“Himalayas”

flowers · industry

This Yucca aloifolia or Yucca flower stands almost 6ft high, full of whitish colored flower. The stem covered with buds of flowers weighs almost around 4kgs.

hills · birds

We were camped out in the grasslands of the lower Himalaya during one of our expeditions to try and re-discover the thought-to-be-extinct Mountain Quail.

railway

This lovely V8 SUV is seen heading up into the Himalaya, to the Wilderness Orchard and botanical gardens, in January 2018.

Uttarakhand

Sitting on an abandoned Haier air conditioner carton, these kids have a whale of a time. One of them pulls the others while pulling the cardboard carton with a firm plastic cord, over the bumpy cement roads of Landour in the western Himalay…

livestock

This minutes old sheep baby is licked by its mother so it doesn't catch a cold in the high Himalaya. The ewe nestles between its mother's feet and shaggy hair, for its first feed, but quickly collapses to the ground on its wobbly feet.

hills

Brightly coloured red apples on the apple trees of Harsil, on the way to Upper Harsil Valley. Close ups of the organically grown healthy apples with the backdrop of the Himalaya and deodar trees in northern India.

river · hills

The Ganga khadar belt has been increasingly deprived of water resources. The Upper Ganga Canal as seen here brings water into Meerut city and feeds into agriculture systems around the Meerut-Muzaffarnagar belt in Uttar Pradesh.

The berries of this plant can be crushed to make a very high Vitaman C content juice which is being made and sold by the DRDO (Defence Research and Development Organization) and by private entities in Ladakh and across the higher reaches of…

Uttarakhand·forest · hills

Finally, some fresh crunchy oak leaves in summer-time after the hot period and forest fires that deprived the resident species of proper fodder...

forest · birds

This is an unusual sighting as this raptor is generally found below 5000 feet in altitude. Here, it is sighted at 7300 feet in the western Himalaya, in a mixed Oak forest.

Uttarakhand·hills · forest

A real mountain predator - the Mountain Hawk Eagle sits here with its jaunty head crest atop Chir Pine tree at the wildfilmsindia forested Estate at Motidhar in Mussoorie in the Uttarakhand Himalaya.

hills · snow

What a wild lovely call. The Snow Partridge's piercing loud squeal echoes across the high valleys and meadows, below a snow tongue in the Srikantha valley.

forest · hills

Have you ever seen a pigeon so green in colour? This Himalayan Kokla Wedge-tailed Green Pigeon is the real deal! A Kokla Green Pigeon couple sit in their nest.

hills

Trekkers pass Juniper shrubs and Himalayan Silver Birch (Bhoj patra or Betula utilis) forests on route to Rudragaira, these are often destroyed by tourist groups, and used to light camp firs, thus destroying hundreds of years of slow growin…

Flying alongside Everest can be a fabulous experience. See the highest peak in the world, at 29, 028 feet, from a few thousand feet higher, as you traverse the Nepal Himalaya. See across from Everest, well into the Tibetan plateau.

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.

bazaar

Idol of Dev Shri Pundreek Rishi at the Paddal ground Mandi during the Mahashivratri, Himachal Pradesh.

Nepal·hills

Annapurna is a section of the Himalayas in north-central Nepal that includes 8,091 m (26,545 ft) Annapurna I, thirteen additional peaks over 7,000 m (22,970 ft) and 16 more over 6,000 m (19,690 ft).[3] This section is a 55 km-long (34 mi-lo…

Nepal·river

Annapurna is a section of the Himalayas in north-central Nepal that includes 8,091 m (26,545 ft) Annapurna I, thirteen additional peaks over 7,000 m (22,970 ft) and 16 more over 6,000 m (19,690 ft).[3] This section is a 55 km-long (34 mi-lo…

Himachal Pradesh·hills · temple

This video captures the breathtaking beauty of Shri Anjani Mahadev Temple, located near the famous Solang Valley in the Indian Himalayas.

hills · aerial

Himalayan Pride: Young Indian hold aloft Indian Flag in Pangi Valley, as a group of travellers with pride This cinematic 4K aerial footage captures a young Indian standing proudly with the national flag in the breathtaking landscape of Pang…

Uttarakhand·hills · forest

Grey-winged Blackbird shyly skulks on Himalayan wild pear tree and feeds on fruit, while keeping its fine whistling voice silent! Grey-winged Blackbird is one of India's finest songsters, even as it silently pecks around for insects A Grey…

flowers

Garden Anemone de caen flowers in red and white, with cottony seed heads drying off and dispersing in the wind. A Cicada calls out in the summer sun.

Uttarakhand·hills · forest

Grey winged Blackbird has an orange beak, and skulks in walnut tree at Pari Tibba Estate, in Motidhar, Mussoorie Grey-winged Blackbird is one of India's finest songsters: Hear the lovely calls in the Himalaya A Grey winged Blackbird scrabbl…