flowers

Rajasthan·desert · flowers

Rao Jodha Park is still a very young refuge for wild plants and it will be some years before you can expect to see mature trees, grasses and shrubs. The rocks that everyone knows in Jodhpur as Mehrangarh is Vindhyan sandstone.

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.

flowers · crafts

Patola are a double ikat woven sari, usually made from silk, made in Patan, Gujarat, India. The word patola is the plural form; the singular is patolu. They are very expensive, once worn only by royalty and the aristocracy.

forest · hills

When Lord Curzon was the Viceroy of India, he walked this high altitude trail from Ghat village in Garhwal. This beautiful high altitude Himalayan trail is now known as the Kuari pass trek.

farmland · wildlife

Where Life Depends on Mangoes! In the district of Meerut in Uttar Pradesh, Jwalagarh is a village that is hard to find even on Google Maps.

flowers · hills

A rare collection of some of the rarest and most beautiful Himalayan blooms. Brought to you by Rupin Dang, author of 'Flowers of the Western Himalaya', published by Wilderness Films India.

Jammu and Kashmir·flowers · farmland

Pampore near Srinagar is the hotbed of saffron farming in India. It produces the highest output of saffron in the country. More than 3000 acres of land is under saffron cultivation.

Uttarakhand·school · flowers

Landour institutions that are famous are Prakash's shop, for its cheese and jams (and occasionally bread and cinnamon rolls!), Deodar Hotel (Dev dar Woods), the Landour Language School, Kellogg church, Woodstock school, St.

festival · flowers

Ms. Usha Kumar, General Secretary of Anjuman Sair-e-Gul Faroshan or Phool Walon Ki Sair takes out a procession at India Gate in Delhi.

ceremony · festival

Tools in a garage in Gautam Nagar are cleaned and covered with a flower garland and marigold flowers before the start the puja. Sweets and incense sticks are lit around the tools before the puja.

festival · temple

Rath Yatra in Covid times! Meet the masked men of the juggernaut... Devotees and priests alike wear protective masks as they celebrate Rath Yatra at the Sree Neelachala Seva Sangha Jagannath Temple in New Delhi.

Uttarakhand·flowers · village

While the world is reeling under the duress of the Coronavirus infection and the lockdown to contain the spread of the virus, residents at this small hamlet of Agoda in Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand is celebrating and indulging themselves in a s…

Punjab·flowers

Visitors at the Pinjore garden near Chandigarh. One cans see the Mughal architecture. The PInjore garden is alos known as the Yadavindra garden.

old town · flowers

Samode Bagh comprises a collection of extremely comfortable tent- effect rooms scattered around a large premise.

old town · flowers

Samode Palace bedroom decorated in a traditional Rajasthani style. Samode Palace, Samode Haveli and Samode Bagh (Garden) are heritage monuments and structures built by the noble feudatory with the hereditary title of 'Maha Rawal' or 'Maha S…

old town · flowers

Samode Palace bedroom decorated in a traditional Rajasthani style. Samode Palace, Samode Haveli and Samode Bagh (Garden) are heritage monuments and structures built by the noble feudatory with the hereditary title of 'Maha Rawal' or 'Maha S…

flowers · aerial

Rajasthan Palace, Sisodia Rani ka bagh : aerial journey over historic complex and gardens. Bagh means garden. The name can be translated as the ‘garden of Queen Sisodia’.

Rajasthan·flowers · farmland

A farm of Chrysanthemum or Babula flowers is just what most of the famous Bollywood songs are made of. However, these flowers are cultivated for the temples of Pushkar and Ajmer Shareef Dargah in Ajmer.

Rajasthan·flowers · farmland

Rajasthani women pluck seasonal Chrysanthemum or Babula flowers from a flower farm in Pushkar in March 2019. The reds of the womens' sarees contrast nicely to the white flowers and the green plants.

Rajasthan·flowers

A bee-eater bird enjoys the rose and wheat farms in Pushkar. Known as ‘the rose garden of Rajasthan’, the essence of the famous Pushkar rose is exported all over the world. It is the Mughals who first started rose cultivation here.

hills · flowers

The Dzukou Valley also called the valley of flowers is located along the border of the Indian states of Nagaland and Manipur, stretching from the Southern end of Kohima district of Nagaland.

hills · flowers

The Dzukou Valley also called the valley of flowers is located along the border of the Indian states of Nagaland and Manipur, stretching from the Southern end of Kohima district of Nagaland.

hills · river

The view of the town and valley at the outskirts of kisama going towards Dzoukou valley in Nagaland. The Dzükou Valley is a valley located at the border of the Indian states of Manipur and Nagaland.