monsoon

Uttarakhand·monsoon · aerial

An aerial riverine journey up the Ganga at Haridwar town, with the muddy brown monsoon mud-filled waters of the Ganges, and the colourful jam-packed homes, ashrams and shops along the river's commercial religious course...

hills · monsoon

A monsoon walk towards the Valley of Flowers, between Ghangariya to Govindghat in the Phoolon ki ghati, in the Garhwal Himalaya.

hills · river

The Auli Ski Resort, also known as Cliff Top Club, is seen during the monsoon season in Auli. The landscape is covered in lush green mountains with dense vegetation. White and grey clouds fill the sky, often descending to touch the hills.

Bhuj, Gujarat·livestock · river

A herdsman walks with a herd of cow in Kutch in Gujarat. the cows have big horns and some cows have bells on their neck. Kutch, India’s wild west, is a geographic phenomenon.

festival · crafts

Mizo models display colourful dress collections designed by local designers during Anthurium Festival 2013. They walk in the rain, without worrying about getting wet, ruining their outfits or make-up.

monsoon · village

Rain sacrifice in Arunachal Pradesh, India. The shaman walks down the labrang (raised platform of the Apatani people), and continues through the village. All along, he chants his incantations.

monsoon

A pair of rhino in Assam seek shelter on a dry patch of land. Rhino near Gorakati camp in Assam. See an Asiatic One-horned Rhinoceros negotiating the flooded land around the thick cane brakes and swamplands of the monsoon forests...

monsoon

Rhino near Gorakati camp in Assam. See an Asiatic One-horned Rhinoceros negotiating the flooded land around the thick cane brakes and swamplands of the monsoon forests...

monsoon · village

Rain sacrifice in Arunachal. A 108 year old man (purportedly that old and supposedly a shaman) conducts a rain sacrifice ceremony to bring rainfall to the village of Ziro in Arunachal Pradesh, India.

birds · river

The origins of the Brahmaputra river. See the Siang and other rivers. Sit along the Bhalukpong.

Arunachal Pradesh·river · monsoon

Aerial view of Simang river, a tributary to Siang river near Boleng town in Arunachal Pradesh. Siang is a tributary river of Brahmaputra river. See the rain forest on both the banks of Siang.

river · monsoon

Yingkiong city in Upper Siang district of Arunachal Pradesh. Yingkiong is the administrative headquarters of Upper Siang District situated on the bank of Simang river, a tributary to Siang river.

highway · bazaar

The main market road in Yinkiong town in Upper Siang district of Arunachal Pradesh. See bike riders pass through the road as it rains in Yinkiong. One can see the lush green mountains belongs to the eastern Himalaya.

birds · wildlife

Monsoon moss and drippy rain forest in the Himalaya, with a Shikra digging into a sparrow that it just caught... Fresh meat on bone! Even the feathers get eaten.

monsoon · hills

An after storm cloudy monsoon view from the middle Himalaya, looking down to the plains of north India.

Uttarakhand·monsoon · hills

Monsoon clouds roll in over the Himalaya, circle and re-encircle each hilltop in slow motion time lapse, as seen from wildfilmsindia Jabbarkhet Estate, during the July peak monsoon month in 2021.

hills · snow

After crossing the Shweta glacier, one gets down the Raj Parav glacier on the other side of Kalindi Khal.

hills · monsoon

After crossing the Shweta glacier, one gets down the Raj Parav glacier on the other side of Kalindi Khal.

hills · snow

A lone yellow tent with smaller tents pitched on the ablation valley along a glacial shelf with the glacier separated by just a small ridge. A small glacial melt water lake is located at the edge of the moraine.

hills · snow

The monsoon system retreats from the Himalaya, dumping down one last time in the form of the season's first heavy snowfall at high altitudes.

monsoon · hills

Angry black monsoon clouds, laden with moisture approach the Rain towers of the world - the Himalaya - and rain down precipitation upon them en masse, to regenerate the glaciers and deep snow pack that feeds water to the Indian sub-continen…

Uttarakhand·hills · monsoon

Trekkers have a deep snowpack pit stop for rest while climbing atop Kalindi Khal, at near 20K feet altitude Walking in near white out conditions, with no visibility en route Kalindi Khal pass between Gangotri and Badrinath valleys.

flowers · monsoon

A cluster of yellow orchid buds hanging downwards from a slender green branch. Small droplets of water or dew can be seen clinging to the surfaces of the smooth green stems and buds, giving the plant a fresh, rain-kissed appearance.