A mountain called Nandadevi.. - a photo on Flickriver

            A portrait of a magnificent himalayan peak which has wrapped around itself a godly aura and mystic.For the people of Uttarakhand she is a diety helped not a least bit by its inaccessability. Ascent on this enormous peak is still not allowed and those who have climbed it found it to be tougher than Mt Everest.                             
      Nanda Devi is the second highest mountain in India, and the highest located entirely within the country. (Kangchenjunga, which is higher, is on the border of India and Nepal.) It is the 23rd-highest peak in the world. It was considered the highest mountain in the world before computations in 1808 proved Dhaulagiri to be higher. It was also the highest mountain in India before 1971 when Sikkim, the state in which Kangchenjunga is located, joined the Republic of India. It is part of the Garhwal Himalayas, and is located in the state of Uttarakhand, between the Rishiganga valley on the west and the Goriganga valley on the east. The peak, whose name means "Bliss-Giving Goddess".  is regarded as the patron-goddess of the Uttarakhand Himalaya. In acknowledgment of its religious significance and for the protection of its fragile ecosystem, the peak as well as the circle of high mountains surrounding it—the Nanda Devi sanctuary—were closed to both locals and climbers in 1983. It's height is 25643ft or7818mtrs ASL.
   

Taken on: November 22, 2016

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