Himalayan flowers

After an extremely 'cool' holiday in the Himalayas, I am spending the rest of my holidays in Mumbai with my daughter and her family. The rambler rose grew wild all over the lower slopes of the Himalayas.
The swift flowing River Beas near Manali.
Rhododendrons which grew on the lower slopes of the Himalayas were mostly red. The wild rhododendron flowers are gathered by the locals to make soothing drink.
Purple irises carpeted the slopes at Shoja.
An ancient fort at Kangra. You can see the snow capped peaks ot the Dauladhar range in the distance.

I could find very few wild flowers in the part of the Himalayas we visited. Perhaps the season was not right. But the beauty of the mountains was breath taking.

I'll be putting up more photos of the Himalayas in the coming posts.