wildlife

festival · wildlife

Biharis walk around the Sonepur Mela at night in Bihar. One can see the entrance to the fair decorated with fairy lights and Ferris wheel can be seen decorated with colorful fairy lights.

festival · wildlife

Pickles stall at Sonepur Mela in Bihar. There are a variety of pickles such as Mango pickle, Amla pickle, Garlic pickle, red chilly and green chilly pickle etc.

festival · wildlife

Biharis walk around the Sonepur Mela at night in Bihar. One can see the entrance to the fair decorated with fairy lights . Make shift street food shops can be seen opposite to Payal Theatre.

festival · wildlife

Idols of gods i.e. Radha Krishna, Ladoo Gopal etc. are on display in local shop of Sonepur. Bangles of various colours and shades are also available for Indian women in the local shop stalled at Sonepur.

festival · bazaar

Household items i.e utilities, plastic wares, home decoration items, toys etc. for sale at makeshift market in Sonepur Mela, Bihar. People check out the items which are put on sale in one of the stalls of the famous mela of Sonepur.

festival · wildlife

Biharis walk around the Sonepur Mela at night in Bihar. One can see the entrance to the fair decorated with fairy lights and Ferris wheel can be seen decorated with colourful fairy lights.

festival · wildlife

View of Sonepur mela site in the morning. There is less crowd in the morning. Garbage lying along fair site in Bihar can be spotted. Moving Ferris wheel can also be seen in the background.

festival · wildlife

A woman is painting sculpture of peacock. Idol of gods, flower vase, decoration pieces , pots etc are on display. Some women are checking out these items can be seen here.

festival · wildlife

Little girl from Bihar colouring a pot made up of plaster of paris. She uses red colour to paint it after colouring it she is decorating the pot with golden colour.

festival · wildlife

Idol of gods, flower vase, decoration pieces , pots etc are on display. A little girl colouring idols of goddess made up of plaster of paris.

birds · wildlife

The Brown-headed Barbet or Large Green Barbet is an Asian barbet. Barbets and toucans are a group of near passerine birds with a worldwide tropical distribution.

birds · wildlife

A novice monitor lizard making its way to eat up eggs on a litchi tree. An intimate look at the rather distinct identify of the Shivaliks as a mountain range in their own right.

Uttarakhand·wildlife

This is a rare old footage of Corbett National Park where it was a favourite hunting ground for the British Empire...

Uttarakhand·wildlife

Britishers hunting on elephant-back in the area around Hailey National Park in the 1920's, before it was declared a protected area.

Uttarakhand·wildlife

This is a rare old footage of Corbett National Park where it was a favourite hunting ground for the British Empire...seen here is the kill - Bengal tigers!!! Jim Corbett National Park—named after the hunter and conservationist Jim Corbett w…

Corbett, Uttarakhand·river · wildlife

Catch a glimpse of fish in the Ramganga river and Kalagarh dam, Gharial, Black necked Storks and a Yellow Wagtail along the Kalagarh dam on the Ramganga river in Corbett National Park, Uttarakhand, India.

birds · wildlife

Note the open pneumostome on the slug! Slugs are types of snails without the armour or cover shells. It is a gastropod mollusc which eats on dead leaves, fungus, and decaying vegetable material.

birds · wildlife

An intimate look at the rather distinct identify of the Shivaliks as a mountain range in their own right.

birds · wildlife

An intimate look at the rather distinct identify of the Shivaliks as a mountain range in their own right.

birds · wildlife

A novice monitor lizard making its way to eat up eggs on a litchi tree... An intimate look at the rather distinct identify of the Shivaliks as a mountain range in their own right.

birds · wildlife

An intimate look at the rather distinct identify of the Shivaliks as a mountain range in their own right.

Uttarakhand·flowers · temple

Tiger Lilies, Berberis aristata (or kashmal, from which an important medicine is made, in ayurveda as is Liv 52), wild Briar roses, oak trees in the background, crocus lilies, Eregeron bellidiodes wild daisies, Caesium, yellow cosmos and ot…

river · wildlife

A River Tern preens and sits atop a stone on Kalagarh dam, in the Ramganga river of Corbett National Park. Birds in Corbett national park, Uttarakhand, India.