hills

Ladakh·hills · aerial

Flying over the Himalaya! Zanskar range of peaks followed by Himachal Parvati valley, Lahaul, Spiti, Garhwal range with Kamet and Nanda Devi.

Leh, Ladakh·hills · aerial

Kushok Bakula Rimpoche Airport in Leh with a backdrop of the Ladakh and Zanskar ranges as seen aerially, with alluvial fans, Ladakh villages, monasteries and the Markha Valley behind Stok Kangri, and the Indus river flowering through the va…

highway · snow

Early winter snow and ice cover on the world's highest road and traffic jam in the trans Himalayan Ladakh region, on Khardungla pass.

forest · birds

It's red jaunty crest aflame and bouncing back and forth as the bird pecks at the trunk, this Himalayan Pied Woodpecker or Katphora pecks away at mossy trunk of Oak tre at wildfilmsindia wildlife reserve in Uttarakhand.

Zanskar, Ladakh·livestock · hills

The last few hundred meters down to the waters' edge, the young Urial ewes lop and canter, jump and spring forward, excited for their drink of water in this high altitude desert! As the Urial descend down a ravine, jumping across smaller pr…

highway · hills

As one drives up to the world's highest motorable pass of Khardung La at about 17, 500 feet above sea level, the cold, icy conditions, difficult driving conditions in the pre-winter season and more, all weigh on one's mind.

Tamil Nadu·railway · monsoon

Couple out for a stroll on a railway track with a monsoon green backdrop in Ooty hill station, Tamil Nadu Ooty (short for Udhagamandalam) is a resort town in the Western Ghats mountains, in southern India's Tamil Nadu state.

hills · river

wildfilmsindia visited the Zanskar and Indus river confluence in Ladakh, at Saspul - Nimmu sangam, in October 2022, and found this brilliant blue river confluence.

hills · farmland

Ooty, Tamil Nadu: Ootacamund hill station seen from air, with red lateritic soil, green tea gardens.

Leh, Ladakh·hills

The Katang Putit or Kharra - the noisy and gregarious Pied Magpie of Ladakh, Shanti Stupa lit up at night, a Ladakhi woman collects potatoes from her fields, and apples on the trees outside a homestead in Leh.

monsoon · hills

Incy Wincy Spider, all black with yellow spots, went up the spider's web, at its monsoon home in the Himalaya. The spider feeds on small insects it has caught in its trap and repairs the damaged silken strands at the same time.

birds · wildlife

Kotwal chidiya or Grey Drongo has a ruby red eye, a forked tail and bluish-grey plumage that makes it stand out and be most visible, especially as it sits on vantage points and the tops of trees, in our middle hills in the western Himalaya.…

Uttarakhand·birds · hills

Kotwal chidiya or Grey Drongo has a ruby red eye and bluish-grey plumage that makes it stand out and be most visible, especially as it sits on vantage points and the tops of trees, in our middle hills in the western Himalaya.

birds · hills

The Red-crowned Jay has a smart blue wing patch, while Striated Laughing Thrush has white streak - striations. A female Pied Flycatcher Shrike or Dark Grey Bush Chat follows, flicking its tail up and down.

Uttarakhand·hills · flowers

This hill cucumber is large and thick and has small dimples or bumps on the surface, it super sweet and juicy, and grows across the hills of Uttarakhand.

monsoon · hills

As seen from the wildfilmsindia wildlife sanctuary and arboretum in the western Himalaya, monsoon clouds flow across the mountains, as they exit the Himalaya and India, at tail-end of the rainy season.

Tamil Nadu·hills · railway

Ooty is now a maze of poorly planned constructions like just about every other hill town in India, sadly.

school · hills

Lovedale in Kerala: Home of Lawrence School, tea gardens and green rolling meadows and forested hills

Uttarakhand·hills

With the monsoon-time cicadas calling vociferously, dawn slowly breaks at Jabbarkhet, with a hearty good morning from wildfilmsindia's Himalayan home, as the Super moon hides away for the night.

Uttarakhand·forest · monsoon

Misty monsoon Himalayan rain-forest-like forest at wildfilmsindia Jabbarkhet forests around Mussoorie in the Uttarakhand Himalaya.

Tamil Nadu·hills · flowers

Ooty, Tamil Nadu: Ootacamund hill station seen from air, with red lateritic soil, green tea gardens Ooty (short for Udhagamandalam) is a resort town in the Western Ghats mountains, in southern India's Tamil Nadu state.

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Bad moon rising? Or blood moon? Nah, all moon rises are good. Why do we associate so many negatives with the moon? This one comes up from behind a forested Himalayan ridgeline, as seen from the wildfilmsindia orchard and botanical gardens…

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An Uttarakhandi Muslim workman does a proficient job of applying polish to the pine wood rafters in the ceiling of a Himalayan home in Uttarakhand.