“Himalayas”

river · lake

Dodital is magical when there are no people present, and just the trees, the beautiful lake and lots of snow! Experience this Himalayan magic for yourself...

hills · flowers

Spring-time brings with it a profusion of Himalayan butterflies and flowers. These Great Blackvein butterflies flit around the profuse blossoms on this Aesculus indica tree in Uttarakhand.

flowers · hills

Ox-eye daisies (Leucanthemum vulgare) are very similar looking to the Michaelmas daisies. They prosper in the Himalayan mountains of Uttarakhand, India.

hills · snow

Himalayan Ibex dig into the snow, to attain tubers and roots of Himalayan herb plants and alpine flora.

Uttarakhand·hills · river

A Himalayan Jungle Crow or Large-billed Crow (Corvus macrorhynchos) perches handsomely on a rocky promontory near Bedni Buggyal en route to Roopkund, the lake of bones.

Jammu and Kashmir·hills · snow

The beautiful high altitude valleys of Kashmir in India, with alpine meadows, conifer forests and clear streams all get fowled by the excessive visitation of pilgrims heading to Amarnath to view a frozen ice lingam (phallus) that they belie…

hills · sport

A Canadian Bell 407 chopper cuts through the cold morning air along the upper reaches near Ali Ratni Tibba, Himachal Pradesh, india.

Himachal Pradesh·hills · river

See a solar panel in the background, to power up a street light, in the trans Himalaya of Spiti! Solar power in the Himalaya... Archival footage of rickety state road transport buses running in Spiri, Himachal Pradesh, many decades back.

village · hills

A lively tug-of-war contest unfolds on a large open field as two determined teams pull with all their strength in a spirited display of teamwork and endurance.

hills · flowers

Take a flight of fancy over the middle Himalayan forests protected by wildfilmsindia. This wild Cherry or padum tree grows within the protected zone in Uttarakhand.

Uttarakhand·birds · hills

The Wilderness Orchard and botanical garden in Mussoorie, Uttarakhand, protects this population of Black Bulbuls that feed on seasonal fruit in our forest and orchard.

hills · birds

This lovely wild Owl calls each night at our Wilderness Orchard and botanical gardens where we have provided them sanctuary, in the western Himalayan state of Uttarakhand.

hills · ceremony

This must be normal for these high altitude dwelling communities in Uttarakhand but for many of us, this is an exotic wedding with the Himalayan peaks on both sides of the valley.

Bhutan·hills

We filmed this rare Chumbi Wall butterfly in Bumthang, Bhutan. The Chumbi valley is in Tibet! (We have wrongly titled the first butterfly as a Common Sailor).

Uttarakhand·hills

A Himalayan glow-worm as seen in Landour, Uttarakhand, in May 2014. While climbing, this glow-worm seems to have lost its balance while climbing a leaf and fell right off the cliff-face, as we filmed it! A viewer tells us these are likely t…

Uttarakhand·hills

This video shows exactly how electric cables are changed in Landour. Even though electricity is important, these men are risking their lives to change electric cables bare handed and without any gears. Very dangerous.

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hills · village

Like the vultures in Mowgli and the Jungle Book of Kipling (Now what are we going to do?), these Griffons fight and spread their wings as a threat and to show dominance at the kill of a leopard around Agoda village in Garhwal, Uttarakhand.

birds · forest

What a lovely challenging yet cheery call this Laughing Thrush has, as it sits on a branch and establishes its territory, while taking preening breaks in between calling out! With a tone of familiarity, we have nick-named this common and fr…

hills

Standing just above the tree-line with the last Birch tree below me, I filmed this sequence from the meadows below Kiarkoti en route Lamkhaga pass, as the clouds cleared to reveal the most brilliant views of Srikantha and the Gangatri wall…

Uttarakhand·snow · hills

Highlands-based Martin Moran had been leading the group on the ascent of an unclimbed and unnamed 21,250ft (6,477m) summit in the Nanda Devi region in May. They were reported missing after an avalanche in the area.

hills · flowers

Our editor bunched up several lots of footage in here! We collected a massive stock of spring-time flowering Arum Lilies from our stream-side orchard in the Himalaya, and filled up our flower vases with them! Qatar flight best-of - on board…

architecture · hills

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

hills · wildlife

A Himalayan Tahr (Hemitragus jemlahicus), a large wild goat-like mammal native to the Himalayan mountain ranges of India, Nepal, and Tibet. The animal is seen grazing among dry leaves on a rugged forested slope in the Himalayan region.