“Himalayas”

hills

A cute little Goral or wild Mountain Goat of the Himalaya chews at dry grasses , awaiting spring and the profusion of new plant growth, for better feeding.

Uttarakhand·hills · forest

A forest fire lit by a careless villager or tourist rises up from the valley below, carried by strong winds, and climbs to Mussoorie where it lights up many hills and destroys hundreds of acres of Himalayan forests.

Himachal Pradesh·hills · snow

The enchanted landscape of Spiti Valley in the Himalaya. Snow capped mountains and valleys with serene rivers flowing in Nako Valley. A holy gate made of rocks with Buddhist flags fluttering in the cold landscape.

Himachal Pradesh·snow · wildlife

A young male Snow Leopard pads along a deep snow-pack on a plateau in Spiti, Himachal Pradesh Himalaya. it approaches a herd of Ibex from behind a rock shelf in the hope of surprising them into a short sprint match which it hopes to win.

highway · hills

The villagers in some parts of Garhwal in Uttarakhand call this device a 'guldoba' for it repairs roads, pushes aside masses of stone, rubble and muddy soil.

Uttarakhand·forest

Indian tourists carry their skiing gear move towards skiing area to learn in Auli. Auli is nestled in the lap of snow-capped peaks of Garhwal Himalayas, in the Chamoli district of Uttarakhand, near the world famous religious shrine of Badri…

snow · river

A rare aerial view of the Gangotri glacier, with a ring-side view of climate change in action in the Himalaya, with glacial melt and Himlayan glacial run-off getting accentuated in recent years.

flowers

Showy and swaying in the cool summer breeze, misty mountain backdrop, a bunch of pink Mophead Hydrangeas filmed right after a light shower in Jabarkhet, Uttarakhand.

Uttarakhand·flowers · farmland

The red stamens of the Kesar crocus from Spain are what are picked, dried and used as the super high value spice of kesar.

snow

As one approached the top of Chanshal Pass in Rohru, Himachal Pradesh, and then flies over the ridges around the pass, one notices the white blanket already on the ground, but also the fast approaching black clouds that will soon after shed…

Himachal Pradesh·snow · wildlife

One slip off these snowed over cliffs, and the fall is a good 500 feet below, into a deep steep ravine! Nonetheless, our camera crew continue onwards to reach their filming destination - a big cliff face where a Snow Leopard is likely to cr…

Uttarakhand·forest · hills

While we were camped out in the lower Himalaya, in search of the thought-to-be-extinct Mountain Quail, we came across this party of White-throated Laughing Thrush birds looking for insects in the under-storey of the forest at the Wilderness…

birds · hills

The brilliant blue plumage shines in the summer sunshine of the Himalaya, offset by the green forest hues behind. A prettier bird one cannot possibly behold than the Verditer Flycatcher!

monsoon

With the cicadas calling all around, a cheery little Verditer Flycatcher female sits on a monsoon branch, and trills away to glory, with a male close at hand. She preens and cleans her feathers, dampened by the rains...

village · river

Women of Bhawrani catch up on village news and gossip while sitting in shade near the Shiv Sagar Lake, Rajasthan. This small lake acts as the source of water in Bhawrani and water tankers can be seen visiting the lake frequently to refill.

hills · snow

Chaukhamba is a mountain massif in the Gangotri Group of the Garhwal Himalaya. Its main summit, Chaukhamba I, is the highest peak in the group.

hills · forest

Himanshu Upadhyaya's Holm Farm Heritage in Ranikhet must rank as one of the finest Himalayan home-stay destinationss, so head there on your next visit! A lovely old restored British home around Ranikhet cantonment town in Kumaon.

Himachal Pradesh·hills · snow

Spiti Valley, surrounded on all sides by the soaring snowy mountain walls of the high Himalaya, Spiti is situated India’s northern border with Tibet in the state of Himachal Pradesh.

Nanda Devi, Uttarakhand·hills · river

The Himalayan lake of Roopkund is the starting point for the onward trek to Hom Kund and Ronti Saddle that lies on a col between the mighty peaks of Nanda Ghunti and Trishul that lie along the outer rim of the Nanda Devi Sanctuary in the Ga…

hills · snow

A lone yellow tent with smaller tents pitched on the ablation valley along a glacial shelf with the glacier separated by just a small ridge. A small glacial melt water lake is located at the edge of the moraine.

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.

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.

flowers

is a beautiful tree with a broad, shady crown, found widespread in Tropical Himalayas (Punjab to Nepal), India, Ceylon, Burma, Thailand, Indo-China, Malaysia. This tree is mostly noticed because of its bright red leaves when they are new.

aerial · temple

Taking off from the noew destroyed Dharali village, see an aerial view of Mukhba Temple and town, a replica of the Gangotri temple but located near Harsil and Dharali.