Rural Life in Kumaon - 3, painting by Chitra Vaidya

Rural Life in Kumaon - 3, Painting by Artist Chitra Vaidya

Painting of Himalaya Mountains

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kumaon , rural life , himalaya , himalayas , himalayan mountains , himalayan mountain ranges , sacred himalayas , mountain range , Indian subcontinent

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Art Number 1139
Artwork Title Rural Life in Kumaon - 3
Artist Name Chitra Vaidya
Medium Watercolour on Paper
Size 10 x 14 inches (25.4 x 35.56 cm)
Price Price on Request
Information We walked extensively in the hills of Kumaon and visited several homes. People here are hard working and live in close harmony with nature, their cattle and other animals.

The Himalayas, or Himalaya, is a mountain range in Asia, separating the plains of the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau. The range has many of the Earth's highest peaks, including the highest, Mount Everest. The Himalayas include over fifty mountains exceeding 7,200 m (23,600 ft) in elevation, including ten of the fourteen 8,000-metre peaks. The Himalayan range is bordered on the northwest by the Karakoram and the Hindu Kush ranges. To the north, the chain is separated from the Tibetan Plateau by a 50–60 km (31–37 mi) wide tectonic valley called the Indus-Tsangpo Suture. Towards the south the arc of the Himalaya is ringed by the very low Indo-Gangetic Plain. Some of the world's major rivers – the Indus, the Ganges and the Tsangpo-Brahmaputra – rise in the Himalayas. The Himalayas have a profound effect on the climate of the region, helping to keep the monsoon rains on the Indian plain and limiting rainfall on the Tibetan plateau. The Himalayas have profoundly shaped the cultures of the Indian subcontinent, with many Himalayan peaks considered sacred in Hinduism and Buddhism.

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