Becoming Himālaya

On History, Culture and Everyday Life in Himalayas

[Becoming Himālaya @textandterrain]

Wooden Kedar Temple

Pictures from consecration ceremony in Kedar Temple of Bhataad (भटाड़) village, Uttarakhand (June, 2025).

We see a continuity in architectural use of wood in Jaunsar-Bawar region, whereas, it has almost disappeared from contemporary Kumaon and Garhwal.

[ཤོཀཱ།/Jwaari Shauka @Shauka74]

Shyauldu(श्यौलदु) is an idol made from buckwheat by the Shauka Johari community for weddings and religious ceremonies. When a newly married bride arrives at the groom's home, the couple breaks the Shyauldu together. It is called Shildu in Rongpa and Dhalang in Rang tribe.

[Kyang Thang རྐྱང་ཐང་ @Kyangs_Thang]

And Kangchendzonga said, I shall finally reveal myself!

Here she rises above the ever-present clouds that will drape the landscape for a few months.

#Kangchenjunga

[ཤོཀཱ།/Jwaari Shauka @Shauka74]

Guru Ghantakaran (Ghanyal) Devta is the guardian of Namhlu (Badrinath)

[ཤོཀཱ།/Jwaari Shauka @Shauka74]

A teacher with his students in Dronagiri Village, Niti Valley. This photograph was captured in 1951 and published in The Scots Magazine.

[Becoming Himālaya @textandterrain]

Folks, if in Delhi during these dates, must visit

[Vaibhav Kaul @Himalayologist]

Friends,
The India International Centre has been gracious enough to organise a show of my Himalayan photographic meditations. It will open at the IIC (Annexe) Art Gallery in New Delhi at 6 pm on Sat 6th June, and conclude at 7 pm on Sun 14th June.
Details: https://t.co/1RKeCbT1NS

[Vaibhav Kaul @Himalayologist]

Friends,
The India International Centre has been gracious enough to organise a show of my Himalayan photographic meditations. It will open at the IIC (Annexe) Art Gallery in New Delhi at 6 pm on Sat 6th June, and conclude at 7 pm on Sun 14th June.
Details: https://t.co/1RKeCbT1NS

[Uttarakhand Ekta Manch @uem4uk]

पहाड़ी महिलाएं जब लकड़ी - घास लेने जंगल जाती हैं, तो पुलिस उन्हें उठा कर थाने में बंद कर देती है।
और जब जंगल में आग लगती है तो वन अधिकारी आदेश देता है — “आग में कूद कर आग बुझाओ, नहीं तो एक साल की जेल होगी!” 😡

#उत्तराखंड #5thSchedule

[Uttarakhand Forest Research Institute @ukfrihaldwani]

🌺🌿 Patwa (Meizotropis pellita), a Critically #Endangered #shrub, is found only in Patwadangar near #Nainital , #Uttarakhand .
Surviving in a habitat of less than 10 km², with its brilliant red blooms and velvety foliage, symbolizes the unique #biodiversity of the #Kumaon 🏔️ 🍀

[Kumaon Jagran @KumaonJagran]

Kedarnath is witnessing such massive crowds that even people are now stuck in traffic.

The question is no longer about record numbers, but about how much the Himalayan ecosystem and infrastructure can realistically handle.

Video Credit: Social Media

[Eye On Axis @eyeonaxis]

The once forbidden kingdom of Mustang. Nepal, 1997, by Robert Caputo

[ཏྲི་གརྟ་ @Trigartaja]

Maheshwara Temple in Chergaon, kinnaur, Himachal Pradesh ~