wildlife

wildlife · politics

India’s monkeys are not behaving very much like gods these days. Normally, in many places around the country monkeys, especially rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta), roam free in the streets and temples.

wildlife · birds

The darters or snakebirds are mainly tropical waterbirds in the family Anhingidae having a single genus Anhinga.

wildlife · birds

The Indian cormorant or Indian shag (Phalacrocorax fuscicollis) is a member of the cormorant family. It is found mainly along the inland waters of the Indian Subcontinent but extending west to Sind and east to Thailand and Cambodia.

wildlife

Purple moorhen or Grey-headed swamphen (Porphyrio poliocephalus) is a species of swamphen occurring from the Middle East and the Indian subcontinent to southern China and northern Thailand.

Rajasthan·wildlife · birds

A colony of Painted Storks perched on tree. Painted storks at their nesting site in Keoladeo National Park of Bharatpur, Rajasthan. The painted stork (Mycteria leucocephala) is a large wading bird in the stork family.

Rajasthan·wildlife · birds

Sarus Crane (Grus Antigone) in its natural habitat at Bharatpur, India. These cranes are usually seen in pairs.

Rajasthan·wildlife · birds

Sarus Crane (Grus Antigone) pair preening in its natural habitat at Bharatpur, India. These cranes are usually seen in pairs.

wildlife · birds

A colony of Painted Storks perched on tree. Painted storks at their nesting site in Keoladeo National Park of Bharatpur, Rajasthan. The painted stork (Mycteria leucocephala) is a large wading bird in the stork family.

Rajasthan·wildlife · birds

Sarus Crane (Grus Antigone) pair preening in its natural habitat at Bharatpur, India. These cranes are usually seen in pairs.

Rajasthan·wildlife · birds

Sarus cranes (Grus Antigone) in their natural habitat at Bharatpur, India. These cranes are usually seen in pairs.

Rajasthan·wildlife · birds

Sarus cranes (Grus Antigone) in their natural habitat at Bharatpur, India. These cranes are usually seen in pairs.

Rajasthan·wildlife · birds

Sarus cranes (Grus Antigone) in their natural habitat at Bharatpur, India. These cranes are usually seen in pairs.

wildlife · forest

The Keoladeo Ghana National Park or Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary lies between two of India's most historic cities, Agra and Jaipur.

wildlife · birds

A colony of Painted Storks perched on tree. Painted storks at their nesting site in Keoladeo National Park of Bharatpur, Rajasthan. The painted stork (Mycteria leucocephala) is a large wading bird in the stork family.

Bharatpur, Rajasthan·wildlife · birds

View of a heronry of Asian openbill storks on a tree in Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary, Rajasthan, India. The Asian openbill or Asian openbill stork (Anastomus oscitans) is a large wading bird in the stork family Ciconiidae.

Rajasthan·wildlife · birds

View of a heronry of Asian openbill storks on a tree in Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary, Rajasthan, India. The Asian openbill or Asian openbill stork (Anastomus oscitans) is a large wading bird in the stork family Ciconiidae.

Rajasthan·wildlife · birds

View of a heronry of Asian openbill storks on a tree in Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary, Rajasthan, India. The Asian openbill or Asian openbill stork (Anastomus oscitans) is a large wading bird in the stork family Ciconiidae.

birds · wildlife

Black-crowned Night-Herons are stocky birds compared to many of their long-limbed heron relatives. They’re most active at night or at dusk, when you may see their ghostly forms flapping out from daytime roosts to forage in wetlands.

Kerala·hills · wildlife

Top view of Munnar town, Kerala. Munnar is a hill station on the Western Ghats, a range of mountains situated in the Idukki district of the Indian state of Kerala.

dance · music

Sadhaikala Chhau dance by Sh. Shashadhar Acharya and his troupe performing during Shri Jagannath Mahotsav at Jagannath Temple, Tyagaraj Nagar, Delhi.

festival · wildlife

Effigies of Sangai at entrance of Sangai festival in Manipur, India. Sangai festival is an annual cultural festival organised by Manipur Tourism Department on every year from November 21 to 30.

sport · festival

Youth participating at Water-zorbing sport during Sangai festival in Manipur. Sumo wrestling, rope bridge walk and other games and sports was also a part of the Sangai Festival.

festival · sport

Youth participating at an adventurous game of rock climbing at Sangai festival in Manipur. Sumo wrestling, rope bridge walk, Zorbing and other games and sports was also a part of the Sangai Festival.