“Himalayas”

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.

Ladakh·sport · snow

Ladakhi girls playing ice hockey in Leh. Ice hockey gear was not and is still not available to buy in Ladakh. The few locals who have contacts outside Ladakh have requested friends to get ice hockey skates.

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.

How NOT to use a satellite phone. A trekker uses a Mobiq INMARSAT sat phone the wrong way. One should not be holding the phone in ones' hand but rather keeping it a few feet away from the body, and using the long cord to carry the signal to…

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.

Uttarakhand·flowers

A rhododendron tree in its full glory of scarlet flowers in Landour in spring. One of the most stately and impressive species rhododendrons, Tree Rhododendron is the state tree of Uttarakhand.

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.

farmland

A cluster of green apples growing in an apple orchard owned by Dr. Kundan Singh Panwar, expert horticulturalist and consultant to Uttarakhand state government, on horticultural matters, at his Nainbagh fruit orchard in Uttarakhand state.

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.

wildlife · forest

A leopard was shot dead after it strayed into a residential area and attacked two forest department employees leaving them injured in Pauri district of Uttarakhand, India.

flowers · hills

Wild flowering Rhododendron campanulatum shrubs above Dodital in May, 1994. Archival Himalayan flowers... Rhododendron campanulata ssp.

wildlife · forest

A leopard was shot dead after it strayed into a residential area and attacked two forest department employees leaving them injured in Pauri district of Uttarakhand, India.