Himalayas — Clipahoy

Big deal of Capra horns: Himalayan Ibex lords over the cliffs of Spiti Himalaya

Himachal Pradesh·hills · snow

Across the snow barren cliffs and mountain faces of winter-time Spiti, a herd of Himalayan Ibex looks for dry sedges and grasses, as their modest lean season sustenance.

Dark gray Bush Chat collects grubs for its chicks, at sanctuary in Himalaya, in Jabbarkhet

Uttarakhand·hills · forest

This smartly-attired male Drak grey Bushchat brings in a regular suppply of fresh spring-time grubs to feed to its chicks, sitting as it does in the bright Himalayan morning sun, chirping and preening on an Oak branch and then a Berberis tw…

Male Himalayan Monals rest on moss-covered forest log

hills · wildlife

Two male Himalayan Monal are resting on a moss-covered fallen log within a dense Himalayan forest habitat.

Hail Storm in Mussoorie mountains of the Himalaya: Giant hail stones leave landscape looking snowy

Uttarakhand·hills · flowers

The Arum Lily gardens get battered, and flowers and leaves are left with holes in them, as giant Himalayan hail stones hail down in our flower valley in Uttarakhand.

Kalsi valley with braided river flood plain emerging from Himalaya, location of Ashokan rock edicts!

hills · river

Braided river channel with multiple tributaries, channels and dis-tributaries! How green is my valley! One wonders if these green rice paddy fields will be turned into grotesque buildings with dhabas and hotels, homes for plains-people and…

Snow Leopard with cubs: rare feline of the high Himalaya seen in family mode

hills · wildlife

A pair of Panthera uncia caught in family mode, in the high mountains. The mother is accompanied by the two cubs, while the irritating shutter sounds of photographers blurs the lovely mountain sounds.

Gurgling blue stream joins glacial silt browned Ganges river in Uttarakhand Himalaya

river · hills

On its way down from Harsil and a little further downstream, a lovely freshwater blue stream joins the main Bhagirathi Ganga as it rushes down the hills towards the plains.

Shivling towers over Tapovan, a glacial shelf above the Gangotri glacier in western Himalaya

snow · hills

With the Bhagirathi peaks to the north, and Meru to the south, the peaks of Shivling and Baby Shivling tower over the Tapovan glacial shelf sub-valley.

Heracleum nepalense or Hogweed has small delicate flowers, and can be seen in the middle Himalaya

hills · flowers

Nepal Hogweed is a small shrub which grows from Himachal Pradesh to Bhutan. It is somewhat similar to the Himalayan Hogweed. The stems can grow to 60-160 cm tall.

Removing wires from electric post, to install heavy duty cables in Indian Himalaya, in Uttarakhand

hills

Electrical department workers install an 11 KVA electric line by climbing atop electric poles to de-instal the older cabling and connect fresh heavy duty electric cabling in order to provide reliable and high wattage power to wealthy Mumbai…

Kumaon Regimental Center Golf course among the tall pine trees of Ranikhet in Uttarakhand Himalaya

hills · highway

The Kumaon Regimental Center Golf course among the tall pine trees of Ranikhet is only open for Members. Caddies walk behind the golfers carrying their golf bags and clubs.

Ibex uses its horns to scratch its back! Ibex herd rests after a feed in the Himalaya

hills

Oh, the life of a Himalayan Ibex! You eat all day and then sun yourself on open cliff faces, totally at home in your craggy mountain environment.

Kalindi Khal trek - lonely campsite on a glacial moraine along a deeply crevassed glacier, in Uttarakhand

hills · snow

After crossing the Shweta glacier, one gets down the Raj Parav glacier on the other side of Kalindi Khal.

Lone fox wanders off and crosses the frozen Zanskar river high in the Himalaya!

Ladakh·hills · river

After trotting along the Zanskar river for quite a while, this intrepid Himalayan Fox spots a frozen ice bridge that still exists, and uses it to cross over to the other side, to get to Padam town and hunt on its outskirts! The Zanskar Rive…

High-altitude landscapes and yaks grazing near Khardung La and North Pullu in the Indian Himalaya, in Leh

Ladakh·hills · aerial

The rugged cold desert terrain of Ladakh along the mountainous route connecting Leh to Nubra Valley through the Khardung La region.

Mud slide takes Bus off road and down steep pine forested slope in Uttarakhand Himalaya

hills

Rolling thick electrical cables to lay a heavy duty 11 KVA electric line in the Himalaya, in Uttarakhand

hills

A team of Bijli Sansthan workers roll out an 11 KVA electric line to lay a heavy duty electric cable so that wealthy Mumbai (banker) residents of Landour in Uttarakhand can install underfloor heating systems in their newly acquired mountain…

Winter time lapse in high Himalayan country around Shrikantha peak, with cloud and snow interplay, in Uttarakhand

hills · snow

The monsoon system retreats from the Himalaya, dumping down one last time in the form of the season's first heavy snowfall at high altitudes.

Over the Himalaya: fabulous huge crystal clear lake of Pangong Tso in Ladakh

Ladakh·lake · river

Fly over Pangong Tso lake in Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir. Pangong Tso lake is situated at a height of 4,250 meters, far away in barren land in Ladakh.ne can see the reflection of the sky on the surface of lake.

Master of the cliffs: Himalayan Ibex in high altitude Himalaya, fights for track on inch wide cliff

hills · snow

So adept and sure footed are they on inch-wide cliffs, with thousand foot falls below, that none can beat an Ibex for comfortable walk along the cliffs, munching on dry grasses along the way...

Massive ice skating natural rink in the Himalaya! Dancing on ice at the Spiti winter ice festival, in Himachal Pradesh

snow · hills

Kids skate out in a disciplined line onto the massive ice skating rink prepared mid-winter in the Spiti valley.

Red-billed Blue Magpie gorges on wild pear tree in western Himalaya, with bir-call resonating around, in Uttarakhand

forest · hills

Bird call resonates across our stream valley in Uttarakhand at the wildfilmsindia sanctuary in Motidhar, as a Magpie chomps into wild pears.

Summits of Garhwal Himalaya: Gangotri III, Bandarpunch White Peak and Black Peak Kalanag, in Uttarakhand

hills

See a brilliant view of the Har-ki-dun valley's high peaks as seen from above Dharali and Harsil en route Gangotri. Also, look up the Rudragaira valley towards the Gangotri range peaks. Winter trek October 2018.

Two competing male Kalij Pheasants forage on leafy forest floor, one pheasant tries to grab insects

forest · flowers

Two competing male Kalij Pheasants forage on leafy forest floor, one pheasant tries to grab insects on the wing, swining his head left to right to catch them...