Bofors 40 mm Gun!

The Bofors 40 mm gun,often referred to simply as the Bofors gun, is an anti-aircraft/multi-purpose autocannon designed in the 1930s by the Swedish arms manufacturer AB Bofors. It was the gun which  helped Indian Army to win the Kargil War against Pakistan in 1999.

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Mens' Best Friend!

The Dog is named as LALU belongs to a remote island.

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Hoogly River!

Diamond Harbour is in the southern suburbs of Kolkata, on the banks of the Hooghly River quite near where the river meets the Bay of Bengal. 

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Rohtang Pass!

Rohtang Pass (3979 m) is 51kms. from Manali on highway to Keylong/Leh. It offers a panorama and spectacular mountain view. The pass is open from June to October each year although trekkers can cross it earlier. It is a gateway to Lahaul Spiti, Pangi and Leh valley just as Zojila pass is a gatway to Ladakh.

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Final Frontier - Wagha Border - Beating Retreat Ceremony!! - III

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Final Frontier - Wagha Border - Beating Retreat Ceremony!! - II

 The People Gathering Across the Border.

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Final Frontier - Wagha Border - Beating Retreat Ceremony!! - I

Wagha Border witness daily beating retreat ceremony at Joint Check post. The border is some 25 Kms from Amritsar on Amritsar Lahore Road linking two major towns of Punjab. Lakhs of people had trekked this road following the partition of India.. The retreat ceremony attracts thousands tourists from both sides .

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Fishy Affairs!

The Fishing - Captured while I was in a remote village in Bengal

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Gangasagar Or Sagar Island!

This island is a famous Hindu pilgrim place. Every year on the day of Makar Sankranti, hundreds of thousands of Hindus gather to take a holy dip at the confluence of river Ganges and Bay of Bengal and offer puja in the Kapil Muni Temple.  Gangasagar fair and pilgrimage is held annually on the Sagar Island’s southern tip in the Ganges delta atop the Bay of Bengal.

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Kullu Manali!

Beas River in Manali!

Mountain View at Manali

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Dhuandhar Falls - Jabalpur

The Dhuandhar Falls is located on Narmada River in Bhedaghat and are 10m high. River Narmada, making its way through the world-famous Marble Rocks, narrows down and then plunges in a waterfall known as Dhuandhaar. The plunge, which creates a bouncing mass of mist, is so powerful that its roar is heard from a far distance.

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Horizon!!

When Earth Meet the Sky!

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The Sea God!

River Ganges in At Hrishikesh!

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Auli - The Indian Ski Resorts !!

View of Auli From Rope-Way

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The Ganges!

Hrishikesh!

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Born Free!!

On the Hrishikesh River Banks!

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The Valley

Vally of Flower

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Way to Ghangaria!!

Pilgrimage for Hemkund Saheb

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Valley of Flower!!!

Snapshot of Valley of Flower

 

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ThreeSome!!!

A cosy afternoon with Mother!

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Mystic Himalaya

On way to Hrishikesh to Rudraprayg.

 

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Pond Lotus - II

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National Flower - The Lotus!

Known as "Padma" or "Kamal", Nelumbo nucifera, known by a number of names including Indian Lotus, Sacred Lotus or simply Lotus, is a plant in the monotypic family Nelumbonaceae. Picture is from a neighbourhood pond.

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Brahma Kamal

Brahma Kamal or Saussurea obvallata is a species of flowering plant native to the Himalayas. It mainly bloom during June-July. This picture taken while trekking Valley of Flower.

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Valley of Flowers - I

Valley of Flowers National Park is an Indian national park, located at a height in West Himalaya. It is renowned for its meadows of endemic  alpine flowers and the variety of flora found there. It is located in Uttarakhand  state.

In 1939, Miss Margaret Legge, a botanist deputed by the Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh, arrived at the valley for further studies. While she was traversing some rocky slopes to collect flowers, she slipped off and was lost. Her sister later visited the valley and erected a memorial near the spot.

Route De Extinction!

Destruction of Habitat : There are many things that can cause a species to become threatened or endangered. A National Park of India and sorry state of the Animals.

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On the Beach!

[The usual chaos in the beach at Puri.]

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Lotus Temple - Spirit of India!

The Bahá'í House of Worship in New Delhi, India, popularly known as the Lotus Temple due to its flower like shape, is a Bahá'í House of Worship and also a prominent attraction in Delhi. It was completed in 1986 and serves as the Mother Temple of the Indian subcontinent. The Lotus Temple is open to all regardless of religion, or any other distinction.

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Mystic Himalaya!

Joshimath to Badrinath

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Hemkund - Chamoli District!

[A glacial lake surrounded by seven mountain peaks.]

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At Leisure

Village Life in  Rudraprayag - Confluence of rivers Alaknanda and Mandakini

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Ode Heaven!

[The Buddhists monasteries in Manali.]

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Chandramallika - Chrysanthemum indicum.

Chandramallika : Botanical name: Chrysanthemum indicum Family: Asteraceae (Sunflower family), has large flowerheads, white, yellow or pink in the wild species.

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Fossil - I

Egg of Dinosaurs!
 

Fossil are the preserved remains or traces  of animals, plants, and other organisms from the remote past. The totality of fossils, both discovered and undiscovered, and their placement in fossiliferous (fossil-containing) rock formations and sedimentary layers (strata) is known as the fossil record.

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Winter Flare!

Calendula  in my garden

The name Calendula stems from the Latin kalendae, meaning first day of the month, presumably because pot marigolds are in bloom at the start of most months of the year. There is around about 12–20 species found, the common name marigold probably refers to the Virgin Mary.

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