“Himalayas”

forest · hills

Our wildfilmsindia Himalayan jungle in sunlight and shadows! Help us protect these forests and diverse habitat types in the middle Himalaya.

village · river

Our aerial camera chases the arriving monsoon clouds, and passes a telecom tower in the gaon, set amid the rice fields. Aerial view of an Uttarakhand village - Saari is located near Chopta and Deoria Tal.

Ladakh·river · snow

A high mountain pass in Zanskar region of Jammu and Kashmir, Baralacha La means the pass where many roads meet. The pass connects Lahaul in Himachal Pradesh to Ladakh in Jammu and Kashmir.

highway · river

The Chang La (el. 5,360 m or 17,590 ft) is a high mountain pass in Ladakh, India. It is the third highest motorable road in the world. The Chang La is on the route to Pangong Lake from Leh.

Uttarakhand·river · temple

Aerial view of holy ghat of Har ki Pauri in Haridwar on the banks of the Ganges River in Uttarakhand, India. People use Bhagirathi foot bridge for Har ki Pauri. This foot bridge connects Deen Dayal parking area with Har ki Pauri.

river

Macaques forage on filthy marshland which further connects to the Yamuna river and leads to river pollution in Delhi. The Yamuna is the longest and the second largest tributary river of the Ganges (Ganga) in northern India.

Uttarakhand·village · dance

The devta of the village is taken out in a procession on a palki or palanquin, and the entire village turns up for the prayer and celebration, at Agoda village en route Dodital Lake in the Uttarakhand Himalaya beyond Uttarkashi town.

Himachal Pradesh·monsoon · river

What treacherous driving conditions for this rather urban Toyota Innova in the monsoon-time in the Spiti Himalaya, at Batal! A monsoon stream has taken down the MUV that sits right at the water's edge on a deadly bed of uneven rock, threate…

snow · river

Snow snow snow everywhere? Yippee, it's winter! Sorry to disappoint, but this is Ganga - Yamuna riverine pollution! Detergent foam flows down the river eternal, to provide that tens of thousands of crores of Rupees have literally gone down…

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…