“Himalayas”

Uttarakhand·village · 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, to the sounds of Garhwali religious music a…

festival · hills

Every fish caught is proudly displayed, even if it is still and should have been left to breed. These men are killing fish for entertainment.

highway · industry

River sand is mined from across India - mostly from dubious sources. Here is is unloaded from a large dumper truck alongside a road where work is happening for construction purposes, in the Himalaya.

Rajasthan·highway · hills

A beautiful lake which tourist can see after crossing Bharatpur on Leh-Manali highway en route Ladakh in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir.

hills · river

Dhaulagiri is the high point of the Dhaulagiri Himal or massif in Nepal, a sub-range of the Himalaya that rises between the Bheri River on the west and the Kali Gandaki River on the east.

flowers · river

River Anemone is an erect silky-haired perennial plant found on forest margins, grassy slopes, streamsides and lakesides in the Himalayas. It is 30-90 cm tall.

hills · river

An amazing view of Dodital valley and distant Bakria Khaga pass, from Darva / Darwa Top high above Dodital Lake in Uttarakhand, India. See Rhododendron and Juniper forests at the upper end of the tree line in the Himalaya.

Ladakh·river · hills

As the Urial descend down a ravine, jumping across smaller precipices and chasms, they descend with great glee to the waters' edge to drink from the Zanskar river, and then proceed to eat berries of Leh Berry or Seabuckthorn (Hippophae tibe…

river · wildlife

A pair of Spotted Forktails spotted along a Mussoorie stream in the wildfilmsindia sanctuary in Uttarakhand: An elegant stream-side resident that eats insects and pirouettes around the water and stones around a river, all day.

river · lake

Aerial view of an idyllic talab in the mountains around Chopta in Uttarakhand. Deoria Tal, as seen aerially.

Uttarakhand·hills · river

What frog species is this middle Himalayan altitude mendhak? We filmed this at our wildfilmsindia wetlands in the middle Himalaya, around Pari Tibba Estate and Motidhar, along the origin of the Bindal-Rispana nadi, in the monsoon of 2022.

Uttarakhand·river

Winter blues is what this Spotted Forktail has, but it remains spunky and hopeful for aquatic insects and bugs beside our trout pond and the Bindal or Rispana stream which originates on the wildfilmsindia forests at Pari Tibba Estate, on th…

river · lake

Driving past Wild Ass (Kiang) country on the Changthang plateau, returning from Pangong Tso Lake to Tangtse. Tangtse village on Leh- Pangong Tso road. Tangtse lies on the valley floor through which the Harong stream flows.

Uttarakhand·river · monsoon

Post the Kumbh Mela, Haridwar and Rishikesh have been receiving pilgrims and the devout in large numbers.

Uttarakhand·river · hills

On 7th February 2021, a sudden glacial surge of water gushed down the riverine course of the Rishi Ganga and thus the Dhauli Ganga, and into the Alaknanda river valley, all the way down from Chamoli in Garhwal to the lower reaches of the Ga…

Pangong, Ladakh·river · lake

Tangtse village on Leh- Pangong Tso road. Tangtse lies on the valley floor through which the Harong stream flows. Surrounded by mountains, the village lies on flat arid ground with greenery to be seen only along the Harong stream.

Pangong, Ladakh·river · lake

Tangtse village on Leh- Pangong Tso road. Tangtse lies on the valley floor through which the Harong stream flows. Surrounded by mountains, the village lies on flat arid ground with greenery to be seen only along the Harong stream.

river · hills

An Air India flight takes off from the Kullu Manali airport in Bhuntar in Himachal Pradesh. Another Air India flight lands on the runway of Bhuntar airport. One can see the Himalaya across the runway.

Uttarakhand·hills · river

The Rudragaira Trek in Uttarkashi district, Uttarakhand, deep within the Gangotri region of the Himalayas.

Zanskar, Ladakh·livestock · hills

The last few hundred meters down to the waters' edge, the young Urial ewes lop and canter, jump and spring forward, excited for their drink of water in this high altitude desert! As the Urial descend down a ravine, jumping across smaller pr…

snow · river

A rare aerial view of the Gangotri glacier, with a ring-side view of climate change in action in the Himalaya, with glacial melt and Himlayan glacial run-off getting accentuated in recent years.

village · river

Women of Bhawrani catch up on village news and gossip while sitting in shade near the Shiv Sagar Lake, Rajasthan. This small lake acts as the source of water in Bhawrani and water tankers can be seen visiting the lake frequently to refill.

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.

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…