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Speckles of Spring with colourful butterflies and flowers. Spring also brings a rejuvenation of life in Odonates. The butterfly with its worn wings will give way for offsprings to thrive while these damselflies are busy creating life.

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A large green iridescent beetle flies in slow motion and sucks nectar from yellow Ticoma type flowers. One can also see 'Common Mormon' butterflies mud puddling. Katarniaghat / Katerniaghat Wildlife Sanctuary in Uttar Pradesh.

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A Common Peacock and a Blue Peacock' (Papilio arcturus) drawing nectar from a flower of a thorny sow thistle shrub. The shiny scaled butterfly hops from one flower to the other looking for nectar.

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Close up video of a Bumblebee extracting nectar from bright red coloured Dahlia flower.

flowers · hills

As Roscoea purpurea, wild ginger, Begonia dioica and picta flower in the Himalayan monsoon, a large number of cicada insects call from the trees, creating quite a cacophony that is so typical of the rainy season in our mountains.

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A Black-capped Sibia sits on Rhododendron blossom in Uttarakhand, India. The rufous sibia (Heterophasia capistrata) is a species of bird in the Leiothrichidae family. It feeds on berries and insects.

highway · flowers

Beautiful trees of India: This fine rare and old specimen of a Sacred Barna tree grew opposite AIIMS on the Yusuf Sarai road and stood proud and tall, as one of the finest specimens of this all-Indian tree ...

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Have you ever seen helicopter as children called it or dragonfly sitting on a water lily. Water lily (family Nymphaeaceae), any of 58 species in 6 genera of freshwater plants native to the temperate and tropical parts of the world.

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A dragonfly is an insect belonging to the order Odonata, the suborder Epiprocta or, in the strict sense, the infraorder Anisoptera.

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A village kid comes across a Cobra snake in a leafy garden, chases it and picks it up without fear, pats its head and then lets it go off into the undergrowth and leaf litter.

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A Cobra snake stands tall and surveys its urban environment in a leafy New Delhi garden. It glistens in the afternoon monsoon light.

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The Dhaman is a harmless snake and is really a farmer's friend, so do not kill Rat Snakes, please! A yellow Dhaman or Indian Rat Snake is filmed slithering over a log of wood in our Wilderness Orchard.

forest · flowers

An enormous Python snake lies curled up in a central Indian Western Ghats forest under storey, amidst Flame of the Forest dhak flowers and dry leaves, after having consumed a large animal as prey.

Uttar Pradesh·flowers

Hollywood star Orlando Bloom visited India to attend a UP Government function. On the visit he also drove to Agra with Amar Singh to see India's pride and joy, the Taj Mahal.

Uttar Pradesh·fort · flowers

“Gate of the Mausoleum” – Darwaza-i Rauza stands oblong on a platform on the southern wall as the passage between the Jilaukhana and the funerary garden.

Uttar Pradesh·flowers · fort

Tourists visit Darwaza-i Rauza, the main entrance of the Taj Mahal in Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India.

Uttar Pradesh·flowers · fort

Agra's Taj Mahal complex seen from across the dry Yamuna riverbed which also serves as a Taj Mahal viewpoint. The Taj Mahal is a mausoleum complex built by Shah Jahan (reg.

Uttar Pradesh·river · flowers

Mehtab Bagh was the last of the Mughal gardens, which were built along the River Yamuna. This crescent-shaped garden is considered the ultimate spot for viewing Taj Mahal.

Uttar Pradesh·old town · river

Taj Mahal is one of the Seven Wonders of the World. It is situated on the bank of river Yamuna in the city of Agra (India). Taj is a symbol of the great Mughal heritage of India. Taj Mahal monument is a symbol of the eternity of love.

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Plural of Mongoose is mongooses or mongeese? Mating mongoose pair scampers around a garden in New Delhi. Mongoose are cut inquisitive little animals that don't harm humans and actually make very nice pets, too!

Karnataka·temple · architecture

Indian Christians are offering candles and flowers in St Mary's Basilica church in Bangalore. On the wall of St Mary's Basilica church, there is statue of Virgin Mary.

Kerala·wildlife · flowers

The panther or leopard is not a common sight in the Nilgiris and Western Ghats mountains around Munnar in Kerala.

Jammu and Kashmir·hills · snow

Himalayan Marmot forages among wild geranium flowers en route Amarnath in India. The Himalayan marmot is a marmot found in the Himalayan regions ranging in elevation from 300 to 4,500 metres (980 to 14,760 ft).