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monsoon · aerial

Kanpur gets flooded in monsoon 2018: aerial view of outlying regions along Ganga. When a low-pressure area developed over Uttar Pradesh and the axis of Monsoon trough shifted northwards and was passing through Uttar Pradesh, heavy to very h…

Uttar Pradesh·river

The river coming in from the right of frame is the Ganges and the brownish water to the left is the Yamuna or Jamna river, with the mythical Saraswati (which disappears above Badrinath, in the Himalaya) supposedly joining in undergroung, at…

Uttar Pradesh·river · aerial

An aerial view of the Allahabad city along the swollen monsoony Ganga river Allahabad or Prayag is also called the "Tirth Raj", the king of all pilgrimage centres.

village · river

An aerial journey of the Ganga valley from above Dharali village. Dharali is a small hamlet located at a distance of about 6 kilometres from Harsil and 1 kilometre from Mukhba village.

Uttarakhand·river · farmland

An aerial view of the Uttarkashi town along the Bhagirathi Ganga river: red rice fields converted to concrete.

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Beautiful winter sunset on Yamuna Bank with the sun spreading its yellow and orange wings out. What amazing colours that light up the horizon with a complete contrast with the green farmlands along the banks of Delhi's abused river.

Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh·aerial · river

Aerial view of millions of Hindu devotees gathered at the Ganga ghat for Shahi Snan during Ardh Kumbh in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh. See the pontoon or floating bridges over Ganga that carry millions of pilgrims during the Kumbh Mela.

Uttar Pradesh·river · festival

Flying over the temporary tented city created for Ardh Kumbh 2019 in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh.

Uttar Pradesh·river

Hindu devotees gather in thousands on the banks of the River Ganga in Varanasi or Benaras to take a dip in the 'Holy Waters' of the River Ganga on the auspicious day of Kartik Poornima.

Uttar Pradesh·river · ceremony

The Ganga aarti of Varanasi is a shining beacon of devotion and bliss that makes us experience the divinity in and around us. Since ages, no day has gone by when the holy Ganga River has not been adored.

Uttar Pradesh·river · ceremony

The Ganga aarti of Varanasi is a shining beacon of devotion and bliss that makes us experience the divinity in and around us. Since ages, no day has gone by when the holy Ganga River has not been adored.

Uttar Pradesh·river

Thousands of Hindu devotees pay pilgrimage here at the Ganges or Ganga. The river is a sacred holy river for Hindus in India. Devotees take a dip and cleanse themselves on the banks of the Ganga in Benaras.

snow · river

In that drab brownness lies the genesis of India's most important river! The dark patch is the Gangotri glacier giving way to the waters emanating from below the glacier and transforming in that one instant into the Ganga or the Ganges, the…

hills · snow

The source of the Ganga river lies at Gaumukh which is just below the glacial shelf of Tapovan at the end of the Gangotri glacier. Standing high above is the Indian Matterhorn - Mr. Shivling with the smaller black stony Baby Shivling.

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As eveving descends on the banks of the Ganges river at Benarus, preparations are underway for the Dev Deepawali festival, with grotesque laser lights and more simple arrangements in the form of oil-fed diya lights and prayers by the river…

Uttar Pradesh·coastline · river

The Ganges is as wide as a sea at Allahabad, so vast and impressive is the spread of this water body here.

village · hills

Following a side valley trail along the Ganga river en route Gangotri. A view across from Bhukki, but one cannot see the bridge, or recognize the village. Somewhere between Salang and Sukhi, or Bhatwari and Gangnani.

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As one crosses the bridge short of Gangnani, the Ganges is a turquoise blue gurgling mountain torrent with none of the introduced filth of the plains or of humanity.

Uttar Pradesh·ceremony · river

The traditional arati prayers offered each evening to the Ganges river at Varanasi town in Uttar Pradesh, with much pomp and spirituality, dhoop lighting bhajans, prayers, conch shell blowing, ceremony, faith and more...

Uttarakhand·architecture · river

A couple meets up for a secret rendezvous over a hanging suspension bridge over the Ganges river above Rishikesh town in Uttarakhand, in this fun aerial video.

Uttarakhand·river

Slightly tacky, but somewhat aesthetic as well, this couple seem to be celebrating their new-found love by walking the sandy beaches and rocky outcrops along the Ganges river as it descends from the mountains, and into the plains at Rishike…

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What amazingly clean and pure waters in the Ganga river. One doesn't exactly associate this river with cleanliness any more...

Uttarakhand·river · hills

On 7th February 2021, a sudden glacial surge of water gushed down the riverine course of the Rishi Ganga and thus the Dhauli Ganga, and into the Alaknanda river valley, all the way down from Chamoli in Garhwal to the lower reaches of the Ga…