“Himalayas”

river · temple

At the beginning of winter, the idol at Gangotri temple is moved down, in a procession, to a lower village temple, near Mukhba.

snow · wildlife

The Snow Pigeon (Columba leuconota) is a species of bird in the Columba genus in the Columbidae family. Snow Pigeon has a blackish head contrasting with white neck collar and white underparts shading into ashy on the abdomen.

snow · hills

Heli-skiing is off-trail, downhill skiing that is accessed by a helicopter, as opposed to a ski lift.

Uttarakhand·hills · temple

The temple featured in the video is beautifully decorated, with vibrant colours and floral displays as part of a seasonal celebration. It is likely Madhyamaheshwar Temple, radiating with festive spirit.

hills

Trainees from the NIM Adventure course number 224 learn how to make a bivouac shelter. A bivouac shelter is any of a variety of improvised camp sites, or shelters that are usually of a temporary nature, used especially by soldiers, or perso…

We filmed this rat at 7500 feet in Uttarakhand, at the Wilderness Orchard and botanical gardens. Please help us identify the species, if you're into rats!

The main reason spiders spin webs is to catch their dinner. When an insect, such as a fly, flies into a spider's web, it gets stuck on the sticky threads.

Jammu and Kashmir·temple · festival

Amarnath cave is a famous shrine in Hinduism located in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir. It is dedicated to Shiva.

flowers

Daphnis nerii (formerly Deilephila nerii), known as the oleander hawk-moth or army green moth, is a moth of the Sphingidae family.

livestock

Young shepherd take their herd of Pashmina sheep and goats to graze at a high altitude Himalayan meadow, in Kashmir, India.

hills · sport

The Bell 407 helicopter appears to be hovering when actually it is racing forward rapidly... This appears to be the case as it's being filmed from another helicopter that is flying alongside! One can see Mt.

hills · sport

The Bell 407 helicopter appears to be hovering when actually it is racing forward rapidly... This appears to be the case as it's being filmed from another helicopter that is flying alongside! One can see Mt.

flowers · snow

How strange to see hot-house variety hybrid orchids with snow and a cold Himalayan lake in the backdrop - hardly an environment in which orchids would thrive! And yet - here is a Himalayan lake in the Sikkim winter with orchids brought outd…

hills · forest

The chestnut-bellied nuthatch (Sitta cinnamoventris) is a species of bird in the Sittidae family. It is found in the Indian Subcontinent. It is seen in Bhutan, India, Nepal, and Tibet.

hills

A Rufous Sibia or Black-capped Sibia (Heterophasia capistrata) pecks on a ripe wild Pear fruit in Uttarakhand.

ceremony

Beautiful clear blue sky of Bhutan, where there is thousand of Darchog prayer flags hosted on the mountains.

hills

Fog and mist in time lapse rising up the rain forest like hills of the Sikkim Himalaya. Sikkim is a landlocked Indian state nestled in the Himalayas.

hills

Fog and mist in time lapse rising up the rain forest like hills of the Sikkim Himalaya. Sikkim is a landlocked Indian state nestled in the Himalayas.

Himachal Pradesh·hills · highway

A vehicle travels along a paved two-lane mountain highway that crosses a deep, rugged river valley in Himachal Pradesh, India.

birds · hills

The nuthatches constitute a genus, Sitta, of small passerine birds belonging to the family Sittidae. Characterised by large heads, short tails, and powerful bills and feet, nuthatches advertise their territory using loud, simple songs.

Monitor lizards are generally large lizards, although some can be as small as 20 cm (7.9 in) in length.

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.

flowers

Southern magnolia (Magnolia grandiflora), also called evergreen magnolia, bull-bay, big-laurel, or large-flower magnolia, has large fragrant white flowers and evergreen leaves that make it one of the most splendid of forest trees and a v…

Uttarakhand·hills

Landour, a small cantonment town contiguous with Mussoorie, is about 35 km (22 mi) from the city of Dehradun in the northern state of Uttarakhand in India.