monsoon

highway · monsoon

A dull grey wonderful overcast day in the New Delhi monsoon, albeit with Covid19 playing the spoilsport. Dhaula Kuan flyover and roundabout in heavy rain, with traffic speeding past.

monsoon · highway

Adhchini - IIT Gate stretch of road often leads to rain water accumulation and water logging due to poor storm water drainage - one would be advised to avoid this stretch in heavy rain or during or shortly after a heavy shower.

highway · monsoon

Sudden showers in the monsoon send pedestrians and people riding two-wheelers scurrying for cover and pedestrian over-bridge, a bus-stop or a flyover are some of the preferred choices.

highway · monsoon

The Ansari Nagar traffic junction in South Delhi, New Delhi, India, on a rainy day. A multi-level flyover carries traffic above the surface roads, while cars, motorcycles, buses, and green-and-yellow auto-rickshaws move through the signal-c…

Uttarakhand·hills · monsoon

Amazing view of Marigolds flowering in Pithoragarh area of Uttarakhand, India. A foggy view of the Himalayas due to heavy rainfall. Beautiful marigolds blooming along the Himalayan range.

farmland · monsoon

Note the elaborate irrigation systems in place, even as the farmers conduct a more traditional manual form of farming... A paddy field is a flooded parcel of arable land used for growing rice and other semiaquatic crops.

farmland · monsoon

A paddy field is a flooded parcel of arable land used for growing rice and other semiaquatic crops. Paddy fields are a typical feature of rice farming in east, south and southeast Asia.

farmland · monsoon

A paddy field is a flooded parcel of arable land used for growing rice and other semiaquatic crops. Paddy fields are a typical feature of rice farming in east, south and southeast Asia.

Ajmer, Rajasthan·monsoon · livestock

With their buffalos for company, a group of Rajasthani village women walk in the monsoon rain, towards their village near Ajmer. One girl is particularly tall, even for a Rajasthani. A big black goat comes along, too.

river · monsoon

Flood in Assam is characterized by their extremely large magnitude, high frequency and extensive devastation.

monsoon · livestock

Grasslands of Shokhalia have been green and grassy since the monsoon rains hit. Cattle have been brought out by the locals to graze on the grass.

Madhya Pradesh·monsoon · temple

The Khajuraho Group of Monuments in Khajuraho is a town in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, located in Chhatarpur District, about 620 kilometers (385 miles) southeast of New Delhi, are one of the most popular tourist destinations in Indi…

monsoon

Uttarakhand has its own surprises and wonders, despite the grief that has hit the state. You can wake up in the morning to such glorious sunrises that you would not want to leave the place. A lot of places are safe now to visit.

hills · monsoon

People walking down the street of Mussoorie for shopping after a monsoon rain, Uttarakhand. Rainy season means discount season in Mussoorie.

Uttar Pradesh·fort · monsoon

Nestled inside the famous Purana Quila near Mathura road lies the unexplored and hidden Purana Quila Baoli or stepwell. Baoli is a stepped well which was used in ancient time to preserve water during monsoon seasons.

Maharashtra·fort · monsoon

An overview of the Vasai Fort or Bassein Fort in Mumbai, Maharashtra as seen in the monsoon. Palm trees and other vegetation growing around the complex of the old fort city.

fort · monsoon

The ruins of Revdanda Fort in Alibag / Alibaug, Maharashtra during the monsoon season looks nothing like the sunset pictures in the dry season.

West Bengal·highway · monsoon

Bulldozer clears the road after landslide in Kalimpong, Darjeeling. On 30 Jun/01 July 2015 torrential rains lashed Kalimpong dumping 227mm of rain in a 8hr period.

music · river

A youth presents a Tibetan song during Winter Carnival in Sikkim. Sikkim gears up for its biggest event, Sikkim Winter Carnival 2014.

monsoon · hills

While driving through the dramatic landscapes of Ladakh, the majestic Thiksey Monastery rises gracefully against grey, rain-filled clouds.

forest · monsoon

A rain forest stream, a tree frog on the branch of a tree and a forest orchid, from Mawphlang in Meghalaya, India.

monsoon

Indian monsoon, the most prominent of the world's monsoon systems, which primarily affects India and its surrounding water bodies.

monsoon

Despite the fraudulent prognostications of the weather department, the Indian monsoon is nowhere in sight over New Delhi! We were told that it would be arriving early on the 15th of June, but on the 8th of July, there is SIMPLY no monsoon i…