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Uttarakhand·river · hills

Alaknanda river flowing close to the Badrinath temple of Uttarakhand. It rushes down from the valley of Badrinath.

Uttarakhand·forest · river

Cliffy Goral habitat along the Ganges river (Bhagirathi) above Uttarkashi and below Harsil. The cliffs across the river house the wild mountain goat of the Himalaya - the Ghoral or Goral.

Uttarakhand·hills · forest

Negotiating the angry Rishi Ganga river, in an attempt to cross over to the inner sanctuary on the 2001 Expedition led by Harish Kapadia, with Suman Dubey and Rupin Dang, among others.

snow · river

The mountain stands strong as the holy Hindu river Bhagirathi flows out of a snout in Gaumukh in Uttarakhand. Gomukh, the terminus or snout of the Gangotri Glacier, from where Bhagirathi river originates.

snow · river

Bhagirathi river gushes out of a snout in at Gaumukh. Peaks of Bhagirathi and Tapovan are snow capped all round the year at 13000 + feet up in the Himalayas.

snow · river

Bhagirathi river gushes out of a snout in at Gaumukh. Peaks of Bhagirathi and Tapovan are snow capped all round the year at 13000 + feet up in the Himalayas.

river · hills

The northern plains are an important physical division of India. They are situated to the south of the Himalayas. These plains are also known as the Indo-Gangetic Plains.

river · hills

A section of the Ganges river (also known as Ganga) crossing a valley. Notice the green covers and dense vegetation along the adjacent mountains; the empty roads and the random habitations of this unspoiled paradise.

Uttarakhand·industry · monsoon

Near the Tehri dam, one can still see vestigaes of the Uttarakhand floods that ravaged this valley of the Ganges some years back.

river · hills

On its way down from Harsil and a little further downstream, a lovely freshwater blue stream joins the main Bhagirathi Ganga as it rushes down the hills towards the plains.

village · hills

An aerial view of the Sukhi village above the Ganga Valley, en route Harsil. The village is situated right next to the flowing waters of the Dhauliganga River.

hills · highway

An aerial view of the narrow mountain road to Gangotri. Driving to Gangotri on a narrow mountain road at Bukhi village, to the source of Ganges.

Uttarakhand·hills · river

An aerial view of rice farming steps of Chinyalisaur on mountain shelf next to Bhagirathi Ganga near Tehri Dam. Chinyalisaur is emerging as a tourist place, situated en route to Gangotri temple.

hills · river

An aerial view of Harsil, from chasm to open braids in Ganga a beautiful wide valley en route Gangotri. The town of Harsil is located in the Indian state of Uttarakhand.

hills · river

An aerial view of Harsil, where the Ganges finds release, opens into a wide valley with many braided channels. The town of Harsil is located in the Indian state of Uttarakhand.

village · river

An aerial journey of the Ganga valley from above Dharali village. Dharali is a small hamlet located at a distance of about 6 kilometres from Harsil and 1 kilometre from Mukhba village.

hills

A sadhu rests on a parapet stone by the turbulent Bhagirathi Ganga flowing below him, in the valley above Uttarakashi, heading up to Gangotri and Harsil. The Ganges here is mostly turbulent as it drops in altitude, flowing to the plains.

hills · snow

The source of the Ganga river lies at Gaumukh which is just below the glacial shelf of Tapovan at the end of the Gangotri glacier. Standing high above is the Indian Matterhorn - Mr. Shivling with the smaller black stony Baby Shivling.

village · hills

Following a side valley trail along the Ganga river en route Gangotri. A view across from Bhukki, but one cannot see the bridge, or recognize the village. Somewhere between Salang and Sukhi, or Bhatwari and Gangnani.

snow · hills

With the Bhagirathi peaks to the north, and Meru to the south, the peaks of Shivling and Baby Shivling tower over the Tapovan glacial shelf sub-valley.

Uttarakhand·river · hills

On 7th February 2021, a sudden glacial surge of water gushed down the riverine course of the Rishi Ganga and thus the Dhauli Ganga, and into the Alaknanda river valley, all the way down from Chamoli in Garhwal to the lower reaches of the Ga…

Uttarakhand·river · hills

Th railway line to Haridwar terminates there and does not enter the Himalayan mountains! Here you can see the crowded city of Haridwar at the base of the Himalaya, with the Ganga canal cutting across the town to one side, and the Ganga rive…

snow · river

This moving river of ice, rock, rubble and silt is the Gangotri glacier - some 25 kilometers long - and the source of the Ganga nadi of north India.