“Himalayas”

Himachal Pradesh·festival · music

Indian Navy band plays military tunes at the annual Summer Festival in Shimla. This renowned event has been held regularly in Shimla since the 1960s and is a five day extravaganza.

hills · ceremony

This must be normal for these high altitude dwelling communities in Uttarakhand but for many of us, this is an exotic wedding with the Himalayan peaks on both sides of the valley.

Bhutan·hills

We filmed this rare Chumbi Wall butterfly in Bumthang, Bhutan. The Chumbi valley is in Tibet! (We have wrongly titled the first butterfly as a Common Sailor).

Uttarakhand·hills

A Himalayan glow-worm as seen in Landour, Uttarakhand, in May 2014. While climbing, this glow-worm seems to have lost its balance while climbing a leaf and fell right off the cliff-face, as we filmed it! A viewer tells us these are likely t…

flowers

Wallich Geranium is a perennial herb with paired rose-pink to red-purple flowers with pale centers. Flowers are large, 2.5-4 cm across. Sepals are bristly haired on veins.

Uttarakhand·hills

This video shows exactly how electric cables are changed in Landour. Even though electricity is important, these men are risking their lives to change electric cables bare handed and without any gears. Very dangerous.

hills

Himachal Pradesh

hills · village

Like the vultures in Mowgli and the Jungle Book of Kipling (Now what are we going to do?), these Griffons fight and spread their wings as a threat and to show dominance at the kill of a leopard around Agoda village in Garhwal, Uttarakhand.

birds · forest

What a lovely challenging yet cheery call this Laughing Thrush has, as it sits on a branch and establishes its territory, while taking preening breaks in between calling out! With a tone of familiarity, we have nick-named this common and fr…

hills

Standing just above the tree-line with the last Birch tree below me, I filmed this sequence from the meadows below Kiarkoti en route Lamkhaga pass, as the clouds cleared to reveal the most brilliant views of Srikantha and the Gangatri wall…

Uttarakhand·snow · hills

Highlands-based Martin Moran had been leading the group on the ascent of an unclimbed and unnamed 21,250ft (6,477m) summit in the Nanda Devi region in May. They were reported missing after an avalanche in the area.

hills · flowers

Our editor bunched up several lots of footage in here! We collected a massive stock of spring-time flowering Arum Lilies from our stream-side orchard in the Himalaya, and filled up our flower vases with them! Qatar flight best-of - on board…

temple · village

Much pomp and pageantry accompanies the winter movement of the Gangotri temple idol on its winter journey.

architecture · hills

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

hills · wildlife

A Himalayan Tahr (Hemitragus jemlahicus), a large wild goat-like mammal native to the Himalayan mountain ranges of India, Nepal, and Tibet. The animal is seen grazing among dry leaves on a rugged forested slope in the Himalayan region.

hills · highway

Road journey through the vast arid landscapes of Ladakh, India, filmed from inside a moving vehicle.

Uttarakhand·hills · village

Villagers participate in traditional river fishing practices during the Maund Mela in the Himalayan regions of Tehri Garhwal, Jaunsar, and Rawai.

Uttarakhand·hills · festival

Filmed from the wildfilmsindia arboretum at Jabbarkhet in Uttarakhand, this sunrise timelapse beautifully captures how the light evolves as trekkers gain elevation.

flowers · hills

It takes a lot of heavy digging to get to the bottom of these mighty clumps of Agapanthus or Lily of the Nile. But we need to uproot them, divide them and re-plant them, to ensure their well-being and continued growth and flowering...