River — Clipahoy

Women devotees head home after tiring day on riverbank, celebrating Chatth puja offerings to sun god

ceremony · river

Women devotees head home after a tiring day on the riverbank, celebrating Chatth/ Chhat puja and making offerings to the Purvanchali sun god.

Mostly women devotees crowd together in cold waters at Yamuna Chhath Ghat in Delhi

river · ceremony

In post monsoon cold water, women and men from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar come and pray to the sun god, for Chhat Puja, offering fruit, coconuts and flowers in a thali.

Biggest festival of Hindu Purvanchalis from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar: Chhath puja along river bank

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Boys find Yamuna river clean enough to swim in, despite the detergent and industrial water pollution, in Delhi

river · industry

In early winter, boys find the Yamuna river at a Delhi ghat clean enough to dive into and swim in, despite all the detergent and industrial water pollution and foaminess around them.

India drinks water from this river of foam and detergent: Polluted Yamuna river Delhi

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India drinks water from this river of foam and detergent: Polluted Yamuna river Delhi Surfactants and phosphates dominate Yamuna River water in New Delhi, kill off fish and aquatic life It's snowing in Delhi! Nope, sorry to disappoint, this…

Chhath Puja on the banks of the Yamuna river: Purvanchalis pray to India's sun god at end of monsoon

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Purvanchali Indians crowd river banks at evening Chhath Puja at Yamuna river Delhi: Sun god prayer

river · ceremony

Aerial view of Zanskar range mountains and Indus river while flying from Leh in Ladakh

Ladakh·river · aerial

Kushok Bakula in Leh, with passengers filing into a Vistara Airlines flight bound for New Delhi. Flying over the Indus river out of the Leh valley and towards the lower mountains of Himachal Pradesh.

Bangalore and BTM Lake built by Cholas, Madiwala, aerial views of crowded tech city Bengaluru, India

Karnataka·river · aerial

The high rise sprawl starts where the low rise crowding ends in the suburbs of Bangalore city, Karnataka. The BTM lake is a large water body at the edge of the city.

Chhath Puja along the Yamuna river in Delhi: Praying to the Sun god in India

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Kerala backwaters, river bridge and anicut, rice fields and monsoon greenery, as seen from the air

river · monsoon

A brilliant view of Kerala's backwaters, a river bridge and anicut, rice fields and monsoon greenery, and a wonderful big sky country landscape as seen from the air.

Alluvial Fan with deep grooves from water flow looks prominent along Zanskar river in Ladakh

Ladakh·river · highway

Alluvial Fan with deep grooves created from the flow of water looks prominent along the Zanskar river in Ladakh.

Driving through the flooded streets of Dehradun town, after negotiating the Mohand tunnel in rain

Uttarakhand·monsoon · highway

What a rainy day it is in Dehra dun! Driving through Rajaji National Park, one is reminded of the brilliant forest, stream-bed and Asarori Forest Rest House all of which have now ben ruined for the new highway construction! Driving through…

Zanskar range of peaks, Himachal Parvati valley, Lahaul - Spiti, Mulkila Garhwal range Nanda Devi

Ladakh·hills · aerial

Flying over the Himalaya! Zanskar range of peaks followed by Himachal Parvati valley, Lahaul, Spiti, Garhwal range with Kamet and Nanda Devi.

Ladakh and Zanskar ranges as seen aerially, with alluvial fans, villages, monasteries, Markha Valley

Leh, Ladakh·hills · aerial

Kushok Bakula Rimpoche Airport in Leh with a backdrop of the Ladakh and Zanskar ranges as seen aerially, with alluvial fans, Ladakh villages, monasteries and the Markha Valley behind Stok Kangri, and the Indus river flowering through the va…

Carol Gracias walks for Sabyasachi Mukherjee, at NCPA Mumbai

Maharashtra·river

Model Carol Gracias walks for designer Sabyasachi Mukherjee, at NCPA Mumbai, as part of an earlier edition of Lake Fashion Week.

Three great rivers of India: Shyok, Zanskar and Indus and Ladakh, evening glow on sand and waters

Pangong, Ladakh·river

What fabulous great rivers of India - the Shyok coming in from near Pangong Tso, the Zanskar rivre from Padum and Chilling and the Indus river, all in Ladakh.

Bob the Builder at 17, 000 feet ! North Pullu road construction along world's highest motorable road

highway · industry

Khardungla is a nightmare to keep open through the year, given it's altitude of 17, 500 feet, the snow mass that piles up, the icy conditions, the lower temperatures and the necessity of keeping this important defense access route open.

World's Highest Traffic Jam in Ladakh, India, at -10 degrees Celcius and circa 17, 500 feet altitude

highway · snow

Fresh snowfall on the passes of Ladakh, and the roads become a passage nightmare, even as they look like a surreal experience and a calm beauty. Grasses and sedges get covered in snow. Prayer flags get submerged in white.

Massive alluvial fan along Zanskar River in Ladakh, Nepeta grows along Zanskar river's sandy banks

Ladakh·river · highway

A road working crew betters the road from Saspul-Nimmo sangam confluence junction of Indus and Zanskar rivers, to Chilling from where the Chadar trek starts to Padum / Padam in Zanskar.

Urial of Ladakh: Rare footage of wild Himalayan sheep species, as they jump down to water's edge

Zanskar, Ladakh·livestock · hills

The last few hundred meters down to the waters' edge, the young Urial ewes lop and canter, jump and spring forward, excited for their drink of water in this high altitude desert! As the Urial descend down a ravine, jumping across smaller pr…

Fresh snowfall makes climbing to Khardung La pass a tricky act, with a massive traffic jam to boot, in Ladakh

highway · snow

Fresh snowfall on the passes of Ladakh, and the roads become a passage nightmare, even as they look like a surreal experience and a calm beauty. Grasses and sedges get covered in snow. Prayer flags get submerged in white.

World's HIGHEST traffic jam, at 17, 500 feet near Khardung La in Ladakh: Hundreds of vehicles stuck

highway · hills

As one drives up to the world's highest motorable pass of Khardung La at about 17, 500 feet above sea level, the cold, icy conditions, difficult driving conditions in the pre-winter season and more, all weigh on one's mind.