“Himalayas”

Uttarakhand·village · dance

The devta of the village is taken out in a procession on a palki or palanquin, and the entire village turns up for the prayer and celebration, at Agoda village en route Dodital Lake in the Uttarakhand Himalaya beyond Uttarkashi town.

Uttarakhand·highway · hills

Drive from Landour to Uttarkashi and head beyond to the wintery snowed-over mountains beyond Sukhi Top pass and into the apple valley of Harsil, over rough tracks and slippery iced over road surfaces.

Himachal Pradesh·monsoon · river

What treacherous driving conditions for this rather urban Toyota Innova in the monsoon-time in the Spiti Himalaya, at Batal! A monsoon stream has taken down the MUV that sits right at the water's edge on a deadly bed of uneven rock, threate…

Uttarakhand·festival · ceremony

View of a makeshift township on the himalayas en route Nanda Devi temple, Uttarakhand. The three-week-long Nanda Devi Raj Jat is a pilgrimage and festival of Uttarakhand in India.

festival · ceremony

Devotees trek in the heart of Kumaon Himalayas during Nanda Devi Raj Jat Yatra in Uttarakhand. Nanda Devi is the second highest mountain in India. The three-week-long Nanda Devi Raj Jat is a pilgrimage and festival of Uttarakhand in India.

Assam·wildlife · forest

Tigers eating remains of wild water Buffalo at Kaziranga National Park in Assam. Kaziranga National Park is a national park in the Golaghat and Nagaon districts of the state of Assam, India.

hills · village

The remote Himalayan settlement of Niti Village, located deep within the Niti Valley near the Indo-Tibetan border in northern India.

Uttarakhand·birds · hills

See Ashy Drongo (Dicrurus leucophaeus) couple on forest tree around Landour, notice their ruby red eyes The ashy drongo (Dicrurus leucophaeus) is a species of bird in the drongo family Dicruridae.

Uttarakhand·flowers · hills

Giant Tree Dahlia or Dahlia imperialis from Mexico growing at wildfilmsindia Jabbarkhet botanical collection Tree Dahlia imperialis plants grow to 20-30 feet in the Himalaya, originally from Mexico Autumnal feel of pink Tree Dahlia imperial…

Uttarakhand·birds · hills

Deep sky blue Verditer Flycatcher at wildfilmsindia Jabbarkhet: A prettier Himalayan bird there isn't! Verditer Flycatcher quivers its tail as it delivers it's lovely trilling call! Deep blue bird catches monsoon light It's tail quivers as…

forest · hills

Cute little long-tailed Broadbill has a bath in our Bindal stream at wildfilmsindia Motidhar sanctuary, and then heads in to an Oak tree to shake off the water and dry off.

birds · forest

The Collared Pygmy Owlet has a very large range occurring in the Himalayas Source : Wikipedia The tiny Collared Owlet is Asia's smallest owl species: See it hunched up in the winter cold With 'eyes' at the back of its head, this Ullu actual…

snow · river

Snow snow snow everywhere? Yippee, it's winter! Sorry to disappoint, but this is Ganga - Yamuna riverine pollution! Detergent foam flows down the river eternal, to provide that tens of thousands of crores of Rupees have literally gone down…

birds · hills

Nicely camouflaged, the Scaly-bellied Green Woodpecker matches the mossy trunks it climbs up in search of insects at our wildfilmsindia wildlife sanctuary in the western Himalaya.

hills · wildlife

Rufous Sibia is the new name what we always called the Black-capped Sibia or Three Cheers! Winter wild pears are an attraction for this Black-capped Sibia or Rufous Sibia at wildfilmsindia Sunning itself on a winter's day, in the warm sun,…

birds · wildlife

Long-tailed Broadbill in Latpanchar: This bird's sharp green and yellow don't always lend to good camouflage! A Brainfever or Common Hawk-Cuckoo calls in the distance.

flowers · hills

Dendrobium densiflorum, a Himalayan tree orchid mostly found in the Sikkim and West Bengal Himalaya flowers profusely in the spring season at the wildfilmsindia botanical gardens in New Delhi.

Ladakh·hills

A drive in the inner Himalaya in a bitter winter. Following the Zanskar and Spiti rivers upstream, en route Spiti, amid a Himalayan winter

Uttarakhand·village · hills

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…

village · hills

Villagers slosh their way through a moderate snow-pack in winter, at Agoda village beyond Uttarkashi. Life is not easy during the winter months high in the Himalaya. With electricity often on the blink, it can be a rough ride.

forest

Lengda - as they are known in Garhwal area of Uttarakhand, or fern fronds, also known as fiddleheads in north America, make for highly nutritious iron rich forest produce.

Uttarakhand·hills · forest

Winter wild pears are an attraction for this Black-capped Sibia or Rufous Sibia at wildfilmsindia Sunning itself on a winter's day, in the warm sun, is this Sibia, at our wildfilmsindia estate.

hills

A Himalayan Griffon Vulture soars on Himalayan thermals, with middle Himalayan ranges in backdrop, Himalayan Jungle Crows calling, and a backdrop of the Jaonli and Gangotri range peaks in winter low snow mode.

Uttarakhand·birds

With a Woodpecker calling in the background audio, this Green-backed Tit is a cheery little energetic one, ever chirruping and twisting from left to right, nervous yet cute, as seen at the wildfilmsindia bird sanctuary in the Uttarakhand Hi…