“Himalayas”

hills · flowers

Masses of tulips and anemones bloom in the Himalayan spring-time at the Wilderness Orchard and botanical gardens in the western Himalayan state of Uttarakhand.

Himachal Pradesh·village · hills

While filming the Spiti valley, the wildfilmsindia team took a de-tour to Gue village to film the Tibetan Mummy which we have now filmed many times in the past. Each time, the setting was different though.

Uttarakhand·birds · hills

Some of the bird species that wildfilmsindia protects at its Wilderness Orchard and botanical gardens in the western Himalayan town of Landour in Mussoorie. The Collared Pygmy Owlet is the smallest Owl in the world.

Sitting on a cypress tree, this preening Black-crowned Jay has its inner down feathers exposed and blowing in the wind, creating a blur of blue and rust...

flowers · industry

Common Morning Glory is a morning glory vine native to Mexico and Central America, but widely naturalized in India.

Uttarakhand

Breaking camp at Kanchani Kharak in the Kedarnath Wildlife Sanctuary, we have a breakfast of chapattis and subzi as prepared by the porters, pack up our tents and head out...

Sikkim·hills

Driving between the snowy mountains of Sikkim which is a part of Eastern Himalayas in India.

village · school

An Uttarakhandi woman teaches Hindi poems to little kids at a rural village school in Garhwal, India.

Himachal Pradesh·hills

Dak Bangla (L and T guest house) near Mashobhra.... Started cycling from Mashobhra.

Uttarakhand·hills · village

Bharat Homestay – The Native Himalayan serves as a trekking basecamp in the Himalayan region of Uttarakhand.

Himachal Pradesh

birds

The Chestnut-bellied Rock Thrush (Monticola rufiventris) is a species of bird in the Muscicapidae family. It is found in the northern regions of the Indian Subcontinent, eastwards towards parts of Southeast Asia.

birds · hills

Listen to this bird call and tell me you haven't heard it while walking in mountain forests or sitting in a hill station garden...!? Is that a Slaty Blue Flycatcher at the end of this video? Please help us identify and confirm the same! It…

hills · highway

This video shows local streets of Thimpu townm capital of Himalayan hill country Bhutan. Mother and daughter can be seen walking past, the mother in traditional attire. The roads can be seen having light traffic.

dance · hills

Young Sikkimese girl dancing belly dance during Sikkim Winter Carnival. Sikkim gears up for its biggest event, Sikkim Winter Carnival 2014.

river · hills

Car journey from Gangtok to Nathula Pass and then to the Changu Lake in the Indian state of Sikkim. One can also see the snow-capped mountains of Eastern Himalaya.

Uttarakhand·festival · village

Uttarakhand – the northern state of India allures everyone with its mountains, scenic beauty, simple people and a tough lifestyle.

flowers · hills

Summer time floral glory in the Himalaya... Rhododendrons signify the Himalaya like no other tree, not even the native Magnolia campbelli of the eastern Himalaya.

Uttarakhand·river

forest · hills

Traditional slate stone roof on a village home in Kanatal, Uttarakhand. Slate is no longer mined in Uttarakhand, so the older stones have been recycled for use on modern mountain homes and the village homes that carried them are now covered…

river · aerial

Aerial view of the confluence of river Alaknanda and Bhagirathi in Devprayag in Uttarakhand. At the confluence, there is a temple of Hindu Lord Shiva.

hills

The descent into Paro airport in Bhutan is a precipitous affair for any pilot - he or she has to suddenly negotiate a steep descent into the relatively narrow valley, dropping altitude rapidly after crossing the steep ridges before.

livestock

Sheep shearing is the process by which the woollen fleece of a sheep is cut off. The person who removes the sheep's wool is called a shearer. Typically each adult sheep is shorn once each year Source: Wikipedia