“Himalayas”

Uttarakhand·hills · ceremony

A large community gathering associated with the Nag Devta puja in the Uttarkashi region of Uttarakhand, India.

birds · wildlife

Multiple woodpecker species across forested habitats in Uttarakhand, India, each showing distinct foraging and maintenance behaviour.

Uttarakhand·wildlife · birds

A pair of yellow-footed green pigeons (Treron phoenicopterus) sits together at a nest in WildFilmsIndia's orchard in Jabbarkhet, Uttarakhand.

hills

A red moon rises behind coniferous trees in the Himalayan region of Uttarakhand.

Tamil Nadu·hills · forest

Pillar Rock in Cody! This looks like real high mountain country, with thick forest cover and misty cliffs to boot! One can least imagine that these are the south Indian highlands of Tamil Nadu state in India...

Uttarakhand·flowers · hills

In May each year, thousands of Great Blackvein butterflies (Aporia agathon) descend on the blooms of the Himalayan Horse Chestnut (Aesculus indica) at the Wilderness Orchard and botanical gardens at Jabbarkhet, in Mussoorie, Uttarakhand.

hills

With a strong sense of smell but poor eyesight, a Himalayan Black Bear would be the worst animal to frighten and surprise in a Himalayan forest, while trekking!

Nepal·hills · politics

There should be an attitude towards unclimbing the mountains. Everest has been climbed a 1000 times. Why must we know that a 1000 people have already climbed it? We go up there, its a new mountain.

Uttarakhand·monsoon · flowers

After the monsoon rains have hit the hills, what were once bare tree trunks just a few weeks before are now festooned with a profusion of fern species. This is a particularly productive Toon tree in Landour, Mussoorie.

Jammu and Kashmir·hills

Amazing Himalaya with plain area and clear blue sky with cloud of Ladakh. Deserted hills and snowy Himalayas, It seems very calm and peaceful.

hills

Fall colours on full display as one climbs from Lachung towards Thangu and eventually to Gurudongmar, in the month of September.

wildlife · hills

Musk deer are artiodactyls of the genus Moschus, the only genus of family Moschidae. Moschus moschiferus is the Himalayan or Siberian Musk Deer.

Uttarakhand·temple · river

Devotees from all over India visited the holy shrine of Badrinath. Badrinath(3,415 metres) is located in the Garhwal hills, on the banks of Alaknanda River.It is a holy town for Hindus in chamoli district of Uttarakhand.

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·hills · forest

Moss and lichen on oak trees (Quercus incana) in the Himalayan hill-station town of Landour, Mussoorie, India.

hills

The Yak is a long-haired bovine found throughout the Himalayan region of south Central Asia. Yaks are herd animals.

farmland · hills

Experience a day in the life of a pumpkin farmer in the Himalayan foothills, harvesting his crops and working amidst the stunning backdrop of lush green slopes and terraced fields.

hills · snow

Tourists enjoy sledge riding on snow covered hills in Gulmarg. The urge to take wings and fly over the snow-covered forests is drawing hundreds of tourists to Gulmarg for skiing.

snow · river

White peak of Banderpunch almost bereft of snow. A shocking view that underlines the drought and flooding patterns that the Himalaya is experiencing.

hills · birds

Uttarakhand's Jatoli village, en route the Pindari Glacier, hosts a Lammergeier or Himalayan Bearded Vulture, one of the most magnificent birds of the Himalaya.

hills · wildlife

The crested honey buzzard (Pernis ptilorhyncus) is a bird of prey in the family Accipitridae which also includes many other diurnal raptors such as kites, eagles and harriers. This species is also known as the Oriental honey buzzard.

hills · livestock

The Himalayan Sheepdog, also referred to as the Bhote Kukur, is a livestock guardian dog that originated from Nepal.

Himachal Pradesh·hills

Himalayan rocky mountains near Manali. Manali (alt. 1,950 m or 6,398 ft), in the Beas River valley, is an important hill station in the mountains of Himachal Pradesh, India, near the northern end of the Kullu Valley.

hills · monsoon

The monsoon rains bring with them a fresh profusion of flowering plant-life that is not usually seen through the rest of the year.