“Himalayas”

flowers

The flower buds on the rhododendron bushes open, producing beautiful, showy blossoms and a gorgeous display of color. This is a wonderful time of year for gardeners, photographers, and everyone else who loves the plants.

wildlife · snow

A lone Snow leopard in a forest of India.The snow leopard is native to the mountain ranges of Central and South Asia.

Uttarakhand·temple · hills

Basking in a superb setting in the shadow of snow-topped Nilkantha, Badrinath Temple appears almost lost in the tatty village that surrounds it.

wildlife · birds

industry

Abseiling, also called rappelling, is the controlled descent down a rock face using a rope. Climbers use this technique when a cliff or slope is too steep and/or dangerous to descend without protection.

industry · hills

Abseiling, also called rappelling, is the controlled descent down a rock face using a rope. Climbers use this technique when a cliff or slope is too steep and/or dangerous to descend without protection.

snow · hills

An avalanche also called a snowslide or snowslip, is a sudden, drastic flow of snow down a slope, occurring when either natural triggers, such as loading from new snow or rain, or artificial triggers, such as snowmobilers, explosives or bac…

Uttarakhand·birds · forest

Scaly-bellied Green Woodpecker nesting in Landour, Mussoorie, India. After having foraged for larvae and other grubs from tree bark, the Woodpecker male (the father has a red crest) comes back and regurgitates it at the opening of the nest-…

Mussoorie, Uttarakhand·monsoon · hills

Hail stones and rain fall together around Mussoorie. Hail and rain in Uttarakhand: Climate change could now mean middle Himalaya gets more hail than snow

hills · farmland

Solar power revolution in Himalaya: Solar panel arrays cover entire mountainside, India turns to non-conventional or renewables / renewable energy.

festival · river

Manimahesh Lake is situated at 27 Kms from Bharmour at the foot of Manimahesh Kailash. Lord Shiva is believed to reside on this snow-covered mountain.

Nepal·hills

A montage of fantastic Himalayan imagery, including a time lapse of the mountains of Zanskar, a helicopter circumambulation of a Himachal rock spire, and aerials of the Bara Bangahal range.

hills · sport

Sikkim is known for its bountiful scenic views, village tourism, organic farming and many more to name. Now Paragliding is one more addition to its endless list of adventure and excitement which Sikkim offers.

Uttarakhand

Beautiful apricot blossoms in Mussoorie, Uttarakhand. April 2014. An apricot is a fruit or the tree that bears the fruit.

temple · river

High altitude bagpiping in the Himalaya! It's not a joke playing the bagpipes at the dry winter air of the Uttarakhand Himalaya at an altitude of more than 10, 000 feet! The shrine idols are moved when the shrine shuts for the winter, like…

Uttarakhand

This Paanwala in Mussoorie town obviously caters to the tourists who visited North India.

Uttarakhand·forest · hills

A Kokla Green Pigeon couple sit in their nest. Wedge-tailed Green Pigeon wags its tail up and down while seated in a Oak tree in the Himalaya The Wedge-tailed Green Pigeon is the common arboereal Green pigeon or harial of Uttarakhand, as se…

hills · flowers

Meconopsis paniculata in Sikkim Himalaya, seen in end Jun 2022 with droplets of monsoon rain water, in the Shingba Rhododendron Sanctuary beyond Lachung village, en route Yumthang in North Sikkim.

monsoon · hills

Clouds and rain beat down on the Himalaya, turning day to night, clouds race across sky, monsoon bounty. The undersides of Oak leaves show shite as the wind shakes them up.

hills

Walk the desolate high altitude snowy slopes of Rudragaira, following the lead climber up this simple trekking peak.

industry · wildlife

A close macro view of an Old World Swallowtail caterpillar feeding on a fennel plant. The larva displays striking orange, black, and yellow spotted patterns along its body as it slowly crawls and eats the soft green leaves of Fennel.

flowers · hills

Tortoiseshell butterfly on peach blossom at wildfilmsindia's Jabbarkhet fruit orchard in Uttarakhand Tortoiseshell Butterfly suns itself, wings outspread and quivering in order to dry them.

Himachal Pradesh·wildlife · birds

The pipits are a cosmopolitan genus, Anthus, of small passerine birds with medium to long tails. Along with the wagtails and longclaws, the pipits make up the family Motacillidae.