Flora in August in Valley of Flowers, Himalaya Photo Journal

Flowers at Valley of Flowers, Garhwal Himalaya

Valley of Flowers is a UNESCO world Heritage Site in the Garhwal Himalayas, India. No ponies allowed here. No overnight camping allowed. Therefore the track is clean. It is a pristine place. The locals respect the place a lot for its mystique. Do

13 June, 2010 | Views: 24178



On the path to Tungnath, Himalaya Photo Journal

Tungnath Himalaya

The track to Tungnath is silence itself. Even the stones seem to have soaked it over the centuries, and radiate a kind of calm. A lone tea shack courtesy a local resident serves as a travellers’ haven here. An occasional shepherd turned limejuice

07 April, 2010 | Views: 14016

Celebrating Basant Panchmi, a spring festival in Uttarkashi, India

Road to Uttarkashi

Girls dress up for the occasion and pluck yellow flowers and decorate the main doors of the house with it welcoming the spring and the new sowing season. Soon the fields that have been lying barren for the past three month will be ringing with

21 January, 2010 | Views: 15737

Ukhimath temple, the seat of Panch Kedar, Himalaya Photo journal

Path to Panch Kedar Ukhimath Temple

A walk to Ukhimath temple next morning was oxygenating. Mandakini was way below to our left. Its roar let us know of its force. A couple of streams crossed our path and tumbled down the hillside to meet Mandakini. The temple lay ahead, hidden by a

21 August, 2009 | Views: 28292

Trek to Gaumukh, Himalaya Photo journal

Trek to Gaumukh in Himalayas

I sat on one of the boulders at the banks of gurgling Bhagirathi - the mother of the world singing a constant hymn in praise of the creator, I lost my heart to the silvery peaks known as Shivlinga and Bhagirathi 1, 2 and 3. The spiritual atmosphere

23 July, 2009 | Views: 23056



Hill trains of India - Riding high