flowers

flowers

The picking of saffron flowers rendered in slow motion. The saffron flower picking season in Pampore begins towards the end of October and lasts a fortnight.

Jammu and Kashmir·flowers

After a rainy day saffron flower picking in Pampore near Srinagar in Kashmir starts post noon and continues till late noon or evening.

flowers

Saffron stamens are separated by Pampore farmers at home after flower picking and collection in the fields. The stamen separation process is a delicate one and is done by hand.

festival · flowers

Indian kids take part in a Kushti competition organise by Phool Walon ki Sair in Mehrauli, Delhi. Phool Walon Ki Sair or "procession of the florists" is an annual celebration by the flowers sellers of Delhi.

festival · flowers

Indian wrestlers take part in a Kushti competition organise by Phool Walon ki Sair in Mehrauli, Delhi. Phool Walon Ki Sair or "procession of the florists" is an annual celebration by the flowers sellers of Delhi.

festival · flowers

Indian kids take part in a Kushti competition organise by Phool Walon ki Sair in Mehrauli, Delhi. Phool Walon Ki Sair or "procession of the florists" is an annual celebration by the flowers sellers of Delhi.

festival · flowers

Indian kids take part in a Kushti competition organise by Phool Walon ki Sair in Mehrauli, Delhi. Phool Walon Ki Sair or "procession of the florists" is an annual celebration by the flowers sellers of Delhi.

festival · flowers

Indian kids take part in a Kushti competition organise by Phool Walon ki Sair in Mehrauli, Delhi. Phool Walon Ki Sair or "procession of the florists" is an annual celebration by the flowers sellers of Delhi.

festival · flowers

Indian kids take part in a Kushti competition organise by Phool Walon ki Sair in Mehrauli, Delhi. Phool Walon Ki Sair or "procession of the florists" is an annual celebration by the flowers sellers of Delhi.

festival · flowers

Indian kids take part in a Kushti competition organise by Phool Walon ki Sair in Mehrauli, Delhi. Phool Walon Ki Sair or "procession of the florists" is an annual celebration by the flowers sellers of Delhi.

festival · flowers

Indian kids take part in a Kushti competition organise by Phool Walon ki Sair in Mehrauli, Delhi. Phool Walon Ki Sair or "procession of the florists" is an annual celebration by the flowers sellers of Delhi.

Jammu and Kashmir·flowers

Towards the end of October, thousands of acres of land in Pampore near Srinagar gets painted purple with the blossoming saffron crocus flowers.

flowers

Cosmos is a genus, with the same common name of Cosmos, of about 20--26 species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. Cosmos are herbaceous perennial plants growing 0.3--2 m (1 ft 0 in--6 ft 7 in) tall.

Uttarakhand·flowers

Cosmos is a genus, with the same common name of Cosmos, of about 20--26 species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. Cosmos are herbaceous perennial plants growing 0.3--2 m (1 ft 0 in--6 ft 7 in) tall.

flowers

The play of light and shade accentuates the changing skyline above, and the dance of cloud and sky, as the monsoons retreat over Delhi and our Water Lilies bloom at their peak.

lake · flowers

Monsoon wonders from a Delhi pond eco-system. Pied Crested Cuckoos and Crows call in the backdrop, as these Water Lilies display their blooms to full effect, in the wetland created by us at the Wilderness Orchard and botanical gardens in Ne…

flowers

Water lily blooming time lapse...... Water lily (family Nymphaeaceae), any of 58 species in 6 genera of freshwater plants native to the temperate and tropical parts of the world.

Jammu and Kashmir·flowers · river

Fungus grows on a tree trunk while Ivy climbs up it as well. This Lilac flower grows at the edge of the Daghwan river in Dachigam National Park in Jammu and Kashmir state of India.

flowers

Gladiolus is a genus of perennial cormous flowering plants in the iris family (Iridaceae).It is sometimes called the 'Sword lily', but usually by its generic name (plural gladioli).

Jammu and Kashmir·flowers

Nerium oleander is an evergreen shrub or small tree in the dogbane family Apocynaceae, toxic in all its parts. It is the only species currently classified in the genus Nerium.

Jammu and Kashmir·flowers · river

Roses in full blossom at Shalimar Garden in Srinagar, Kashmir. Shalimar Bagh is a Mughal garden in India, linked through a channel to the northeast of Dal Lake, on its right bank located near Srinagar city in Jammu and Kashmir.

ceremony · festival

Glimpse of the Cheiraoba festival celebration in Manipur. "Sajibu Nongma Pānba" also called "Meetei Cheiraoba" is the lunar new year festival of the people who follows the sanamahism religion of the Indian state of Manipur.The name Sajibu N…

hills · flowers

These bearded Irises were planted by the British in the garden of Rockville Cottage in the Uttarakhand Himalaya of India.