hills

Himachal Pradesh·hills · river

A close-up on a ceremony being performed by His Holiness The Dalai Lama. He is also delivering a sermon and presiding over the Kalchakra ceremony that took place in Spiti, Himachal pradesh, India, in 2001.

Ladakh·hills

His Holiness the Dalai Lama's teaching on "In Praise of Dependent Arising""Eight Verses of Mind Training" and "All-encompassing Yoga" at the Diskit public teaching ground in Diskit, Nubra Valley, J&K, India on July 13, 2018.

Uttarakhand·wildlife · hills

Late night driving through Corbett National Park in search of wildlife. It requires a lot of concentration to drive in this area as there are chances that you may hit an animal.

Uttarakhand·wildlife · highway

High speed driving in the hills of Uttarakhand from Corbett towards Bhatronjkhan road. Jim Corbett National Park is the oldest national park in India and was established in 1936 as Hailey National Park to protect the endangered Bengal tiger…

hills · livestock

A flock of sheep grazing on green pastures of Kuari pass located in Garhwal region of Uttrakhand. Kuari Pass is probably the best window to view the high Himalayan peaks.

livestock · river

Mountain mules or burros, locally known as khachars / donkeys roam with their owner on a Spiti road while a group of sheep have taken off down a steep cliff near a fast flowing river in Himachal Pradesh, in the high Himalaya of India.

hills · livestock

Herd of sheep grazing on the lush green meadow of Lamkhaga in Uttarakhand. With an elevation of more than 17000 feet, Lamkhaga Pass is one of the high altitude mountain passes in the Garhwal Himalayas.

hills · livestock

It;s getting to be night fall and if the shepherd can't get his stock to the pen on time, the Snow Leopard might just get one or a few of them at nightfall! So the sheep need to rush down to the meadow, as it gets dark in the high Himalaya.…

livestock · hills

In a rich green post monsoon meadow, a flock of sheep scurry down in single file... At any other time, we could have thought that perhaps a predator like a Snow Leopard is on the prowl, but actually this is standard practice and behaviour f…

Uttarakhand·hills · forest

A flock of Himalayan domestic sheep descend from the high Himalaya to over-winter around Mussoorie, in an open forest pasture for the cold months.

coastline · hills

A hand-made traditional wooden boat made of local materials sits almost abandoned below a copse of coconut trees on a white sandy beach on Greater Nicobar island, with a distant view of palm trees and a smaller island.

coastline · river

Kids playing in the backwater estuary of Nicobar Island. Localites of the place hanging around the water body.

coastline · river

An aerial view of Greater Nicobar island in India from the helicopter. One can see the grassland and the river between the forest. A beach is visible from the air.

Uttarakhand·river · hills

However by far the most popular of all adventure recreations for the tourists has been trekking. It requires minimum expertise and can therefore be enjoyed by experts and amateurs alike.

Uttarakhand·hills · wildlife

Waiting to be savoured, the pristine ecodiversity of the Himalayan ranges beckons all nature lovers. It can be an ideal retreat for those wanting to experience the unique flora and fauna of the region.

Uttarakhand·hills

The beautiful hamlet of Chaukori has all the qualities of an ideal sojourn. It is reminiscent of an old-world charm of a bygone era. The rainbow colours shed by the rising and setting sun in the snow can truly be a heart warming sight.

Uttarakhand·hills

Almora is yet another small hill station close by. A bustling district centre, it draws visitors for its illustrous association with some prodigious names like Rabindranath Tagore, Swami Vivekanand and Uday Shankar, who found the Kumaons a…

bus · hills

Olden days' Indian roadways bus in the hills of Uttarakhand. This is the good old Uttar Pradesh state roadways bus with puke lining the outsides of the windows, hurtling through the hills with road sickness afflicted passengers!

hills · highway

Driving in Uttarakhand from Kumaon on Bhatronjkhan road. Driving at night is a daring task as visibility is low.

festival · hills

Largest Thangka of Buddha Amitabha. One of the largest thangkas in the world, the 60 feet silk embroidered brocade of Buddha Amitabha was unfurled during Naropa festival. Hemis is an idyllic village in Ladakh, in Northern India .

hills · festival

One of the world's largest Thangka painting of eight different forms of Amitabha Buddha revealed at Naropa 2018 Hemis is an idyllic village in Ladakh, in Northern India . The town is just over 40 km southeast of the town of Leh.

hills

Camping and painting in the high Himalayas sound exotic and luxurious. A sneak peek into camping among deodar trees and snow-capped mountains in the Himalayas with an artist painting the surrounding landscape.

Siliguri, West Bengal·railway · hills

Kurseong is a hill station and sub-divisional town in the Darjeeling district of the Indian state of West Bengal.