Nainital City

Nainital- the city is famous for his natural beauty and the town also represent some great view with a beautiful lake in between. I have captured some parts of the city and the lake






Bara Bazaar Road

Very old shop


Early Morning








Sonam Momos- Little Overrated

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                                                                         Lake

                                                                A dog friendly city

Hotel Cloud 9 by Treebo

Hotel Cloud 9 by Treebo

Kilbury Bird Sanctuary- Nainital

Himalayan Bird- Rufus Sibia

As a photo enthusiastic I was very exited to visit Kilbury bird sanctuary near Nainital in Uttrakhand in . But as I said in my earlier blog that we went to Nainital in the last week of September which is not very photographer friendly time due to low visibility. Birds photography or for that matter any wildlife photography requires lot of patience and time, I have captured what I could in little more than 1 hour but will re visit this place in future. Here is my photo journal.

Wild Berry

The web of jungle

black throat-ed bush tit

Rufous-bellied woodpecker

Kilbuary foundation stone

Nainital- Naina Devi Temple

Naina Devi Temple is the most famous and sacred place in Nainital, Uttarakhand. This temple is also popular among the Hindus as Shakti Peeth. Naina Devi temple was almost destroyed in the devastating landslide of 1980 but was reconstructed later. We were lucky to witness the famous festival on the occasion of Nanda Ashtami which lasts for 8 days every year. Here is a short photo journey of the festival in September 2016-

The entry gate of fair ground

A huge fair is organized for theNanda Devi festival. The huge ground is lined with variety of shops and vendors who come from distant locations to Nainital. 

This attracts every women in the fair

Traditional Dancers

Traditional Dancers- They dance all 8 days till the end of the festival

Vendors sell colors- as an offering to Nanina Devi 

That's actually a male in female dress

Nanda Devi view from the lake

Head Priest of Naina Devi temple

Last day of festival- The paalki yaatra