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Uttarakhand·hills

The old apple orchard hill-top of Jariyakhali beyond Someshwar, and well beyond Ranikhet... Ranikhet is a hill station and cantonment town in Almora district in the Indian state of Uttarakhand.

Uttarakhand·temple · hills

The ancient Someshwar Mahadev temple in Someshwar town, Almora district, Kumaon, Uttarakhand, India. 9 kms from Kausani is located the famous Shiva temple of Someshwar Mahadev with its large collection of bells.

snow · hills

Snow-view and sun-rise as seen from Snow View Hotel in Chakrata, Uttarakhand, India. Through the deodar trees, one can see the hill-top of Landour and the ridge of Mussoorie.

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Jallandhri Garh is a rushing torrent that comes down from Lamkhaga and enters the Ganga valley, meeting the river in Harsil, above Bagori village, in Uttarakhand, India.

Uttarakhand·hills

Maneri Bhali hydel project on the Ganga / Ganges river, above Uttarkashi in Uttarakhand, India. Hydel power project in the Himalaya Hydel power is the generation of electricity by falling or flowing water.

livestock · hills

Watch how the wool sheared from the sheep is twisted and wrapped into a bundle by a shepherd, before being processed, in a Himalayan high altitude valley in Uttarakhand. Fresh off the sheep - the wool must be warm!

hills · livestock

Black and white Sheep cross a hillock on a high ridge in the Himalaya, in the Jullandhri Garh valley above Harsil, Uttarakhand, India. The slopes only have grass and juniper on them.

Uttarakhand·flowers · hills

Commelina paludosa was used as a medicinal plant in traditional Indian medicinal systems such as ayurveda.

Uttarakhand·hills · temple

From Landour looking down to Dehradun and the Shivaliks... Landour is a small cantonment town in upper Mussoorie near Dehradun in the northern Indian State of Uttarakhand.

wildlife · birds

Kalij Pheasants (Lophura leucomelanos) are generally forest dwelling birds found in the southern foothills of the Himalayas.

birds · wildlife

Birds of Dehra dun and Chakrata: Lupine flowers, Green-backed Tit, Yellow-browed leaf Warbler, Himalayan Whistling Thrush, Himalayan Barbet and Brahminy Ducks or Ruddy Sheldrake (Surkhab) on Asan Barrage, Dehra dun, Uttarakhand, India.

birds · wildlife

Grey headed Flycatcher on an Oak tree in Ranikhet, Uttarakhand. The Grey headed Flycatcher is a small passerine bird. It is 13 cm long. It is a long-tailed flycatcher-like bird with an upright stance.

river · hills

Waterfall in Uttrakhand. A waterfall in the Jallandhri Garh valley above the village-town of Harsil, en route Gangotri. One can see high altitude Birch forests on the cliffy mountain above the falls.

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Padmasana instructions by Yog guru of a Himalayan spa resort. This is a luxury destination spa in Narendra Nagar, Uttarakhand, set in the Indian Himalayas.

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Yoga Session at a Himalayan spa resort. This is a luxury destination spa in Narendra Nagar, Uttarakhand, set in the Indian Himalayas.

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Yoga session at a spa in the Himalaya, Narendranagar, Uttarakhand. This is a luxury destination spa in Narendra Nagar, Uttarakhand, set in the Indian Himalayas.

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Donnie Blank lives out of this fantastically engineered bachelor pad stilt-house along a steep gradient slope in the Himalayan state of Uttarakhand in India.

Uttarakhand·hills · forest

Camera captured smoke which is raising up in the sky from a forest in Landour, Uttarakhand. The smoke can be seen moving across the entire valley and rising up high in the sky.

hills · forest

With a backdrop of wild Himalayan forests, this is the quintessential image of how Uttarakhand was before development, roads, dams and temple-towns took over the landscape! Uttarakhand has a total area of 53,484 km², of which 93% is mounta…

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hills · river

Middle Himalayan forests en route Dodital, a sparkling mountain tarn at an altitude of 10, 500 feet in the Uttarakashi district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand.

river · lake

Indian porters carrying load as they move forwards to Sangam Chatti during Dodital trek in Uttarakhand. Dodital is an emerald lake nestled amidst high mountains at an altitude of 3,310mts above sea level.

hills · river

Garbage flows down with waterfall in Uttarakhand. Red and blue plastic bags can be seen clearly which are flowing down with the waterfall.