  The Spitzer-GLIMPSE point source catalog and images have been used to study a
sample of 381 massive protostellar candidates. IRAC-Point source photometry was
used to analyse colours, magnitudes and spectral indicies of the infrared
counterparts (IRCs) of massive protostellar objects and a bonafide sample of 50
point sources was obtained. Spectral energy distributions (SEDs) of these 50
sources was extended to the near-infrared and millimeter range by using 2MASS
and millimeter data from the literature. An online SED fitter tool based on
Monte-Carlo radiative transfer of an accretion model involving star,disk and
envelope was used to fit the SEDs of the 50 sources. The IRCs to massive
protostellar objects are found to successfully imitate the SEDs of evolutionary
phases similar to low mass star formation. Envelope accretion, rather than disk
accretion is found to be dominant in building the most massive stars.
Unresolved centimeter continuum emission is associated with 27 IRCs classified
as massive protostars suggesting that ionised accretion flows may play an
important role along with the molecular component. The morphology of the
infrared nebulae surrounding the IRCs have an unusual resemblance to the
morphologies of ultra-compact HII regions suggesting that these infrared
nebulae are possible precursors to the UCHII regions.
