monsoon

railway · monsoon

An Indian Railways train cuts through monsoon greenery along a railway track in Kerala. Fabulous aerial view of red lateritic soil that is typical of the Ghats and Nilgiris.

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Manish Malhotra talks about monsoon fashion: "Colours one can wear many in the monsoons. Wear good chappals. Yours shoes and jeans will get wet. In Bombay, when it rains, it becomes very hot.

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Vikram Phadnis on what you should not wear in monsoon: "Barsaat ke liye cotton linens should be used. Not lycra or silk or heavily embroidered clothes should not be used. Wear loose clothes because obviously it's raining.

monsoon · industry

Rain water harvesting is a key component of construction in India today. With drought looming in the future summer months for India, and prolific monsoon and mid-winter rainfall, collecting excess rain water can only be a smart move.

hills · monsoon

Clouds welling up like volcano ash, green hills crawling with the shadows of monsoon clouds passing briskly above.

Uttarakhand·flowers · hills

A valley full of blooming Agapanthus Lily in the Himalaya? wildfilmsindia grows thousands near Landour Valley of purple flowers! This Lily valley around Mussoorie is wildfilmsindia's floriculture hub Monsoon clouds mill around the valley ev…

Uttarakhand·hills · monsoon

Thick cloud cover moves in across the plains and into the higher mountains, with Surkhanda Devi and Dhanolti seen in the distance.

Uttarakhand·monsoon · hills

The Moon moves up dark Himalayan sky, as the dark and dense monsoon clouds clear away one August night, as seen from the wildfilmsindia wildlife sanctuary in Landour, Uttarakhand.

Uttarakhand·monsoon · hills

wildfilmsindia estate hand and assistant manager Naresh harvests Agapanthus Lilies in the Himalayan monsoon at our gardens and arboreta in the Landour region... We follow him around as he amasses bunches of cut Lily stems.

flowers · monsoon

Pretty even as it dies, the lotus is something else! What a delicate lotus pink, with finer shades - No wonder the Kamal is India's national flower! From bud to flower to seed pod and seed dispersal, that is the brief summer and monsoon li…

Uttarakhand·flowers · hills

A valley full of blooming Agapanthus Lily in the Himalaya? wildfilmsindia grows thousands near Landour Monsoon clouds mill around the valley even as a Darjeeling Himalayan Pied Woodpecker, a Striated Laughing Thrush and a Yellow-crowned Woo…

Uttarakhand·flowers · hills

A valley full of blooming Agapanthus Lily in the Himalaya? wildfilmsindia grows thousands near Landour Monsoon clouds mill around the valley even as a Darjeeling Himalayan Pied Woodpecker, a Striated Laughing Thrush and a Yellow-crowned Woo…

West Bengal·flowers · hills

Monsoon clouds mill around the valley even as a Darjeeling Himalayan Pied Woodpecker, a Striated Laughing Thrush and a Yellow-crowned Woodpecker hunt for insects on the oaks around our blue-green valley of Agapanthus blooms in the Himalaya!…

flowers · monsoon

From bud to flower to seed pod and seed dispersal, that is the brief summer and monsoon life of the lotus plant above water. For the rest of the year, the kamal plant is mostly dormant.

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Frying puris for Kawadiya pilgrims passing through Delhi, during their monsoon pilgrims carrying Ganga water Frying puris for Kawariya pilgrims in Delhi, during monsoon pilgrimage as they carry Ganga water

Maharashtra·monsoon

At a White Mischief sponsored event, Zayed Khan makes cocktails in Mumbai. He mixes together the ingredients for his cocktails on a table set up before him, and hands out medals to some winners.

river · hills

The Naga waterfall plunges down steep rocks, thundering and crashing its way to the valley floor, in Sikkim. The foam that is created from the roaring waters is just something else.

river · monsoon

A compelling Lachung waterfall as seen in time lapse, as clouds float by in the season of monsoon profusion in Lachung town in Sikkim, India.

highway · monsoon

Lachung town in north Sikkim is the staging point for a visit to Yumthang and high altitude Yumesamdong with its hot springs, and fabulous high altitude snow peak views.

monsoon · wildlife

Sitting in a bed of cotton and fibers between two stitched together leaves, the monsoon humidity outside makes the poor Tailor Bird pant through an open beak. A Darzi chidiya creates sutures to expertly stitch together its leaf nest.

Uttarakhand·flowers · hills

Bunches of run-wild Crocuses have taken over our early monsoon late summer hillsides at the Jabbarkhet botanical gardens of wildfilmsindia, overlooking the plains and the higher mountains of the Himalaya, as garden escapes that have got nat…

flowers · hills

See how the pollen has amply dusted off on the back of this beetle which feeds within a Crocus or Rain Lily bloom at the wildfilmsindia botanical arboretum in Uttarakhand.

hills · forest

Lachen is a big crowded hill town in north Sikkim, but gives access to fabulous forest and mountain country in the high forests of the eastern Himalaya. Wet temperate forests of Sikkim surround the town.