hills

livestock · river

With great trepidation, these cows approach the Ramganga river intent on crossing it. One gets swept away through the rapids but recovers just before a major cataract. Survival of the fittest. The wild spares none.

hills · livestock

A lovely silhouette profile shot of a herd of cattle coming in to roost for the night, on a mountain meadow in the Himalaya.

festival · livestock

Farmers from different villages of Karnataka come here with their cattle for display and sale at Ghati Subramanya. The major attraction of this fair is Hallikar bulls.

livestock · hills

Yak and cows grazing in the Himalayan region of India.The diet of wild yaks consists largely of grasses.

hills · livestock

Cattle herders from Sukhi Village, Uttarakhand graze their cattle in the Upper Son Gad Valley during the autumn season. This will be the last graze for these cattle up in the cold valley near the Garhwal Himalaya.

livestock · hills

A herd of Badri cows, an indigenous breed native to Uttarakhand, is seen grazing peacefully on fresh green grass in a mountainous setting.

hills · river

Mountain stream seen on way to Lamkhaga Pass. Clouds are seen moving over the Garhwal hills.

hills · snow

Clouds passing over the Himalayan valleys and a mountain stream seen on en route to Lamkhaga Pass, Himachal Pradesh.

snow · hills

The Lamkhaga Pass, which connects northeastern Garhwal to Kinnaur in Himachal Pradesh, is surrounded by a tantalizing landscape of snow and mountains, and an air of mystery.

snow · hills

Porters chopping sheep meat before preparing a meal of it on a trek to the Lamkhaga Pass, Himachal Pradesh.

hills · snow

Camera captured the view of Garhwal hills, and one can see a stream flowing from the rocky mountain.

hills · snow

Clouds moving over the Himalayan hills en route to Lamkhaga Pass, Himachal Pradesh. The Lamkhaga Pass, which connects northeastern Garhwal to Kinnaur in Himachal Pradesh, is surrounded by a tantalizing landscape of snow and mountains, and a…

Ladakh·hills · river

Keylong (or Kyelong or Kyelang) is the administrative centre of the Lahaul and Spiti district in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh, 126 km (78 mi) north of Manali and 120 km (75 mi) from the Indo-Tibetan border.

Spiti, Himachal Pradesh·industry · hills

Workers collects water to be used in the work of road construction of Keylong, Himachal Pradesh, India.

hills · village

Kardang Monastery or Gompa is a famous Drukpa Lineage monastery, and is the most important monastery the Lahaul valley, India. The associated village of Kardang was once the capital of Lahaul.

Spiti, Himachal Pradesh·river · hills

Rohtang Pass due to people dying in bad weather trying to cross the pass) (elevation 3,978 m (13,050 ft)), is a high mountain pass on the eastern Pir Panjal Range of the Himalayas around 51 km (32 mi) from Manali.

village · hills

Panoramic view of Kardang village and Kardang Monastery as seen from Keylong town of Himachal Pradesh, India. One can also view a village from Tooh valley near Keylong town.

Himachal Pradesh·river · hills

Barren mountains of Sarchu, Baralachala pass, Tsarap River, view of a village from Tooh valley, Jispa valley and many other natural one can witness en route Leh, Ladakh.

Himachal Pradesh·hills · river

Pir Panjal Range mountain range in the northern Indian subcontinent. It is part of the western (Punjab) Himalayas, the western outlier of the vast Himalayas system.

hills

Flying from the Himachal Pradesh Himalaya, around the Parvati Valley and the Great Himalayan National Park, into the lower hills and then the plains of north India. See a village and town clustered around the fields.

bazaar · hills

Aerial view of Mandi town were we see clusters of houses in the hill slope of Mandi, Himachal Pradesh.

Himachal Pradesh·hills · forest

Clouds move in fast motion over the hills of Dharamshala, mostly covered with cedar forest in Kangra District of Himachal Pradesh, India. Dharamshala is a city in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh.

village · bus

For the few travellers that know of Kalga, it is one of many small villages scattered across the Paravati Valley, the gorge that runs eastwards from the confluence of the Parvati and Beas rivers.