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Jammu and Kashmir·ceremony · temple

Aarti and bhajans sung by devotees in Amarnath. Located in Jammu and Kashmir and situated on Mount Amarnath, the Amarnath caves are one of the most famous shrines in Hinduism.

ceremony · temple

A distracted sadhu listens to his radio intently, with the device stuck to his ear with one hand, even as he conducts a havan or religious ceremony with the other hand...

Jammu and Kashmir·festival · temple

Base Camp of Amarnath Yatra. Located in Jammu and Kashmir and situated on Mount Amarnath, the Amarnath caves are one of the most famous shrines in Hinduism. Dedicated to the god Shiva, the shrine is said to be over 5,000 years old.

Jammu and Kashmir·festival · temple

Amarnath Yatra Base Camp Located in Jammu and Kashmir and situated on Mount Amarnath, the Amarnath caves are one of the most famous shrines in Hinduism. Dedicated to the god Shiva, the shrine is said to be over 5,000 years old.

Jammu and Kashmir·temple · hills

Up the mountain on a dandi! A devout pilgrim being carried up to Amarnath on a dandy / dandi or makeshift palki / palanquin, which is really just a bed frame or khatia! A long line of horses, mules and people trek to Amarnath, up a steep du…

Jammu and Kashmir·temple · snow

Located in Jammu and Kashmir and situated on Mount Amarnath, the Amarnath caves are one of the most famous shrines in Hinduism. Dedicated to the god Shiva, the shrine is said to be over 5,000 years old.

Jammu and Kashmir·temple · snow

Located in Jammu and Kashmir and situated on Mount Amarnath, the Amarnath caves are one of the most famous shrines in Hinduism. Dedicated to the god Shiva, the shrine is said to be over 5,000 years old.

temple · river

Uttarkashi town and a temple in Uttarakhand Gaumukh translates to a cow's mouth, the mythological source of the river.

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Trekkers and pilgrims converge at the source of the Ganges, at Gaumukh, the glacial source at the end of the Gangotri glacier.

snow · livestock

You see the bluish tinge of the ice? That is ancient ice, uncovered to the air for the first time in thousands of years, as the glacier melts its way down, uncovering fresh ice as it goes...

aerial · snow

Yellow billed Choughs (pronounced as 'chuff') flying over the snout of Gaumukh glacier, Gangotri National Park, Uttarakhand, India.

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See the rubble of the moraine, with the crevasses hidden under piles of sand, mud, soil and rock? This is a messy Himalayan glacier... The Gangotri glacier, at nearly 26 kilometers long, is one of the longest in the region.

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Gangotri glacial moraine from above... See a gaping black hole in the ice at the end of the Gangotri glacier at Gomukh.

snow · river

Time lapse of clouds over Shivling from Gaumukh. Now wouldn't it have been a perfect shot if a Snow Leopard had walked the skyline ridge in front of Shivling???!! Gaumukh translates to a cow's mouth, the mythological source of the river.

snow · livestock

The Gamgotri glacier as seen from a glacial shelf en route Tapovan or Tapoban at the base of Mt. Meru. Gomukh is mentioned in the Puranas.

snow · river

Bhagirathi I, II and III peaks as seen in this cloudy misty glacier view from Gaumukh. Gaumukh translates to a cow's mouth, the mythological source of the river.

river · temple

Shiva linga / Shivling and Nandi Bull in open air mountain temple above Gangotri. Gaumukh translates to a cow's mouth, the mythological source of the river.

Uttarakhand·river · snow

Time Lapse of Clouds in Gaumukh, Uttarkashi. Gaumukh translates to a cow's mouth, the mythological source of the river.

river · snow

Time Lapse of Clouds in Gaumukh, Gangotri National Park. Clouds over Bhagirathi peaks, Uttarakhand.

snow · river

Glacial source of the Ganges. Gangotri glacier with glacial moraine, rubble and snout of the glacier. Ganga flowing through a rocky start. Gaumukh translates to a cow's mouth, the mythological source of the river.

river · snow

Mt. Shivling with swirling clouds. Time Lapse of Clouds in Gaumukh. As seen from above Bhojwas and en route Gomukh. Gaumukh translates to a cow's mouth, the mythological source of the river.

wildlife · snow

OK, we spent two months in Ladakh in the winter, and still didn't see the Snow Leopard, despite many close ones...

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Snow capped mountains in Ladakh. Ladakh is a land of high passes on the borderland of India & Tibet. Ladakh is also known as 'The Land of the Mystic Lamas', 'The Broken Moon land', or 'The Last Shangri-La'.