“monsoon”

hills · ceremony

Arunachal Pradesh, one of India's Eight North Eastern States. It shares its border with Bhutan, Tibet and Myanmar. Much of the land is mountainous, covered by the Himalaya in the north and west and the Patkai hills in the east.

Rajasthan·farmland · village

Monsoon showers give an unusual sight to the dry state of Rajasthan. In Sonkhaliya in Ajmer district, sudden showers result in floods in the fields.

Rajasthan·village · monsoon

Monsoon showers give an unusual sight to the dry state of Rajasthan. In Sonkhaliya in Ajmer district, sudden showers result in floods in the fields.

river · temple

Bhagsu Falls is a beautiful waterfall, situated in the small village of Bhagsu, behind the Bhagsunath Temple. During monsoon, this waterfalls turns into a 30 ft cascade, alongside a mountain that features slate graffiti.

river · temple

Bhagsu Falls is a beautiful waterfall, situated in the small village of Bhagsu, behind the Bhagsunath Temple. During monsoon, this waterfalls turns into a 30 ft cascade, alongside a mountain that features slate graffiti.

highway · village

Ghoti Budrukh village area. A kid jumps into a canal to swim to the other side, in the monsoon of 2012. Also, see a truck ply on a Maharashtra state highway, heading out of Ghoti Budrukh village.

Nepal·village · livestock

During the monsoon season, the little Tharu village turns all the more pleasant and serene. Is that a pigeon house or Kabutarkhana that we see on the stilted platform? A Tharu woman is seen feeding the cows grasses and cleans the shelter.

Coorg, Karnataka·river · village

Driving Mahindra mm 540 jeep along a small stream, a tributary of river Cauvery at Hadgur village.

Rajasthan·village · monsoon

Monsoon showers give an unusual sight to the dry state of Rajasthan. In Sonkhaliya in Ajmer district, sudden showers result in floods in the fields.

Bhuj, Gujarat·village

Artisan makes stone sculpture at Rann village, Gujarat. Kutch is a district of Gujarat state in western India. Covering an area of 45,652 km², it is the largest district of India.

farmland · village

Farm workers are harvesting Groundnut crops in a rural agricultural field in Odisha. Men and women are manually pulling groundnut plants from the soil as part of the seasonal harvesting process.

festival · village

Colourfully attired people of Uttarakhand begin to gather at the Bagwal Festival in Devidhura, Champawat.

village

A wind turbine in a Rajasthani village - renewable or non-conventional energy in use in rural India. The villagers receive and unload from a truck a new batch of saplings for monsoon season plantation work.

Himachal Pradesh·river · lake

Even after the monsoon season, Dhankar lake remains dry yet it is one of the most beautiful secrets of the Spiti valley.

river · temple

Bhagsu Falls is a beautiful waterfall, situated in the small village of Bhagsu, behind the Bhagsunath Temple. During monsoon, this waterfalls turns into a 30 ft cascade, alongside a mountain that features slate graffiti.

music · village

Alha Gayan is a powerful traditional folk singing style from the Chambal and Bundelkhand regions of Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh.

village · festival

A female medical team of nurses and doctors on standby at the Devidhura Bagwal festival in Champawat, when two sets of villagers hit each other with apples and pears, and ultimately with stones and rocks! Kumaoni villagers of the western Hi…

village · aerial

Where two sets of villagers stone each other: Varahi Devi Temple at Devidhura in Champawat, Uttarakhand, as seen aerially, from the air, in this aerial view.

village · aerial

Jumping up and down with super motivation and enthusiasm is team white of pear and apple throwing villagers at the Bagwal festival in Devidhura, Champawat.

hills · farmland

Digging into the monsoon greenery along and in the agricultural fields, these industrious villagers pick and harvest Capsicum or Shimla mirch from their fields which abut the state boundary of Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh.

river · village

An aerial view reveals the dramatic landscape of Khoh Ramhah Waterfall in Meghalaya, dominated by a giant conical rock formation, often described as a single stone or pillar rock, rising prominently from the surrounding terrain.

farmland · hills

A scenic agricultural landscape from Jabbarkhet showcasing lush green cultivation of Kidney Bean, locally known as rajma.

village · monsoon

Wahkaliar Village in Meghalaya is set within a scenic landscape of rolling green hills and vast open meadows, characteristic of Northeast India’s high-rainfall regions.

hills · festival

Himalayan people crowd together at Devidhura Festival in Champawat, Uttarakhand, for stone pelting occasion.