Himalayas — Clipahoy

Hailstones hit the Himalaya, cedar trees sway in the windy storm, in Landour

Uttarakhand

It is not just snow that falls in the mountains, but hailstones can be unpredictable, damaging and frightening even, especially when they fall in those freak spring and summer storms! See the stones wreak damage on our flowering plants and…

Major fire breaks out in Connaught Place, in Delhi

hills · architecture

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

Tabo Monastery: Ajanta of the Himalayas in Spiti Valley

Himachal Pradesh

Rupin Dang on Brian Hodgson and the Rectory at St. Paul's School, Darjeeling

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.

Pilgrims on their way to Amarnath, a cave shrine deep in Himalayas

Jammu and Kashmir·snow · temple

Pilgrims trek through mountains in Kashmir during an annual pilgrimage to the Amarnath cave of Lord Shiva, at Sheshnag. . Amarnath cave is a Hindu shrine located in Jammu and Kashmir, India. It is dedicated to Shiva.

Pilgrims head to holy Amarnath cave in the Himalayas, in Jammu

Jammu and Kashmir·snow · temple

Amarnath cave is a Hindu shrine located in Jammu and Kashmir, India. It is dedicated to Shiva.

Chandrataal, a beautiful turquoise lake in the Spiti Himalaya

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.

Arum Lily floriculture farm in the Himalaya, in Uttarakhand

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.

Great Blackvein butterflies sucking nectar from Aesculus flowers in the Himalaya, in Mussoorie

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…

Blue Admiral butterfly sunbathes in the Garhwal Himalaya, in Uttarakhand

What a handsome smart butterfly with two neat blue lines along the wings - with all the smarts of a real admiral! There are two subspecies of the Blue Admiral (Kaniska canace) found in India: (1) The Chinese Blue Admiral (Kaniska canace can…

Leather boots being hand made in the Himalaya, in Mussoorie

Uttarakhand·hills

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

Unripe Plums just weeks short of ripening in the Himalaya

hills · flowers

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

Rhododendron trees in profuse flower at Yamunotri in the Himalaya

Uttarakhand·flowers · industry

Rhododendron arboreum of the tree Rhododendron in profuse flower in the spring of 2015, below the shrine of Yamunotri in Uttarakhand.

Horned Lousewort, Lousewort (Pedicularis bicornuta) in Valley of Flowers, Uttarakhand Himalaya

flowers · hills

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

Cutest Himalayan Pika - Mouse-Hare of the Himalaya

hills

Mules or khachers used as pack animals in Uttarakhand Himalaya

A khacher can carry a whole lot more than a human porter and so they are most useful on mountaineering expeditions, to carry loads up to the lower camps, to stock Base camps and ferry rations.

Inside a tent at 25, 000 feet in the Himalaya, in Everest

Nepal

On Mt. Everest, living in a tent at 25, 000 feet near the summit camp. The cold, desolation, ambition, steepness of terrain and stress all come together as one tries to sleep in this low oxygen zone... Add a windy outside to the equation!

Moonland on earth: Mysterious pitted mountains of Lamayuru in Ladakh's trans Himalaya

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…

Milky Way stars and cosmos from Leh town in Indian trans-Himalaya

Ladakh

Hanle in Changthang region of Ladakh is one of the most beautiful, enchanting, calm and soul loosing places in India. Hanle has a lovely Hanle Monastery offering some great aerial views of whole village that is a home of about 1000 people.

Grey-headed Woodpecker male, Landour Himalaya

Uttarakhand·birds

Grey headed woodpecker The Grey-headed Woodpecker (Picus canus), also known as the Grey-faced Woodpecker, is a Eurasian member of the woodpecker family Piciformes. It is 25--28 cm long and weighs 130-180 grams.

Yellow-billed Chough a resident of the Himalaya

wildlife · birds

The Alpine Chough or Yellow-billed Chough, (Pyrrhocorax graculus) is a bird in the crow family, one of only two species in the genus Pyrrhocorax.

Huge building in Delhi catches huge fire!

architecture · hills

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

New Delhi office building catches fire

architecture · hills

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

Amazing time-lapse of Rangdum in Zanskar range of Himalaya

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.