“Himalayas”

hills

The Hudhud or Upupa epops is the common Eurasiean Hoopoe. The familiar Common or Eurasian Hoopoe has a wide distribution across, Asia, India and Europe, and lives from plains to high altitudes.

hills · flowers

Monsoon time flowering of the burgundry (almost purple-black) Arum Lilies at our Himalayan gardens. Burgundy Velvet Calla Lilies being harvested at wildfilmsindia botanical arboretum in the Himalaya

flowers · hills

Giant Mammoth Yellow Crocus flowers open and close with the change in daylight, at the wildfilmsindia botanical gardens in the Uttarakhand Himalaya.

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Blue skies, spiky peaks of the Garhwal Himalayan mountains and valley as filmed in autumn. Rarely seen deep gorges to snow-clad mountains and valley. Rugged mountains covered in alpine vegetation.

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Bikers have stopped overnight in the Himalaya, in a small town. The repair and check their motorcycle tyres before the next gruelling stretch of the rally the next day.

industry · hills

A view of carnivorous plants like Venus fly trap and Sarracenia flava that can be grown but are not indigenous to the Himalaya, Western ghats, Nepal and Afghanistan. Carnivorous plant grows well in regions with high temperature.

monsoon · hills

Kanchenjunga, the highest peak in India, along the Indo-Nepal border, presides over a wide swathe monsoon clouds that hang low over the eastern Himalaya during the middle monsoon season over West Bengal and Sikkim in India.

Himachal Pradesh·hills · aerial

Aerial view of the cycling expedition in Himalaya in Dharamshala in Himachal Pradesh. The western bikers step down from the stage after getting the awards while other bikers sit in the front row before the stage.

Uttarakhand·flowers · hills

Stunning pink, red, purple and white Dahlia successfully compete with Roscoea purpurea and Commelina paludosa wild flowers in the Himalaya, at our wildfilmsindia estate of Jabbarkhet around Mussoorie.

flowers · hills

A garden escape species - Primula denticulata flowers in early spring at the wildfilmsindia estate in the Uttarakhand Himalaya.

flowers · hills

A Cabbage White butterfly offers itself to a receptive mate on a spring-time afternoon in the high Himalaya, close to the tree-line. It protrudes its abdomen outwards in an attempt to mate.

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Akshay Khanna, Indian actor speaks about his career. He says, "Mostly when director narrates the script to you then you feel that as an actor you have scope in this script.

hills · river

These women are entering into a religious trance phase, thanks to the drumming and the festive atmosphere in the village. They jump with their arms in the air, and lose control of their immediate surroundings and reality.

Uttarakhand·hills · snow

Hailstones are seen accumulated across the ground in Jabbarkhet, near Mussoorie, Uttarakhand, following a hailstorm event. The ice pellets, formed within powerful storm clouds, create a scattered white layer over the landscape.

birds · wildlife

A Rufous-bellied Woodpecker (Dendrocopos hyperythrus) perched vertically on a moss-covered tree trunk in a Himalayan forest. The bird uses its beak to probe and remove bark while searching for insects.

Uttarakhand·snow · hills

After a heavy snowfall, the landscape of Jabbarkhet transforms into a serene white expanse. Roads, garden paths, and rooftops are completely covered under a thick layer of fresh snow, creating a quiet and pristine atmosphere.

Jabbarkhet, Uttarakhand·hills · forest

A scenic mountain landscape around Jabbarkhet, Uttarakhand, with forested hills and expanding views of distant Himalayan ridges. White clouds move across the blue sky and partially cover the higher mountain slopes.

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Fruit trees brought in for plantation get set to soil at our Motidhar garden-forest interfaces in the western Himalaya. We are interspersing cherry and nectarine saplings with M9 and M111 apple tree plantations.

Uttarakhand·flowers · hills

Bulbs brought in for plantation get set to soil at our Jabbarkhet garden-forest interfaces. Amaryllis flower belladonna bulbs in plantation mode at the wildfilmsindia botanical arboretum in the western Himalaya.

hills · flowers

Lasiommata schakra or the Common Wall butterfly is part of the Nymphalidae family. It is seen getting nectar from a bright red wild tree Dahlia flower in the Himalaya.

Mussoorie, Uttarakhand·farmland · hills

See us harvest the best of the peonies from our wildfilmsindia Pari Tibba Estate at Motidhar in Mussoorie. Many varieties of peony have flowered at the summer-time peak of warmth and good weather.

Uttarakhand·forest · hills

That yellow disc is the moon and NOT the sun! It rises round and full from behind a ridgeline of oak and deodar trees in the Uttarakhand Himalaya, as seen from Iris Cottage at our wildfilmsindia sanctuary at Jabbarkhet Estate in the Mussoor…

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Landslides hit western Himalaya in Uttarakhand - see mountains collapse before you. With a thunderous sound, the mountain collapses into a cloud of dust.

hills · flowers

A huge hailstorm took us by surprise at the wildfilmsindia wildlife sanctuary in the western Himalaya. Our plant nursery was destroyed by the large hail stones.