.