“Himalayas”

hills · temple

As one ascends the Jallandhri Garh torrent valley from Harsil town, en route Gangotri temple and the source of the Ganges, one climbs the steep track to the Lal Devta minuscule temple, which is adorned by the horns of Bharal and other wild…

Uttarakhand·flowers · hills

Ranunculus or Persian Buttercup flowers pop out in brilliant colours flowers and enormous sized buds at Motidhar around Mussoorie, even as a Blue-throated Barbet calls out throatily across the valley, and white and yellow Feezia bloom in a…

crafts · highway

Old British style golf house at Ranikhet Army Golf Course in Kumaon, Uttarakhand, and Battle Craft Training Area of Kumaon Regimental Centre, near Chaubattia / Chaubatia. Army Golf Course, Ranikhet.

wildlife · snow

A lazy sit at home and do nothing Sunday for an Ounce ! This lazy Snow Leopard repeatedly yawns and wants to spend the winter day sleeping in its cave along a rocky cliff face, and not go out to hunt, in the crags of the western Himalaya.

Himachal Pradesh·hills · aerial

Frozen mid-winter Himalayan aerial view! Snow everywhere in this aerial view of the upper Spiti valley beyond Kibber and Chicham in Himachal, as seen aerially, from the air.

hills · wildlife

On a deodar Himalayan Cedar tree and then a fruiting Himalayan tree is this noisy squawking trio of fruit marauding Mag-n-pies! Stealing magpies or crow kin? Red-billed Blue Magpies are smart attractive long-tailed hill birds seen here arou…

snow · wildlife

Snow Leopard cubs playing, skiing and slip-sliding down a snow tongue for fun, in cute bratty kiddy mode, in the Himalaya!

hills · forest

With Himalayan Tree Pies and a melange of Thrushes calling out at our wildfilmsindia wildlife sanctuary at Pari Tibba Estate in the Uttarakhand Himalaya, this Small Niltava female calls out in her own harsh trilling voice, but mostly looks…

Himachal Pradesh·snow · dance

What terrific organization and cheer as the villagers of Spiti band together for a festive occasion. Rhythm and melody combine with grace and tradition...

Uttarakhand·hills · farmland

A wonderful establishing shot of the wildfilmsindia Jabbarkhet estate, flying in over the main entrance gate, over our private road and up to the bhooth bangla or Haunted House of Mussoorie.

river · lake

Brahminy Ducks or Ruddy Shelduck / Sheldrakes bob up and down on the choppy waters of 15, 000 foot high Masarovar Lake, a 320 km² large mass of water across the Himalaya, on the Tibetan plateau - one of the largest and most high altitude no…

farmland · hills

Delicious red apples on a tree, awaiting harvest. Bright red apples get ready for harvest in low altitude Yamuna valley of Uttarakhand, using Israeli technology and special root stock clones.

Uttarakhand·monsoon · forest

Rain drops fall off deodar needles, ferns and branches, seen in slow motion, in Jabbarkhet monsoon, at the wildfilmsindia mountain estates in the Himalaya.

village · hills

A village clings onto a cliff in wintery Spiti in Himachal. With snow cover in all directions and freezing winter conditions, these villagers eke out a difficult existence in the high Himalaya, managing subsistence agriculture in the summer…

Ladakh·hills · snow

Leh valley in autumn, the Stok Kangri mountain range, the Shanti Stupa, Gompa at the Shanti Stupa, Namgyal Tsemo chapel and Spituk Gompa. Buddhist Monasteries in trans Himalayan wilderness. A monastery in the Leh valley.

Uttarakhand

Mig and Mirage fighter jets of the Indian Air Force leave jet trails as seen from our estate in the Himalaya.

Uttarakhand·hills · flowers

Pretty in pink: More Himalayan wild Cherry blossom in this video than Rufous Sibia, but the bird is avisiting for insects and nectar The Rufous Sibia, Black-capped Sibia or the Three Cheers bird has smart blue wings with a rufous-brown body…

hills · snow

Tibetan Snow Partridge on bare and rocky, dry and craggy, edge of snow inhospitable terrain in Ladakh Neat and cute as buttons, a covey of Tibetan Snow Partridge huddle together on an icy snow slope in the Ladakh winter, rugged and tolerant…

Himachal Pradesh·hills · snow

Appl orchards across the valley are cloaked in white as well. Bhimakali Temple in Sarahan near Shimla in Himachal Pradesh covered with deep winter snow pack Himachali houses covered with snow as winter sets in deep with extreme temperatures…

Himachal Pradesh·hills · ceremony

Spiti valley aerial view of Tibetan prayer flags and wild winter time mountainscapes, Himachal Pradesh. Barren winter time snowy desolation in the high Himalaya.

aerial · highway

Road to Kyoto from Chicham starting point of Parang La trek in Himachal Pradesh's Spiti region in India. An aerial view of bright winter landscape with blue skies and shiny snow-covered mountains.

wildlife · forest

A male Dark Grey Bush Chat sits on wild palak seeding stalk and flicks its tail repeatedly, anxious to feed its chicks nearly. The nest is trickily located on the ground, under a Berberis shrub nearby.

snow · wildlife

A mother Snow Leopard leads the way to head back to their cave, as her two cubs follow her across a scree slope, and then a wide snow tongue, at the end of a day of hunting and training, in the high wintery mountains of the western Himalaya…

Uttarakhand·birds · hills

Kotwal chidiya or Grey Drongo has a ruby red eye and bluish-grey plumage that makes it stand out and be most visible, especially as it sits on vantage points and the tops of trees, in our middle hills in the western Himalaya.