Photography by Srikrishna Das, Odisha, India

Chemrey Monastery

Chemrey Monastery or Chemrey Gompa is a 1664 Buddhist monastery, approximately 40 kilometers east of Leh, Ladakh, northern India. It belongs to the Drugpa monastic order. It was founded in 1664 by the Lama Tagsang Raschen and is dedicated to King Sengge Namgyal.

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Photography by Sathyanarayana CR, Karnataka, India

Cheetah Hunt

Killed ambush and accuracy of hunting is special Cheetahs.

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Photography by Santosh Kumar Mahalik, Odisha, India

The Perfect Pair

The pied kingfisher is a species of water kingfisher widely distributed across Africa and Asia. Originally described by Carl Linnaeus in 1758, it has five recognised subspecies.

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Photography by Srikrishna Das, Odisha, India

The Spotlight

The Jungle Owlet is a very small owl with a rounded head and no ear-tufts. It is also known as the Barred Jungle Owlet.

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Photography by Santosh Kumar Mahalik, Odisha, India

Black Can Be Beautiful

The black francolin is a gamebird in the pheasant family Phasianidae of the order Galliformes, gallinaceous birds. It was formerly known as the Black Partridge. It is the state bird of Haryana state, India.

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Photography by Sathyanarayana CR, Karnataka, India

Indian Roller Catching Feed

Colorful common bird native to India feeds mostly on small insects, bees.

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Photography by Srikrishna Das, Odisha, India

Happy with Kill

The grey heron is a long-legged predatory wading bird of the heron family, Ardeidae, native throughout temperate Europe and Asia and also parts of Africa. It is resident in much of its range, but some populations from the more northern parts migrate southwards in autumn.

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Photography by Santosh Kumar Mahalik, Odisha, India

The King on His Winter Morning Stroll

Bengal tigers live in India and are sometimes called Indian tigers. They are the most common tiger and number about half of all wild tigers.

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Photography by Prakash Maharana, Odisha, India

Family

The barn swallow is the most widespread species of swallow in the world. In fact, it appears to have the largest natural distribution of any of the world’s passerine, ranging over 251 million square kilometers globally.

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Photography by Srikrishna Das, Odisha, India

The Game of Light & Shadow

Nestled between Xinjiang, Pakistan, Kashmir & Tibet – more than 3,000 meters high at its lowest point – Ladakh has evolved from the traditions and ideas that, over centuries, trickled in despite the region’s rugged terrain and isolation.

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Photography by Neelima M Reddy, Odisha, India

Golden Kambala

Kambala is a centuries-old tradition of buffalo racing in coastal Karnataka, this sport is tied to land and landowners. These buffaloes are specially treated – just like sons of the family!

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Photography by Santosh Kumar Mahalik, Odisha, India

Heavenly Light & The Valley

Solang Valley derives its name from combination of words Solang and Nallah. It is a side valley at the top of the Kullu Valley in Himachal Pradesh, India 14 km northwest of the resort town Manali on the way to Rohtang Pass, and is known for its summer and winter sport conditions.

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Photography by Debashis Subudhi, Odisha, India

Baya Weaver

The baya weaver is a weaverbird found across the Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia. Flocks of these birds are found in grasslands, cultivated areas, scrub and secondary growth and they are best known for their hanging retort shaped nests woven from leaves.

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Photography by Abhilash Kar, Odisha, India

Free Rider

Oxpeckers and cape buffaloes have symbiotic relations and it’s a very interesting scene to witness in the wild.

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Photography by Santosh Kumar Mahalik, Odisha, India

Monsoon Calling

The yellow-eyed babbler is a passerine bird native to South and Southeast Asia. It inhabits shrubland, grassland and wetland habitats. On the IUCN Red List, it is listed as Least Concern because of its wide distribution and stable population.

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Photography by Robin Karyeth, Karnataka, India

Asian Elephant

The Asian elephant, also known as the Asiatic elephant, is the only living species of the genus Elephas and is distributed throughout the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia, from India in the west, Nepal in the north, Sumatra in the south, and to Borneo in the east.

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Photography by Azhar Srambikal, Odisha, India

White-throated Kingfisher

The white-throated kingfisher also known as the white-breasted kingfisher is a tree kingfisher, widely distributed in Asia from the Sinai east through the Indian subcontinent to the Philippines.

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Photography by Abhilash Kar, Odisha, India

The Real Black Panther

No words can describe witnessing this shadow lord in the jungles of India.

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Photography by Biswaranjan Mishra, Odisha, India

The Royal Walk

The Bengal tiger, also known as the Royal Bengal tiger, is a tiger from a specific population of the Panthera tigris tigris subspecies that is native to the Indian subcontinent.

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Photography by Suvradeep Mitra, Odisha, India

Flight of the Giant

The cinereous vulture is a large raptorial bird that is distributed through much of temperate Eurasia. It is also known as the black vulture, monk vulture, or Eurasian black vulture. It is a member of the family Accipitridae, which also includes many other diurnal raptors such as kites, buzzards and harriers.

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Photography by Abhilash Kar, Odisha, India

Land of the Unicorn

Land of the unicorn depicts a lone female rhino in the mystical grasslands of Kaziranga. It’s a paradise on earth.

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Photography by Santosh Kumar Mahalik, Odisha, India

Today’s menu: Crab

The oriental dwarf kingfisher, also known as the black-backed kingfisher or three-toed kingfisher, is a pocket-sized bird in the family Alcedinidae. This tropical kingfisher is a partial migrant that is endemic across much of the Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia.

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