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'Directly in front of me was the sheer West Face of Nanda Devi, all 10,000 feet of it still unclimbed, sometimes described as one of the last great challenges of modern mountaineering. Looking up, with the eagles circling high above, I felt I was staring at the walls of Mordor. Someone would undoubtedly die trying to climb it." - from "Nanda Devi, a Journey to the Last Sanctuary" by Hugh Thomson.
After a long search through my 200 odd photos, my favourite pic of this beautiful mountain! Evening view. Nanda Devi (7,816 m; 25,643 ft), a two-peaked massif and India's second highest peak (23rd highest in the world), forms a 2 km (1.2 mi) long high ridge, oriented east-west (this view is from the west summit looking eastwards). The west summit stands higher, and the eastern summit has been named Nanda Devi East. Together the peaks refer to the twin peaks of the goddess Nanda. The main summit stands guarded by a barrier ring comprising some of the highest mountains in the Indian Himalayas (Nanda Devi East numbering among them), twelve of which exceed 6,400 m (21,000 ft) in height, further elevating its sacred status as the daughter of the Himalaya in local myth and folklore. The interior of that almost insurmountable ring, the Nanda Devi Sanctuary, receives protection from the Indian government as the Nanda Devi National Park. Nanda Devi East lies on the eastern edge of the ring (and of the Park), at the border of Chamoli, Pithoragarh and Bageshwar districts- Source, Wikipedia
I went to Auli hoping to catch a "glimpse" of Nanda Devi...perhaps a peek at the peak. What I got when I reached there were freezing temperatures in May, wind and very cold rain, and a complete grey-out. Then the clouds lifted and the sun broke through around 4:00 PM. The Goddess gave me a sneak peek of her snowy slopes around 5:00 PM and finally lifted her cloudy shroud at 6:00 to reveal herself. I have travelled to the Himalayas often, but never have I seen the mountans so clearly, or looked at Nanda Devi at her glorious best! I was blessed with a truly fantastic experience!!!
Nanda Devi is the second highest mountain in India and the highest entirely within the country (Kangchenjunga being on the border of India and Nepal); owing to this geography it was the highest known mountain in the world until computations on Dhaulagiri by western surveyors in 1808. It is part of the Garhwal Himalaya, and is located in the state of Uttarakhand, between the Rishiganga valley on the west and the Goriganga valley on the east. Its name means Bliss-Giving Goddess. The peak is regarded as the patron-goddess of the Uttarakhand Himalaya.
The Temple of Shri Naina Devi Ji is situated on a hilltop in the Bilaspur Distt. of Himachal Pradesh in India. It was built by a Gurjar Shepherd. The temple is connected with National Highway No. 21. The temple at the top of the hill can be reached via road (that curves round the hill up to a certain point) and then by concrete steps (that finally reach the top). There is also a cable car facility that moves pilgrims from the base of the hill all the way to the top.
The hills of Naina Devi overlook the Gobind Sagar lake. The lake was created by the Bhakra-Nangal Dam.
Van Devi
-This is a fictitious story in which forest has been presented in the personified form
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