“Himalayas”

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.

forest · flowers

Male Kaleej Pheasant beaks around in the leaf litter, with the odd Rhododendron petal and fallen flowers, displaying to a nearby female, establishing territory.

forest · aerial

Thick forest along the Sarada river along Tanakpur's sub-Himalayan Bastiya forest belt in Champawat district of Uttarakhand, as seen aerially, from the air, in this aerial view.

Rajasthan·river · hills

Khichan Lake sees wild Demoiselle Cranes come in for rest and recuperation after crossing the Himalaya

Rajasthan·village · wildlife

Crossing the Himalaya at great risk to themselves, these wIld Cranes visit India each winter in the thousands, and come to this village to get fed by the villagers: Who says we humans cannot co-exist with our wildlife? WIld Cranes at Pakshi…

Uttarakhand·flowers

Spring-time garden Crocus lilies spring forth from the dry winter soil, at Jabbarkhet botanical arboretum in the western Himalaya.

Uttarakhand·flowers

Lovely sound fo buzzing bees, all busy as a bee. Joyous Shirley Red Poppy flowers blooming in flul force, with bees creating a buzzing rhapsody, at the Jabbarkhet botanical collections of wildfilmsindia in the western Himalaya.

birds · hills

A Himalayan Pied Woodpecker cleans our excavated saw dust and dug out wood chips from inside a nest: Avian housekeeping and cleaning.

hills · birds

Is that first shot a Ferrugineous Flycatcher perhaps. If so, it may be a new record for the Garhwal Himalaya! Rufous Sibia sits in warm evening light, flits around on fungus ridden branch in middle Uttarakhand A plump little Rufous Sibia fl…

birds · hills

Seen in the central Indian open plains are a Long-tailed or Bay-backed Shrike, a Common Babbler and a a spunky energetic Himalayan Black lored Tit.

hills · forest

A plump little Rufous Sibia fluffs out its feathers, preens and enjoys the winter sun at wildfilmsindia Motidhar sanctuary Rufous Sibia is the new name what we always called the Black-capped Sibia or Three Cheers! Winter wild pears are an a…

forest · hills

Spot the critter! Cicada in green and black against moss on an oak tree trunk : almost perfect camouflage for this loud insect whose call reverberates through mountain forests.

hills · forest

After a bath in our Rispana stream, a Rufous Sibia carouses with preening White-throated Laughing Thrushes in a thicket or shrubbery, as cicadas call out loud, at Motidhar forest Rufous Sibia is the new name what we always called the Black-…

forest · wildlife

Dark-Grey Bush Chat male approaches chicks with insect feed in its beak, at wildfilmsindia sanctuary Bird eating insect Uttarakhand A male Dark Grey Bush Chat nests in wildfilmsindia sanctuary in the Himalaya, and successfully fetches grubs…

monsoon · hills

Grown with seed provided by the Meconopsis Group of the UK, this is Meconopsis integrifolia ex Zheduo Shan, with reflective rain drops accumulated on hairy leaves, after a late winter - early spring shower at the wildfilmsindia botanical co…

snow · wildlife

Snow Leopard mum with her cubs walk gingerly and super carefully on a snowy rocky cliff-edge, in the Himalaya.