snow

Ladakh·snow

Kargil Day or Kargil Vijay Diwas is observed to mark the end of the Kargil War. The war that lasted about two months was fought mainly in the Kargil sector of Jammu and Kashmir between India and Pakistan.

school · snow

Students of Army Public School dance to patriotic songs and celebrate Kargil Vijay Diwas at Select Citywalk in Delhi. Kargil Day or Kargil Vijay Diwas is observed to mark the end of the Kargil War.

Ladakh·hills · highway

Spituk Monastery, also better as or Pethup Gompa, is a Buddhist monastery in Leh district, Ladakh, northern India, 8 kilometres from Leh. It was founded by Od-de, the elder brother of Lha Lama Changchub Od in the 11th Century.

Jammu and Kashmir·village · hills

Dras is around 32 kms from Chokiyal village and it takes around one hour to travel from Chokiyal village to Dras. Chokiyal village of Kargil district in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir.

Jammu and Kashmir·village · hills

Dras is around 32 kms from Chokiyal village and it takes around one hour to travel from Chokiyal village to Dras. Chokiyal village of Kargil district in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir.

Jammu and Kashmir·village · hills

Dras is around 32 kms from Chokiyal village and it takes around one hour to travel from Chokiyal village to Dras. Chokiyal village of Kargil district in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir.

Jammu and Kashmir·village · hills

Dras is around 32 kms from Chokiyal village and it takes around one hour to travel from Chokiyal village to Dras. Chokiyal village of Kargil district in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir.

Jammu and Kashmir·snow · festival

Shiv Bhakt Seva Trust organises bhandara for Hindu pilgrims at Baltal during Amarnath Yatra in Kashmir, India. Amarnath cave is a Hindu shrine located in Jammu and Kashmir, India. It is dedicated to Shiva.

Jammu and Kashmir·snow · temple

Amarnath cave is a Hindu shrine located in Jammu and Kashmir, India. It is dedicated to Shiva.

Jammu and Kashmir·snow · festival

Amarnath yatris eating langar during on the way to holy cave in Kashmir. Amarnath cave is a Hindu shrine located in Jammu and Kashmir, India. It is dedicated to Shiva.

Jammu and Kashmir·snow · festival

Indian devotees eat Bhandara at Pissu Top during Amarnath Yatra in Kashmir, India. As the Yatra proceeds further from Chandanwari one climbs a height to reach Pissu Top.

Uttarakhand·snow · river

Gomukh, the terminus or snout of the Gangotri Glacier, from where Bhagirathi River originates, is one of the primary sources of the Ganges River. The place is situated at a height of 13,200 ft.

snow · river

Gomukh, the terminus or snout of the Gangotri Glacier, from where Bhagirathi River originates, is one of the primary sources of the Ganges River. The place is situated at a height of 13,200 ft.

Uttarakhand·river · hills

Alaknanda river flowing close to the Badrinath temple of Uttarakhand. It rushes down from the valley of Badrinath.

snow · river

The mountain stands strong as the holy Hindu river Bhagirathi flows out of a snout in Gaumukh in Uttarakhand. Gomukh, the terminus or snout of the Gangotri Glacier, from where Bhagirathi river originates.

snow · river

Bhagirathi river gushes out of a snout in at Gaumukh. Peaks of Bhagirathi and Tapovan are snow capped all round the year at 13000 + feet up in the Himalayas.

snow · river

Bhagirathi river gushes out of a snout in at Gaumukh. Peaks of Bhagirathi and Tapovan are snow capped all round the year at 13000 + feet up in the Himalayas.

Himachal Pradesh·river · snow

The hike to Giri Ganga (7 km) is an enjoyable one through thick deodar woods. This is the source of the river Giri Ganga (also called the Giri) that rises just below the Kuppar peak.

river · snow

Snow on the way to Giri Ganga Giriganga hike is one passes through thick deodar woods. It is the source of the river Giri Ganga that rises just below the a peak.

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.

snow · hills

With the Bhagirathi peaks to the north, and Meru to the south, the peaks of Shivling and Baby Shivling tower over the Tapovan glacial shelf sub-valley.

snow

Ancient blue ice at the mouth of the Ganga's glacial source at Gaumukh, while the top of the glacier is covered in rock and morainic rubble.