“Himalayas”

festival · hills

Every fish caught is proudly displayed, even if it is still and should have been left to breed. These men are killing fish for entertainment.

hills · lake

Aporia agathon or Great Blackvein Butterflies mud-puddle in our dried out trout pond at the wildfilmsindia estate at Pari Tibba in the western Himalaya. They enjoy the cool water with algae in it.

highway · industry

River sand is mined from across India - mostly from dubious sources. Here is is unloaded from a large dumper truck alongside a road where work is happening for construction purposes, in the Himalaya.

hills

Life must go on, roads must be built and towns connected, but when Bhutan builds roads, like anywhere else in the Himalaya, bull dozers and earth movers must be used.

Uttarakhand·flowers · hills

On a forested slope at wildfilmsindia's Jabbarkhet mountains, garden run-wild Crocus Lilies flower in profusion, on Wilderness Orchard and botanical gardens slopes ravaged by forest fire less than two months back, in the Uttarakhand Himalay…

Rajasthan·highway · hills

A beautiful lake which tourist can see after crossing Bharatpur on Leh-Manali highway en route Ladakh in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir.

architecture

With the snow melting under the harsh sun in the western Himalayas, it finds its way through creaks leading towards the Chicham bridge.

farmland · aerial

A beautiful aerial view of Mustard fields in Kashmir, India. The wonderful landscape with mustard cultivation, it seems like a carpet of gold.

Uttarakhand·village · monsoon

A typical Kumaon village in the Champawat district around Almora in Uttarkhand. Note the slate roofs and the traditional pahari architecture. Monsoon season brings about a makeover for the Himalaya.

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.

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...

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.

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).

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.

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.

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.

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.

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…

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…

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.

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…

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.

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.

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.