“Himalayas”

aerial · hills

Clear view of Jhomolhari or Cholomhari peak and adjacent peaks in western Bhutan. Aerial footage of north-east India: Assam and Arunachal Pradesh, and the mighty delta of the Brahmaputra river.

industry · hills

Help us identify this cultivated plant that we filmed around Dharali village in winter. Is it cultivated Kuth / Kut or Saussurea costus that is growing around the apple fields above Harsil in the Gangotri region? Dharali Winter trek Kut, a…

hills · bus

Driving in the high Himalaya can be a rewarding experience or a hairy one, depending on where one is driving.

hills · flowers

That lovely call is that of a Lesser Scaly-bellied Green Woodpecker as it approaches our plum tree as it flowers, even as a Stripe-throated or Whiskered Yuhina looks around with great circumspection.

hills · snow

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

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Mt Trishul and Nanda Ghunti sunset flight from Brahma Tal, Uttarakhand Himalaya.

hills · snow

Brahma taal is a high altitude frozen tarn, with delicious views of Mt.Trishul and Mt.Nanda Ghunti. There are indeed similar routes in the Himalayas with comparing beauty but definitely found at much higher altitude.

Nepal·hills · forest

Dhaulagiri in the morning sunlight, Nepal Himalaya's mighty peaks inside Annapurna Sanctuary. When snow plumes off the mountain it seems like a saga of prayers being passed on.

Uttarakhand·forest · hills

A serene monsoon scene from Jabarkhet Nature Reserve in the Himalayan middle hills near Mussoorie. The landscape is enveloped in dense mist, revealing rolling hills and deep valleys covered in lush forest.

hills · highway

The vast and rugged terrain of Ladakh, India, filmed from inside a moving vehicle while traveling along one of the region’s famous high-altitude highways.

Uttarakhand·flowers · hills

Delicate gentle buds of Rhododendron arboreum begin to open up, as seen up close at Agoda village in western Himalaya, en route Dodital Lake beyond Uttarkashi.

Uttarakhand·hills · forest

Low winter rainfall and barely any snowfall is another culprit for Himalayan forest fires that frequently destroy the nests and chicks of birds during their breeding season.

Uttarakhand·aerial · hills

High altitude secret world of a Himalayan glacier complaining about climate change, with melting lakes atop its moraine! Chaukhamba and lateral Kedarnath glacier stunning aerial view of Garhwal Himalaya, with emerald green glacial lakes.

Uttarakhand·river · hills

Indian Garhwali woman goes into a trance stage at edge of the Ganges river in the Himalaya Indian woman in a trance in Agoda village near Uttarkashi: Himalayan Garhwali woman enters another world

festival · hills

Camaraderie much, but at what cost? Fishing festival or riverine destruction? Maund mela on Aglar nadi behind Mussoorie leads to ecological damage. Locals band together in the river, to collect all the fish they have stunned.

birds · wildlife

Deep blue bird catches evening light sitting on a Himalayan Cedar or deodar branch, and looks deceptively like a different bird but is really a Verditer Flycatcher in the Himalay, at our wildfilmsindia sanctuary in Uttarakhand.

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Hanuman brings Vaid ji as Rama gets worried about Lakshaman's health. Vaid Ji informs Rama that only Sanjeevani Booti can save Lakshamana's life.

Jammu and Kashmir·hills

The flight from New Delhi to Srinagar makes for one of the most scenic aerial journeys in India. If you have a seat to the left of the aisle, then you can get beautiful views of the Pit Panjal ranges of the Himalaya.

hills · river

The Callas are not at their peak as winter has just passed. A little more sunshine and rain and they will blossom forth even more! Nonetheless, there is much leafiness and the flowering stalks are beginning to appear next to our trout and m…

Uttarakhand·monsoon · hills

Heavy construction in the Rishikesh area, as one looks across to the lower Himalayan foothills from whence the Ganga emanates from the higher mountains, above Rishikesh. Clouds roll over the mountains in the monsoon months.

river · hills

Somewhere between a waterfall and a stream, and almost like an aesthetic created water feature, an open face waterfall cascades off a wide rock face on the climb to Rudragaira peak in the Garhwal Himalaya of Uttarakhand.

hills · architecture

Drive from Kibber to Chicham in the Spiti Himalaya, over the highest bridge in the world, in wintery snowy conditions, as our gyro-stabilized camera offers you a thrilling view of the treacherous conditions and the smooth road that takes yo…

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Anar phal gets ready on the small trees in the Ghorakhuri belt of Garhwal in Uttarakhand, even as Black Bulbuls and Black Partridge call in the background audio.

farmland · hills

A farmer uses his bulls to pull the plough to create furrows in his hard soil fields in Agoda village of the Garhwal Himalaya, in the dry and cold winter months.