“Himalayas”

forest · hills

passing through thick Oak forests en route Kuari Pass. A Nepalese talks about herb and plant poachers who take out jari-bootis or Himalayan herbs, for sale into the local illegal illicit trade.

hills · sport

Snowboarding is a winter sport that involves descending a slope that is covered with snow while standing on a board attached to a rider's feet, using a special boot set onto a mounted binding.

hills · forest

A devotional gathering during Nag Panchami, a Hindu festival dedicated to the worship of Nag Devta, the revered serpent deity.

flowers · hills

An Indian Tortoiseshell butterfly (Aglais cashmiriensis) takes in nectar from plum blossoms at wildfilmsindia's Wilderness Orchard and botanical garden in the western Himalayan state of Uttarakhand.

hills · architecture

On 19th November 2012, A major fire broke out at Himalaya House on Kasturba Gandhi Marg, Delhi in the early morning.

West Bengal·flowers · hills

Rupin Dang speaks on Brian Hodgson and the Rectory at St. Paul's School, Darjeeling. "I am standing on the lawns of the Rectory at St.

Himachal Pradesh·river · hills

Chandratal lake in Spiti Valley is considered to be one of the most beautiful lakes in Himachal Pradesh. A trip to Chandratal would mean a mix of adventure and raw, desolate nature.

farmland · flowers

A flori-culture venture deep in a western Himalayan forest, in Uttarakhand state. This farm has 50, 000 arum lilies for harvest and sale, as well as agapanthus (Lily of the Nile) and Peony of various varieties and colours.

Uttarakhand·flowers · hills

Wanderer butterfly sucking nectar from Aesculus flower in Landour. 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…

Uttarakhand·hills

Making of leather boots by a mountain shoe maker in Landour, near Mussoorie, India. Shoe making: Traditional process.

hills · flowers

Plums growing at a Himalayan orchard, India. A plum is a fruit of the subgenus Prunus of the genus Prunus.

flowers · hills

Horned Lousewort, the curious species, inhabits tough and sometimes inaccessible areas of the Himalayan cold deserts.

hills

hills · festival

A convoy of cars and trucks leads from Kargil into the Suru Valley of Zanskar, past Lamayuru monastery in Ladakh, and its fabulous creations of soil that resemble a moonscape or moonland structure more than anything on earth! Was this the w…

architecture · hills

On 19th November 2012, A major fire broke out at Himalaya House on Kasturba Gandhi Marg, Delhi in the early morning.

architecture · hills

On 19th November 2012, A major fire broke out at Himalaya House on Kasturba Gandhi Marg, Delhi in the early morning.

industry · architecture

Construction workers precariously stand on a scaffolding and install corrugated galvanized metal sheets along the roofline and upper wall of a building in a mountainous or rural setting.

Ladakh·hills

Rangdum is the last inhabited place in the Suru valley and is known for the Rangdum Monastery or Gonpa. The Gonpa and the area around it provide great views of the Himalayan peaks in the Suru valley and the Zanskar region.

hills

A Himalayan Griffon Vulture wipes its beak on deodar leaves after a meal of carrion. It further pecks at wood on the dead wood branch it is sitting on and proceeds to preen and clean its under-wing feathers.

hills · snow

View of Assam from the air. Also seen are tributaries and larger flood plain of the Brahmaputra river in Assam, India.

hills

Neptis hylas, the common sailor, is a species of nymphalid butterfly found in the Indian subcontinent and southeast Asia. We found this one in a moist valley in Uttarakhand.

Uttarakhand·hills · monsoon

Trekkers have a deep snowpack pit stop for rest while climbing atop Kalindi Khal, at near 20K feet altitude Walking in near white out conditions, with no visibility en route Kalindi Khal pass between Gangotri and Badrinath valleys.

Landour, Uttarakhand·hills · birds

At the Wilderness Orchard and Botanical gardens in Landour, Mussoorie, a Himalayan Pied Woodpecker gets to work on a dead wood log of deodar wood at the Jabbarkhet Estate, and then moves to a live Oak, banj or Quercus incana tree.

hills

Right above Dayara and Gidara Buggyal the tree line vanishes and one sees barren, treeless Himalayan hill faces.